NASA Funded Study States People Could Be On the Moon By 2021 For $10 Billion

MarkWhittington writes: The Houston Chronicle reported that NextGen Space LLC has released the results of a study that suggests that if the United States were to choose to do space in some new and creative ways, American moon boots could be on the lunar surface by 2021. The cost from the authorization to the first crewed lunar landing would be just $10 billion. The study was partly funded by NASA and was reviewed by the space agency and commercial space experts.

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[manu0601]

10 billion? For something that has already been done 50 years ago?

I wonder how much those guys would charge for inventing a method to print a book.

Been there. Done that.

[Streetlight]

Let's put the $10 billion to better use like finding a cure for one of the many illness that affect many so as to extend their life. The return on investment could be enormous not only because of the likely improvement in the quality of life of sufferers but also the elimination of the care that might be required for such a disease and the general population as well. Look what virologists and medicinal chemists have accomplished in the treatment of HIV AIDS or hepatitis C and how that research may improve treatments for other chronic ailments. There are so many conditions that need work that setting a priority for what to study will always be difficult.