OK, a couple of more things about a Moon base

I love the idea of returning to the Moon, and the idea of going back there to stay I love even more. Having said that, I want to stress it must be done the right way. This has been back in the news lately because Newt Gingrich made a speech about it before his doomed Florida Republican presidential primary run. What bugs me is that we're talking about it in context of what Gingrich said; I'd rather we were talking about this on its own merits. There are reasons to go to the Moon, and reasons not to do it Newt's way... all of which I went over in an interview on CBC radio's Day 6 show with Brent Bambury that aired Saturday. The interview is archived on their site, and you can listen to it there. I was unusually lucid, IMO, and I think the points made were valid. ...