On 21 Sep 2005 16:25:11 -0700, in a place far, far away,
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

Many people say they see no reason to go back to the moon and want
to go on to Mars without a lunar program. However, it is probably
easier to make a case for going to the moon than for keeping the ISS.
Remember, the moon is not a small place, it is a WORLD.

A WORLD, that to first order remains unexplorable because it costs
several billion dollars each time for four people to visit it.