Marilyn vos Savant, opinion on Lunar Colonization

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For those of you who may not know, Marilyn vos Savant, runs a
syndicate column
it appears in the Parade Magazine supplement in my weekend paper, she
is listed in the "Guinness Book of World Records" Hall of fame for
"highest IQ".
On her 11/3/02 column, she gave this opinion on Lunar Colonization

The question came from From Bob Schumacher's classes at
Woodbury(Minn)Jr High
"Is it possible to start a colony on the Moon yet?"

Her answer:
Probably, but I see no compelling reason to do it. Such a project
would be
dangerous,extremely expensive and unlikely to accomplish much. Man
evolved on Earth, which is why we were able to populate it widely.
But the enviroment on the Moon is hostile to us and will remain that
way. It would be easier to colonize our deserts and oceans.

Comments anyone?

She's right.

There isn't any compelling reason to go to the moon or Mars for that matter.
I've heard lots of reasons for going to the moon but al of these can be
refuted.

1) mining nuclear fuel
2) astronomy
3) extinction by comet
4) millitary base
5) tourism
6) commercial space
7) mining ore and precious metals

And colonizing the deserts and oceans will be a lot more cost effective and
be able to sustain a much larger number of people.