Eric Chomko wrote:

: Jim Oberg wrote:

: From what I know of Tom, he is a keen observer and a deep thinker,
: and not a half-bad writer, either. Pay attention to his ideas.
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: I always thought the Moon aspect was pretty pointless- if you are going
: to send people somewhere, let it be somewhere new.

Well, I like the idea about looking for water. Makes me wonder if one of
the 6 lunar missions couldn't have tried one of the poles for exactly
that. When we do go back, looking for natural resources should be the
priority and not flags and footprints.

That's what the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
and presumably a Lunar Polar Lander (LPL) are for,
should the results of the LRO confirm positively.

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