[agere_contra]

The first people to establish a stable base at the lunar pole (where the ice is) will own the next century.

NASA seems to be doing the right thing, bizarrely - though probably too expensively as usual. Anyway: science is one thing, but the high ground needs to be seized.

[Spiff]

The first people to establish a stable base at the lunar pole (where the ice is) will own the next century.

The first people to construct a space elevator will be the first people to establish a stable base at the lunar pole.