4 Approaches for Return to the Moon
I'd say that the new East India Company analog seems the most promising. It has the potential to leverage private resources, thereby freeing taxpayer funded programs for even further outbound (NEOs, Mars) destinations to first mitigate risk and then to fund incentives for private development. Haven't we finally learned that having all the govt $ tied up simply maintaining infrastructure (e.g. ISS, the shuttle) inhibits further exploration?
-p (over 30 years and counting since folks walked the moon)