So far, only MhAkDreamy has committed an act worthy of infraction in this thread (and yes, I will be giving him an infraction for it--sa ato pa, if you guys POST IN THE SAME VEIN AS HIS POST IN THIS THREAD, INFRACTION SAD MO, OKAY?), thus I'll allow the thread to go on, because it is indeed a worthy subject. But before other people continue posting, do note the following:
a) NASA has been forced to abandon their second attempts at lunar landing due to budgetary constraints. Obama scrapped George W. Bush's "Return to the Moon" plan, in favor of a long-term, cheaper plan, manned missions to an asteroid and Mars beyond 2035.
b) To show you how money can truly affect such an endeavor, realize how the Soviets were not able to realize their lunar landing ambitions because of budget constraints.
N1 moon rocket
c) The Chinese have been escalating their space program--they will be putting up their own version of the ISS early next year.
Getting to the moon is easy, because humans have been there--the hard part is raising the money you need for it.
-RODION