23rd July 2003, 8:54 AM
There isn't much the moon offers on it's own, except a spring board really, and that's why we WILL go back, but only after plans for a moon base are made. You know, it's got an actual name, Luna. Not only that, our sun has an actual name, Sol. Thus, only our own moon can be said to have a lunar landscape, and only our star system can be called a solar system.
And actually ABF, it's Japan that's planning the return trip, or at least they are planning to snap some pictures of it on a close trip by. What's this China trip?
In any case, the idea is that it's a lot easier to go to other worlds from the moon than from Earth.
Oh, here's another thing. Mars bases won't be made of ultra high tech stuff. Rather, the plan is to make the base out of adobe huts. I'm serious. It's the cheapest most effective solution.
And actually ABF, it's Japan that's planning the return trip, or at least they are planning to snap some pictures of it on a close trip by. What's this China trip?
In any case, the idea is that it's a lot easier to go to other worlds from the moon than from Earth.
Oh, here's another thing. Mars bases won't be made of ultra high tech stuff. Rather, the plan is to make the base out of adobe huts. I'm serious. It's the cheapest most effective solution.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)