The Exodus & the Plan to Colonize the Moon

Okay so I had a brief exodus, but now all is fine, and I'm back at it. 

My internet is failing to work at home, so that blows, but I am at my sister's for now until that gets back to working correctly.  I love technology, but it really sucks when it doesn't work.  Our reliance on technology is amazing.

Speaking of technology, this entry on Wikipedia had me very interested with regards to NASA and stuff.

The article talks about many amazing things for the future:

NASA's long range Vision for Space Exploration plan includes a return to the Moon, with a manned mission in 2019 and permanent staffing of a polar base by 2024.^[1][2] A Chinese space scientist has said that the People's Republic of China could be capable of landing a human on the moon by 2022 (although the country has announced no formal plans for human lunar exploration),^[3] and Japan is now talking about plans for a lunar base by 2030.^[4] None of these plans, however, involve permanent residents of the Moon. Instead they call for sortie missions, in some cases followed by extended expeditions to a lunar base using rotating crew members, as is currently done for the International Space Station.

It will be interesting to see how that works out a nice 10+ years from now.