First come first serve. We should get to the sweet spots first.
http://www.space.com/news/moon_agencies_031211.html
"There is growing Moon fever in China, Japan, India, and Europe as lunar orbiters and robot lander missions are plotted out. The global attraction to the Moon is stirring up the prospect that expeditions from various countries are keen to plant flag and footprint on the barren and foreboding world.
"Although I would not call this a 'race to the Moon,' the fact is that Europe, Japan, India, and China have formal commitments to lunar missions," Lowman said. He added that attention has become firmly focussed on the Moon's South Pole region as an objective.
"The now confirmed discovery of large hydrogen deposits in the polar regions has changed the Moon from a scientifically interesting body to territory of strategic value, comparable to the Persian Gulf oil fields," Lowman said"
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