Mr.XyZ wrote:

In addition to drastically cutting back on our failed public
school system to finance lunar exploration projects, another
resource is the great level of jewelry that is hoarded in
America & the world.

Let me explain this - based on U.S. sales of around $40
billion a year, I estimate that there exists aprox. $1
trillion of jewelry just in our country alone. Since most
jewelry sits unused in closets or other secured areas, I see
this as a huge waste. In the long run a private organization
could scrounge up about $1billion in donations (of jewelry) a
year which would enable us to carry out robotic lunar missions
& resume worthwhile manuf. on the space station.

A few hundred million more could be raised to help relieve
world hunger & for pet charities. Your thoughts?

Why ask us? Why not go door to door for a few weeks asking people
to give you their "unused" jewelry? You can then directly judge the
viability of your scheme by the results of this trial.

Let us know how you make out.

Jim Davis