Comments on: Fly Me to the Moon

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:05:00 +0000

I agree terrestrial concerns trump other planetary ones, but if you consider the worst case scenarios of global warming if humankind fails to significantly alter its consumption, we’re looking at a near-waterworld in 500 years.

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:49:00 +0000

I’d love to visit the Moon, it’s near the top of my list of places to go. But, I have the nigglingest feeling that there are way too many problems that need to be addressed here on Earth before we should be spending billions setting up moonbases and stuff.

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:16:00 +0000

I was going by a NASA page, but thanks for the clarification.

By: aerogeek

aerogeek — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:34:00 +0000

Its not August 2008, i think the launch date of chandrayaan-1 is tentatively fixed at 19th september