Originally published October 15 2005
BBC taps readers for opinion on NASA moon plans
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
BBC news recently asked for reader comments on the subject of NASA's plan to put a crew of men and women on the moon for a one-week stay by 2020, and received a variety of responses.
The US space agency has announced plans to send a crew of four astronauts to the Moon for a one-week stay by 2020 onboard the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV).
Nasa plans to use rocket technology for the CEV, similar in concept to Apollo, and will retire the space shuttle in order to pay for its replacement.
Charity begins at home, the moon's not going anywhere Lucy Boyce, Pennsylvania, USA I think it's a waste of money in a country with poor families who are homeless and struggling after recent natural disasters.
I don't see why NASA is worrying about taking people to the moon when they can't even get their space shuttle to fly simple missions to the space station without worrying constantly about it blowing up when returning to earth.
I wish some people would stop going on about how much of a waste of money these missions will be.
At the moment a lot of money is being spent on space probes, which despite being academically interesting, don't really get us anywhere.
I am sure this will be a sight to remember, (especially with surroundsound and a live high-definition broadcast- please Nasa!) Of course there will be naysayers but they must realise that space exploration does more for the Earth and humanity at large than another couple of billion dollars thrown at badly done conservation efforts.
I am a bit surprised that Nasa is planning this return to the moon in an updated but otherwise very similar way to the Apollo programme.
The next excursion to the Moon should be designed to establish a permanent base as a follow on to a permanent orbiting space station and as a preparation for a manned mission to Mars.
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