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"Dan Luke" wrote:

Which is exactly why we went in the first place, and why the Chinese are
talking about going now: for the propaganda value.

I won't argue. Value is value. I'd like America to be
thought of and ultimately remembered as the strongest
supporter of humanity's space program, not just the only
nation to ever use a nuclear weapon in war.

From what is in the PNAC, I rather think this moon base
is a missile base. Talk about Heinlein...

Missile base for WHAT? Targeting accuracy requires far more precision
than land-and sea-based missiles; trajectory tome is in DAYS, not
minutes.

The Moon would be useless as a missile base.