homealone

I think we need to develop a safe and economical orbiter (shuttle replacement), to service and expand the International Space Station, then develop a vehicle that will operate from that.

I totally agree with the article, that the 'heavy lifter' approach is redundant (and wasteful) technology. This, in my opinion, is 'short term-ism' that is not justified by the goal. A moon colony is no more than 'nice to have', at the moment, why not set our sights on the longer term project of a manned mission to Mars?