Another Small Step Before the Giant Leap

Armchair Anarchist writes "Over at Futurismic, a new column proposes that NASA's plans to establish a lunar colony are an attempt to run before we can walk properly, and that developing orbital habitats first would be a wiser and more realistically attainable project. From the article: "... it seems to me that the trump card is with the orbitals; orbit is closer, cheaper and easier to get to, and offers more flexibility as a long-term outpost. Sure, let's put men back on the moon, mine it for helium-3, research its history and origins. But it makes more sense to launch missions of that type from an already-established colony in orbit.""

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He is British library assistant

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from the about author "The Armchair Anarchist is a dishevelled British library assistant"

Yeah, I wonder what Joe Blow the Plumber has to say about the latest NASA projects. If it's stupid enough, I bet he should make a blog about it, it might even make it to slashdot.