What about the Moon? / Moon Off Limits

On 8/4/11 1:31 PM, l_ed_cox wrote:

> Here's "Eddie" flying in from the fringe to comment on all this talk of
> mining on the moon, etc. The word from the sectors where I frequent is:
> The moon's off limits. That's right; no touchie.
>
> Of course this is fringe data from the viewpoint of your average
> engineer. But it could explain why the moon has been so little exploited
> and really so little explored considering how close it is and how many
> launches we have made to do other things and go other places.

I think your data is out of date. There was a Moon taboo for decades,
but the Bush administration lifted it. The Moon is reasonably hot
again, and certainly an acceptable area for research.

Best,
- Joe