Mission to the Moon in our future?

[ameriwx2003]

Will President Bush announce the goal of landing on the moon again soon??.. I love NASA but it seems to be an agency without a real defined mission. Setting a goal for a trip back to the moon with a possible mars mission in the future would at least give NASA some direction.. Of course, its doubtful the funding would be found for this anytime soon:):)

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/p ... 030858.asp

[PTrackerLA]

I would like to see us try and go back to the moon, I just think there's so much going on right now that the money is simply not there...especially after Columbia...

[JCT777]

PTracker - I agree. But I am sure we will go back to the moon, hopefully within the next 10 years.

[weatherluvr]

If the finding of Lunar Prospector verifies and there is indeed water on the moon, that would greatly help the cause for going back, as that could be a valuable fuel source that could be mined without being encumbered by earth's gravity (you wouldn't have to bring it all from earth).

[CaptinCrunch]

We need to go back to the moon, if we as a human race ever want to explore space and it's unknown then the moon would be a good start. Put some kind of base on it with a telescope or something. We need to build the kind of craft to go between here and the moon on a monthly bases.

NASA needs to be a private funded business or pare up with someone like Microsoft or IBM to help funding.