re moonbase race in article r o inn j mojo eng umd edu sysmgr king eng umd edu writes in article c teik z zoo toronto edu henry zoo toronto edu henry spencer writes apollo was done the hard way in a big hurry from a very limited technology base and on government contracts just doing it privately rather than as a government project cuts costs by a factor of several so how much would it cost as a private venture assuming you could talk the u s government into leasing you a couple of pads in florida why use a ground launch pad it is entirely posible to launch from altitude this was what the shuttle was originally intended to do it might be seriously cheaper also what about bio engineered co absorbing plants instead of many lox bottles stick em in a lunar cave and put an airlock on the door marvin batty djf uk ac cov cck and they shall not find those things with a sort of rafia like base that their fathers put there just the night before at about o clock
