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To: Cincinatus' Wife
We made this mistake in the moon race. Instead of building a Space Station first (as Von Braun suggested), then constructing exploration vehicles in space, we went with the other route and launched directly from Earth. We could have had Earth-orbit rendezvous of lunar and other exploration craft. After the Moon, we would have still had a foothold in space to continue to explore, and possibly colonize. Instead, we got some data, some nice pictures, some rocks, and memories.

IMHO, if we intend to have a presence elsewhere in our solar system, we should act like it. Establish and expand. A solid moon base would allow asteroid exploration for raw materials (manned or otherwise) and manufacturing in low g utilizing those materials, without EPA regs. That alone has merit.

26 posted on 12/10/2003 5:14:00 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (The evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft interred with their bones..)
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To: Smokin' Joe
The goal needs to be stated. Bush is the one who can give the order and the time frame. A lot of people are waiting to hear his mission outline.
27 posted on 12/10/2003 5:20:22 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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