Going to the moon:-)

[Urge]

Obama might not be so eager to finance it, the article says - but I say we should help NASA out here in Europe, and perhaps Asia and Russia as well. ESA (European Space Agency) has a lot of experience in putting satelites in orbit (not very impressive perhaps, but we build our own rockets), the chinese have put some people in orbit, and Russia knows a lot about space-stations. Everyone should join

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17509-what-nasas-return-to-the-moon-may-look-like.html

I liked the pictures a lot as well (click on the gallery link at the bottom) I wonder if they will go for a permanent base, or a mobile one. The mobile one will be more weight for less housing, so I think they will end up with a stationary base with a car or two.

 

[JB2005]

Should we have just an international space agency? I mean think about how much money each country invests in Space, then think about what we could do if we combined it all together...

Surely with the combined budgets of Russia, ESA, China, India and NASA we could build some kind of Space Worthy Vessel.

Then we could all do the smart thing like the Russians in Stargate, and make our own ships at a fraction of the price