Re: Back to the moon? When?


"Rand Simberg" <simberg.interglobal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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.

Agreed. China seems to be the front runner, but all they currently have is
a manned spacecraft which is very similar to Soyuz in capability. They have
a very long way to go before they could replicate Apollo 11's mission.

Jeff
--
"When transportation is cheap, frequent, reliable, and flexible,
everything else becomes easier."
- Jon Goff


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