Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 20:55:51 -0400
Subject: [WSFA] Re: How to Build a City on the Moon
From: Michael Walsh <walshmichaelj at gmail.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Cc: WSFA Official List <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 6:44 PM, mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us> wrote:
>
> Excerpt:
> Humans haven=E2=80=99t set foot on the moon since 1972. That hasn=E2=80=
=99t stopped
> Johann-Dietrich Woerner, the new director general of the Paris-based
> European Space Agency, from pushing mankind toward more of a giant lunar
> leap than another small step. Woerner kicked off his tenure by telling BB=
C
> he not only wants to go back to the moon but hopes to build a village
> there=E2=80=94on the far side, no less.
>
> The very idea of a moon city ignites a constellation of questions about
> what it would look like and how we would build it. So CityLab called
> Woerner to find out. With the International Space Station potentially
> coming offline around 2024, he says, it=E2=80=99s time to envision the ne=
xt era of
> human presence beyond Earth. The moon-city project would be a prime drive=
r
> of technological advancement as well as basic scientific research.
> --- end excerpt ---
>
> <http://www.citylab.com/housing/2015/08/how-to-build-a-city-on-the-moon/4=
00454/>
>
> No, Charlie Boldon, you're not even *vaguely* good enough for NASA.

FWIW, 2015 Capclave GoH Alastair Reynolds from 1991 through 2004 he
worked at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (part of
the European Space Agency).

He's also written a Doctor Who novel ....

mjw