Newt's moon colony: What would it cost?

I'm not endorsing Newt, but he is the only one talking seriously about making space exploration easier for private industry to get their foot in the door. Every one talks about cost but everything worthwhile cost money to get things off the ground. The space industry will make money and create jobs and opportunities ten fold more than it will cost.

The payback is enormous concerning economic well being for untold numbers of humans, and everyday people will have a shot of actually going into space and into the playground of the gods for Pete's sake.

There are many so called people that don't want us to go into space, preferring that humanity stagnate and rots on the vine, and they will be a tough crowd to overcome.

Lou 

http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/27/pf/newt_gingrich_moon_colony/index.htm?hpt=hp_t2

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Newt Gingrich wants to build a permanent colony on the moon and, if his dream is fully realized, the price tag could be huge.
The Republican presidential candidate has repeatedly defended his goal to establish a "permanent lunar colony on the moon" by the end of his second-term as president -- if he is elected. Gingrich said he wants to eventually turn the moon into a bustling tourist destination, and hopes to use it for commercial purposes, including science and manufacturing.

Small minds say that "A moon colony is a waste of money"

A moon colony is the best use of public and private money and will created infinite opportunities for millions of people via job creation in the moon and space industry. There has aways been naysayers for the big achievements and there always will be. Some people think we should go back to living in huts and stop thinking about all the wonders in the universe, for them such things are nonsense. Before the airplane those same small minds believed that if god wanted humans to fly humans would have wings.

Money is not sent into space, all the money is spent down here on Earth, creating dam good paying jobs, the kind of jobs people enjoy doing.

Humans are going into space and these small minds best get out of the way!

Lou

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/30/opinion/frum-moon-colony/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Editor's note: David Frum, a CNN contributor.

Washington (CNN) -- Newt Gingrich has absorbed a fair degree of ridicule for his campaign proposal to build an American colony on the moon. Before focusing the laughter solely on Gingrich, however, let's recall that it is the declared policy of the U.S. government to return a human being to the moon by 2020, in preparation for sending a human astronaut to Mars. If Gingrich is wrong (and he is), he's not wrong alone.
As you read this, an international space station is orbiting Earth, staffed by a crew of six (currently, three Russians, two Americans and one astronaut from the European Union). Cost to date: $100 billion.

ufo

http://www.solarsystemscope.com/

Saturn's moons Dione, Prometheus, Epimetheus and a Pandora twist

A motley crew of Greek gods having earned Saturnian moon names, three are shown in the picture. Dione, the big moon and Epimetheus and Prometheus. Too bad the stars are missing, not captured by Cassini, otherwise the view would be too much for mere immortals stuck in 3D mode to bear, well if you happened to be there, that is. Dione, mother of Aphrodite and a Uranus taboo, and Epimetheus and the Pandora plague, what would we do without interesting Greek gods to breath intrigue into our planetary system.

Lou

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/nasa-handout-photo-saturns-moon-dione-photo-204042137.html

Flying past Saturn's moon Dione, Cassini captured this view which includes two smaller moons, Epimetheus and Prometheus, near the planet's rings in this NASA handout photo dated December 12, 2011. This encounter was the spacecraft's closest pass of the moon's surface.

http://365pwords.wordpress.com/2008/12/13/prometheus-epimetheus-and-pandora-a-tale-for-dark-times/

Posted on December 13, 2008 by?

I loved spending the night at Karen Dickovics’ house back in 3rd grade because her dad was a great storyteller. The Greek myths were his specialty. He’d turn out the lights and spin the fantastic tales of the gods and goddesses up on Mt. Olympus. Better than any soap opera.
I much prefer this creation story to the one about Adam & Eve: