Re: Back to the moon? When?

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:17:19 -0500, in a place far, far away, "Jeff
Findley" <jeff.findley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor
glow in such a way as to indicate that:


"Rand Simberg" <simberg.interglobal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4762489b.1144429242@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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.

And replicating Apollo XI's mission is a long way from "setting up
shop, or industry" on the moon.
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