Re: Back to the moon? When?

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:47:13 -0000, in a place far, far away, "Michael
Martin-Smith" <lagrangia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> made the phosphor on
my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

If the Chinese , Indians or Japanese prove, over the coming decade, that
they are truly aiming to set up shop- or at least industry on the Moon, I
very much doubt that "Joe Public" will remain totally indifferent- unless he
has first been rendered dumb.

The likelihood of that happening, given the pace of progress of any of
those countries' programs, is infinitesimal.
.

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