re: A Simple Question
Maybe I didn't read closely enough, but I didn't see anything about Lunar colonies. I also didn't see anything about going back to the Moon, leaving some more footprints and then calling it a day. That might be what happens, who knows. A voyage to Mars could, in the end, result in exactly the same thing...except of course the footprints there won't last as long.
Like I said, I can cheer as loudly for Mars as I can for the Moon. I'm just happy someone with some pull is actually talking seriously and publically about either.
Clearly you and others here think a decision to return to the Moon is a disaster. I can't see it that way. Perhaps that's just ignorance and inexperience on my part. Time will tell, I suppose.