Re: An oasis on the moon?

From: Chingon (elchingonpants_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 07:38:42 GMT

<stevejdufour@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1109397480.390159.166130@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...

>
> With SMART-1 in lunar orbit and other robots soon to follow,
> the stage is set for the permanent return of humans to the moon in the
> next decade.

In the next decade? Dude's smokin' crack.

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