[bcsco]

"You can't be a great country without doing great things and a great thing would be to return to the Moon and build a laboratory there and open it up to the world,"

The writer is naive if he believes Obama sees America as a 'great country'. Nor does he want it to accomplish great things.

[cripplecreek]

"You can't be a great country without doing great things and a great thing would be to return to the Moon and build a laboratory there and open it up to the world,"

I agree with everything there, even opening up global labs but I would go further. I would also want to see labs that belong strictly to America and her closest allies. If it weren't for that stinking outer space treaty I would invite private companies to stake their claims as well.