To Obama, a $50 billion lunar colony is chump change While Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has been mocked repeatedly by his chief rival, Mitt Romney, there is a compelling series of arguments to be made for returning to the moon, this time in the form of a permanent Lunar colony. Indeed, the Lunar colony idea had been articulated by President George W. Bush in 2004 and was based on solid research developed by many serious thinkers in the space community. It had also been ratified by 2 different congresses, in 2005 and 2008. In fact, the first lunar colony was planned in the mid-1960s, called ALSS (Apollo Logistics Support System) Lunar Base and was cancelled in 1968....for more: or click here
Here’s a rare piece these days (I don’t want to pimp my site but this piece is hard to find):
Moon, Mars and Beyond
http://thepoliticallyincorrectfish.com/pif2/?p=595