Europe's ESA socialists are exploring this issue for just $122 million while NASA sits on its hands...
Europe's socialists are journeying to the Moon for just $122 million dollars:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/08/19/europe.moon.ap/index.html
AND they're using rather cutting-edge technology, too. The Defense Department's Clementine wasn't much cheaper, and that was a decade ago:
http://www.spaceprojects.com/dod
