Eric Chomko wrote:

: Don't forget Columbus is an utterly bogus analogy for space exploration.

Bull****! It works just fine. Was there a commercial fishing industry in
Portugal in 1492? THAT is your commercial space program! What Columbus was
beyond the shores of Europe. The only thing bogus is your inability to see
the viability of the analogy.

Was the moon already colonized 12,000 years before by neolithic tribes?
Can we settle on the moon using the technology available to the average
US citizen? Does the moon have essentially the same biosphere as
here? No? Then stop with the idiot analogy.

Paul