Dreams of the Moon

Iron Sun writes "The Mars Institute has an interesting overview of past studies into sending people to the Moon, ranging from pre-Apollo plans by Werner von Braun to NASA studies just a few years old. Timely, given the continuing speculation as to whether the US is going to go back."

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Dear Esteemed Sir

[heironymouscoward]

My late uncle, who I cannot name,
left me an inheritance of $50Bn
(yes, fifty billion USD) worth of
diamonds which are unfortunately
trapped in a space capsule on the
surface of the moon. I am seeking
investors who will help me recover
this capsule, and in return for
their investment I will be able to
reward them richly. A trusted
friend gave me your address and I
hope you will be discrete with my
message. The budget for a small
one-man expedition to the Lunar
Surface is approximately $30m, or
$18m if a Chinese rocket is used.
I am therefore inviting you to
join in this unique opportunity
with a guaranteed return of %1000
on your investment, which can be
as little as $1m. Yes, if you
will provide me with just one
million USD, I will on recovery
of the lunar diamonds, repay you
with TEN MILLION USD. We are
also selling one excursion trip
to the Moon, a round trip with
unlimited stopovers, for the low
low price of $12m.

Yours sincerely,
Abubakar_Ibrahim@yahoo.ng

Re: Dreams of the Moon

[libra-dragon]

We're going there, but we're not really going _back_. We just have to cover our asses so when the Chinese land there they'll find an American flag, lunar rover, footprints, etc..

All of which presently reside inside a Hollywood soundstage.

Replentish our supply of Cheese!

[FelixCat]

You think that's wild, how about when Wallace and Gromit went to the moon?

They were able to accomplish the entire trip over a single weekend, including building the rocket.

Of course, the best reason for going is the replentish our supply of Cheese!

In case you didn't see before, a previous Slashdot article on returning to the moon.