NASA plans permanent moon base by 2024

[Darius871]

Originally posted by Chemical Ollie


Cheap hos can't afford travelling to moon.

Perhaps we could have indentured servitude contracts like in the British colonies... maybe safe passage in exchange for 4,000 hummers.

[Chemical Ollie]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
Reality check:

The cost of launching one pound of whatever out of the pull of Earth's gravity = $1,000.

Why can't you say things in kg and € like the rest of the Western world?

The cost of launching, say, the U.S.'s 2.3 million prisoners on their way to our new moon prison = $4,600,000,000,000.

Not much more than ten years war in Iraq

Now, if you want to feed, cloth, house and guard them, it'll be more.

I'm sure someone bids lower than Haliburton this time

[Ned]

NASA's effort here is going to generate a lot of new technology and industrial/scientific infrastructure that will permanently enrich the United States and our partners. I think the Chinese and Japanese understand this, and are themselves making the investment rather than just trying to work with us as second fiddlers. Which brings me back to the question of Europe and Russia. Why aren't they making an effort as well?

[SlowwHand]

Russia has enough problems as it is.
Similar to, why is North Korea building nukes when they can't build roads?

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by Ned
Which brings me back to the question of Europe and Russia. Why aren't they making an effort as well?

Russia isn't back yet. As for Europe: is there really a Europe?