> Humans have only landed on the moon once. Not to be nitpicky, but humans have landed 6 times on the moon, from '69 to '72. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon

> Humans have only landed on the moon once. Not to be nitpicky, but humans have landed 6 times on the moon, from '69 to '72. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing) I agree with most of what you've said though. As for the moon and its minerals, I don't think it has any valuable ones but it's an excellent starting place for future long-distance space flights.