By-Pass the Moon?

--- In spacesettlers, "Combs, Mike" wrote:

> I can't help but wonder if the attraction so many have for Ceres
> relates to planetary chauvinism. In other words, Ceres seems
> attractive because it's the greatest of the asteroids (closer to
> being like a planet). But logic suggests that most certainly at the
> start, smaller bodies are to be preferred over larger ones.

Perhaps. But planetary chauvinism tends to be about *living* on
planets, and nobody seems to be talking about *living* on Ceres. The
PC (ha ha) argument could be made about the Moon as well. Indeed,
much more so.