[Shelley_c]

That is correct Rapscallion, unfortunately. Couldn't we benefit from returning to the moon? take for example, building bases where instead of using the space station building bases on the moon for longer durations (the main reason for short durations on the space station) is the lack of gravity and the effects of bone tissue loosing mass. On the moon, more gravity to conduct scientific experiments and medical experiements that can only be performed in lower gravity.

I'm an advocate in returning to the moon as a first step to a larger picture and eventually colonies being built there. It's our future, because hell, the earth won't sustain this standard of living for much longer with the lack of resources being mined which the earth cannot replenish nor sustain.

People that cannot see the benefits of returning are purely narrow minded at best. enough when the earth can't sustain the current growth what do we turn to. Religion? the root of all evil as dawkins perfectly put.