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But we do have the Knowledge forum..........which is the appropriate place for such discussions. I for one, would be quite interested in your concepts, as these types of conversations make one think, and that is always a good thing.
The current direction of Lunar exploration will focus on Robotic missions, leading up to the construction of a permanent base (again constructed by robotics) to be manned as a science station. This is still in the planning stages, and will take decades to become a reality.
excerpt from Bushs plan:
Marching orders
Earlier this year, U.S. President George W. Bush spelled out a strategy for space exploration beyond low Earth orbit. For the Moon the White House marching orders to NASA were:
* Undertake lunar exploration activities to enable sustained human and robotic exploration of Mars and more distant destinations in the solar system.
* Starting no later than 2008, initiate a series of robotic missions to the Moon to prepare for and support future human exploration activities.
* Conduct the first extended human expedition to the lunar surface as early as 2015, but no later than the year 2020.
* Use lunar exploration activities to further science, and to develop and test new approaches, technologies, and systems, including use of lunar and other space resources, to support sustained human space exploration to Mars and other destinations.
NASA strategists have already begun pointing to the lunar south pole and its possible stockroom of ice as the place of choice for an initial encampment of explorers.
Hope he actually funds it all.
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