[Moonbase-discuss] Re: Vol 1 #22 - Unfettered free enterprise

[Caleeder@aol.com]

Hey gang,

Great discussion. I happen to be writing a screenplay about exactly these 
issues, and would love to meet up with you all and discuss sometime.

Chris


In a message dated 5/15/02 7:18:27 PM, rclague@rclague.net writes:

<< >It's not so much that we need total regulation of space such that NASA et 
>al. is the *only* place one can go to,
>but we need to make sure that when we go (either as a public or private 
>venture) we do it correctly with a level
>of ethical considerations such that we don't screw things up long term. 
>Figuring out how to ensure that is the hard part.

Oh, I don't know - defining "screw things up long term" will be no
picnic either.  One perspective is, "Strip mine the moon?  Why not?
The place is a dump." Another is, "The moon is a beautiful place - the
ultimate desert - as Buzz Aldrin recognized when his first words from
the lunar surface were, 'Magnificent...desolation.'  The moon should
be a park."  I flip back and forth between the two according to my
mood.  It doesn't affect my current activities, because either way, we
have to go back.

-R >>