Re: No ice on Moon?

On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:02:20 GMT, henry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Henry Spencer) wrote:

My personal opinion is that the Moon is likely to be more of interest as
an object of scientific study and as a mining base than as a place for
colonies. Except possibly in the very short term, there are better places
to put colonies.

Sadly lazy question, as I suspect you've already made it known, but
what places do you have in mind?

Dale


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