[brityank]

Heck; we can't even get a net new nuclear power plant sited in this country -- you think that we could 'contaminate' the Moon with one, let alone fly it through the skies to get one up there?

[Movemout]

"Heck; we can't even get a net new nuclear power plant sited in this country -- you think that we could 'contaminate' the Moon with one, let alone fly it through the skies to get one up there? "

Funny you should mention that. About the time we asked Baechtel to tell us what kind of heavy machinery could be modified to operate in a lunar environment, we started getting letters from various enviro-weenies alleging that we would pollute the moon with our efforts to explore the solar system. I'm still not sure how you can pollute a lifeless landscape but they seemed earnest.