Mode decision?

Assuming the Moon/Mars/Beyond initiative actually gets into the hardware
and flying stages, there is an important, basic set of decisions to be
made.

The first of which is, what mode do we use to get back to the Moon?

Do we use LOR? Do we use EOR and land the whole vehicle? Do we use a
combination of EOR/LOR? Do we go into lunar orbit first, or do we
approach like Surveyor and most of the Soviet unmanned landers?

Don't we *need* to go into orbit first if we're going to land outside of
the classic equatorial zone?

What do y'all think?

Doug