We should have built and occupied a small lunar base and research station years ago.
Having grown up reading Heinlein, I was always sort of embarassed that we did nothing after the Moon Shot. I have always wondered why.
Most of these manned NASA Missions accomplish little, scientifically speaking with their laughable "Science Fair" type experiments. They are expensive rides to nowhere in particular.
Now if we had a lunar base ......
Dragnet, I agree with you 100%. I’ve thought the same as you for years. What a waste, we gave away our lead and if the Russians do this it’ll hurt us militarily. All we’ve got to show for getting to the moon first when we did is three trillion in welfare programs and a fleet of used up shuttles. If we would have stayed on track could you imagine what we could have achieved for mankind?