XPost: sci.space.policy   
   From: joe@strout.net   
      
   In article <3c6b9c1e.0402040635.3eb5cd29@posting.google.com>,   
    raf@tiki-lounge.com (Ross A. Finlayson) wrote:   
      
   > Could there be any kind of consensus in this open discussion forum on   
   > how to go about making a moon base?   
      
   It seems unlikely.   
      
   > Anyways enough of that, here's what I have in mind for a moon base:   
   >   
   > Earth to orbit mass driver: five hundred million   
      
   And definitely not if you cling to this notion.   
      
   We'll see working space elevators before we see an earth-to-orbit mass   
   driver.   
      
   > How about those apples?  Cost:  one Earth to orbit mass driver.   
      
   ...and a fair sprinkling of pixie dust.   
      
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