[BC] A very interesting fact behind the Apollo Mission to the Moon

[PeterH]

On Jul 20, 2009, at 2:52 PM, RichardBJohnson at comcast.net wrote:

> Establishing a permanent base on the moon is has no scientific  
> value (remember we have moon rocks and lots of moon dust) and  
> little strategic value (it's hard to do precise targeting from  
> there). If I'm going to pay for it, we get much more bang for the  
> buck by exploring Mars.

A trans-Mars injection from near Earth orbit would be much easier  
than a take-off from the Moon followed by a trans-Mars injection.