NASA recently announced the coming contruction of a Space Station on the Moon.

I am a gadget geek, a sci-fi buff, and a believer in space exploration. But... Not at this time. When there is so much need and poverty, when we haven't even fixed up New Orleans, when we have people die daily from starvation in America, how can we justify spending billions and billions of dollars on space exploration. I just cannot turn a blind eye to the world we occupy to gaze at a another one.

its just a matter of fact that this research just develop a lots of improvement in science i think it wont explode becasueof this

First I don´t think that we have the capacity to build a station on the moon around 2025. But I am totally favorable to it. We must develop, think , search, try. The poverty problem can be solved if there is political will. I live in a poor country, the problem here is not lack of money, is corruption. There is, in my view, no problem on spending money on this. There is enough money to solve the problem of poverty, what the world lacks is political will.

There is simple reason for. Global Warming. If we do not stop polution, we have only 50-60 years left on this planet before Ice Age begin.We have no choice, and moon is close.

I think the lunar base idea is cool. It can help us as a launch pad for outer space!

NASA spends too much money! This is he normal complaint from people. I used to work at NASA, I worked with the astronauts and pilos who trained them. After that experience I understand how important space exploration is. Now every time a space shuttle lifts off I get goosebumps, because I know where they are going and why they are doing it.

most of these NASA things are just conspiracy theories. some of them are true, i saw this documentary on BBC about these conspiracy theories and it made me change my whole perspective on these things.

I think it would be really neat myself when it gets done.

All those old sci-fi movies coming true then, in some ways I am surprised they haven't already done it and got a settlement on the moon .. I'm not sure I would want to make a visit myself, but I am sure many would leap at the chance to go off world. The trouble with living on the moon is leaks .. I reckoned I'd be wandering around all day checking for leaks ... I don't have a lot of trust in the way the station would be buiklt have I .. or is it just that I have seen too many sci-fi horror movies hahaha !! I wouldn't mind have my ashes scattered up there some day ..

Well there are so many issues as such. The first and foremost question to be asked is Why do we need space station on moon ? We have sent considerable number of satellites around moon and if we are able to send a rover to mars, we can always send one to moon and confirm whether moon is suitable for dwelling. Once its done, We need resources to work out with on the moon. The best one would be nothing other than solar energy. How are you going to tap it ? you cant take each and every piece of metal from earth to moon. A team will be required to settle there and start extracting the metal. Accordin to me this wont happen for atleast next 60 yrs.

Oh great discussion.So we have another plant to live

I love this subject matter. Here we are, after a few thousand (forget the Bible timetable) years prospering and multiplying like bacteria on our beautiful and bountiful Earth. We are so successful and smart that technology offers us the vision of space colonisation. Well bloody bravo!!! What for? Because we have made such a mess of the planet we have? Because all our religious faiths have not prevented us from trying to kill each other. Because we cannot reach armaggedon fast enough for the satisfaction of the "chosen ones". Because our economic greed has plundered the major resources without regard for the wellbeing of humanity as a whole. Because of our need to stamp our authority on others by using the most diabolical polluting, radioactive and depleted uranium weaponry? So , now we are so smart that we can move on to a planet with very little in the way of comfort, or natural resources and make it home? No Way Hose!!! The only thing driving the space program is weapons technology and military superiority. Whilst telling you to switch off your wasteful electrical appliances and cut back on waste, they are busy exploding munitions with depleted uranium, and cluster bombs that will kill and main for years to come. The fact that you and I are paying for the stuff is justified as part of the "war on terror". Well it all sounds like...er....foul smelling mis-information to me. Thankfully I'll be past my sell-by date by the time this planet displays some of the "shock and awe" that it has stoked up for us. But I'd rather they don't steal my tax contributions to pay for the deceptions.

this is a lye ?

I'm not buying it. It's just a Bush political game. The timeframe is so far away there will be several administrations between now and then, and any one of them can axe it.

So, NASA is upto it too. Feels that after by one decade or so there will be a war to get land on ooon , by firms and countries.

i dont think so it will be built bcoz there is no much ife out of space...

I think that it will be a great step for humanity. Therefore thus that to arrive the moon, we will go to contradict all the arguments that say that the man only ruined the land. This will be a great lie, therefore the man also will ruin the moon, and later Mars and the other planets that go to conquer. Therefore I think that this great step will still have worse consequências. However it would love living in the moon.penso that would be much Nice.

Hahahaha The super powers know that earth is fast becoming inhabitable. They arent building a space station to use for exploration, hahaha they are building a place for the powerful and rich to escape to when it becomes unbearable here on earth. They will leave the poor and middle class behind to suffer and the most rich and powerful will start a new life on a comfortable unpolluted new planet.

Ok.it`s great that men are going to build a Space Station on the moon but we have also to think about stuff like pollution.Do not harm the moon please.It`s nice to watch it during the night So our scientists must kep it clean.

For me, it is a tremendous dullness to spend much money with this type of project. He would be very better if the man spent money developing ways to preserve and to take care of our planet Earth. thanks.