Robert Zubrin has spent a large chunk of his career[1] arguing that going to the Moon is absolutely worthless. Go to Mars instead, it's not orders of magnitude

Robert Zubrin has spent a large chunk of his career[1] arguing that going to the Moon is absolutely worthless. Go to Mars instead, it's not orders of magnitude harder. Why the Moon? There is nothing of value. Some ice embedded in rock, extremely diluted He-3. Really, it's just useful as a megascale solar panel. [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm34Muv6Lsg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm34Muv6Lsg is a good summary.