Site for Moon Base Determined

Deinhard writes "Going hand-in-hand with the recent discussion on Moon Bases, Space.com is reporting that the perfect spot for a moon base has been found. According to the article, 'the best spot to settle on the Moon may be on the northern rim of Peary crater, close to the north pole.' What makes the location so important is that it is permanently lit, with a balmy -58 Fahrenheit (-50 C)."

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George Bush's idea??

[sellin'papes]

Permanently sunlit areas would provide crucial solar energy for any future Moon settlement, a goal for NASA outlined last year by President George W. Bush

Is NASA taking advice from G. W. Bush? Maybe the plan needs to be re-evaluated.

Re:Finance: Money for Moon Base Unknown

[Queer Boy]

the Senate is right now discussing removing the Estate Tax

Estate Tax needs to go. There should be no tax on death. You don't get taxed when someone gives you a birthday present. Why should you be taxed when you inherit something?

there goes the neighborhood

[mr_burns]

How many times must my henchmen and I move?

After hollowing out the volcanic core of skull mountain, relocating the henchmen, the cadre of doom and baroness pain, reinstalling the death ray and the sub pen those yuppies opened a club med on the beach. A freakin' club med! I wouldn't mind so much as good test subjects are hard to come by, but the crew for the boat that brings them and their families back home knowing where they went... bad news. I already had to exterminate the construction crew for the skull island project to keep that secret. Last time I leave a job to the Evil Scouts. That's for sure.

So I relocated everything to the top few floors of a corporate tower. Lets see those yuppies open a resort THERE...hahaha. One note for the aspiring supervillain: do not sublease from the MPAA. For one thing, they poached half the cadre of doom for their paramilitary litigation division. What's up with that? It took years to comb the henchman ranks for decent CoD recruits. And that doesn't even figure in the millions I spent in genetic engineering and cybernetics. Jerks. And it's fairly hard to blackmail the Senate from your secret lair when they all hang out in your building to collect their bribes. Some secret.

So yeah, we've been running shop from the moon for a couple years and these guys are right. It is a fine crater. It'll be a shame having to move again. After building a subterranian bullet train to get cargo to the equatorial launch facility and micrgravitational nookie with baroness pain. I sure will miss the place. I mean, the death ray mk2 orbiting the earth was a nice perk and I'd hate to give up the helium 3 fusion power facility.

I don't even want to think about it. Who knows where we'll have to move now. Good lairs are hard to come by.

Re:Moon race, part 2

[jd]

According to President Buesh, treaties are just pieces of paper. Other nations may well have developed similar philosophies. First one with a moon base just has to be able to shoot down anyone else who comes along.

We are living in dangerous times, when perceived power is of far greater value to Governments than trust, International obligation, or even lawful conduct. No, while I would like to see people land on the moon (and Mars), I absolutely don't want the current megalomaniacs to plunder the Solar System.