To the moon, Alice! To the moon!

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


I was assuming a "successful" maneuver, where the only problem is the giant chunks of crap that would fall off the rock...

You know I was being facetious, right?

[Whoha]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
When will it become economically viable?

There is always going to have to be the massive initial startup costs, what can't be seen is what discoveries or inventions will be made. It may be that it is unpossible to colonize these places, and far be it from me to suggest that there is no risk.

[Blake]

At last count, there are 95 moons in the solar system. Why do we want to go to any of them??

To get away from the rest of humanity .

[Arrian]

If the masses need motivation, I'm sure someone can concoct some sort of "interpretation" of scripture so that God tells us to go explore space. If that hasn't already happened (Scientology)...

-Arrian

[Zkribbler]

And God said unto Noah and his sons: "Go forth and multiply."

Now, spreading out across the face of the Earth is uni-directional...somehwat like addition. But to "multiply" you have to factor in another dimension--such as "going up"....to the stars.