[Red Steel]

In the annals of self-delusion, NASA's Moon-Mars mission ranks right at the top. Today's NY Times, for example, carries details about NASA's plans for a moon base to be built sometime around 2020.

Let me be clear. There is a 0 percent chance that this Moon base or anything like it will ever be built,

This knucklehead - probably an anti-space travel loon - makes the incorrect assumption that rocket tech. will not advance and therefore make space travel much less expensive.

AD ASTRA has a winning power plant that will be able to get to planets in this solar system very quickly. The question is when -- and it won't be as long as you think.

[Red Steel]

It may not be NASA that sets up the first moon base, but a private enterprise. It will happen someday.

[anymouse]

Dr. Chang-Diaz’s VASIMR engine is cool tech, but what is often neglected is that it requires a nuke power plant to provide the needed electrical energy. The enviro-nazis have made it damn near impossible to launch even a low power nuclear power source into space, let alone what would be necessary to power a VASIMR engine. I hope that changes, but in today’s political reality, it’s still a wish.