In article B7xNb.72889$I06.326075@attbi_s01, "Jay Honeck"
writes:


The science behind interplanetary space travel dictates that a moon base
WILL make space exploration cheaper.

The main cost of space exploration is in the booster system required to
escape Earth's gravity. Launching from the moon's lesser gravitational pull
is much easier, requires smaller rockets, and is thus much cheaper.
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And from L5, the trailing Trojan position in the moon's orbit, the cost is even
less.

If you can find it, read "Halfway to Anywhere" by Jerry Pournelle.

Don

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Wm. Donald (Don) Tabor Jr., DDS
PP-ASEL
Chesapeake, VA - CPK, PVG