re why not give billion to first year long moon residents in article apr bby com au gnb leo bby com au gregory n bond writes in article zv b w w theporch raider net gene theporch raider net gene wright writes announce that a reward of billion would go to the first corporation who successfully keeps at least person alive on the moon for a year and with b on offer the problem of keeping them alive is highly likely to involve more than just the lunar environment oh dear my freighter just landed on the roof of acme s base and they all died how sad gosh that leaves us as the oldest residents quick boss the slime from yoyodyne are back and this time they ve got a tank man the guns one could imagine all sorts of technologies being developed in that sort of environment greg i m kidding btw although the problem of winner takes all prizes is that it encourages all sorts of undesirable behaviour witness military procurement programs and b is probably far too small a reward to encourage what would be a very expensive and high risk proposition gregory bond gnb bby com au burdett buckeridge young ltd melbourne australia hey my dad has an old hangar and judy has some old rockets in her attic let s put on a lunar program sounds good but let s play a game what would be a reasonable reward what companies would have a reasonable shot at pulling off such a feat just where in the budget would the reward come from should there be a time limit would a straight cash money award be enough or should we throw in say exclusive mining rights for the first fifty years you get the idea i d like to play but i don t have a clue to the answers tom freebairn he who refuses to understand math will probably never get his checkbook figured out
