re lunar colony race by or in article apr draper com mrf egbsun nosubdomain nodomain matthew r feulner writes need to find atleast billion for prize money my first thought is ross perot after further consideration i think he d be more likely to try to win it but come in a disappointing third try bill gates try sam walton s kids when the lunar society s m estimate of the cost of a lunar colony was mentioned at making orbit somebody asked jerry pournelle have you talked to bill gates the answer yes he says that if he were going to sink that much money into it he d want to run it and he doesn t have the time somebody then asked him about perot answer having ross perot on your board may be a bigger problem than not having the money all work is one man s work henry spencer u of toronto zoology kipling henry zoo toronto edu utzoo henry
