RE: Why your kids won't land on the Moon
At its current rate of progress I think China will put men and bases on the moon before the US or any other international group. Do we individually or as a nation want China to claim the best areas or the whole moon before we arrive?
I say get the cost of the moon race back in the publics hand and assist the financing directly with donations from children (like the original moon race), space supporters, even the movie/television industries could donate a percentage of royalties from space movies, etc. But don't let those politicians in Congress reduce the current spending for NASA exploration just because the public helps with the financing to get us back on schedule.
