Moon base from 2020? That's ... well, interesting to say the least. It's the stuff of Sci-Fi, sure, but so have a lot of things that have come to pass as of late. So should this idea be thrown onto the heap that includes eugenics, the Y2K bug and Atlantis or put on the desk alongside photos of Dolly the sheep, computers that fit in your hand and face transplants?

Well I, for one, hope they do try for something like this. I hear a lot of people going ape about these sorts of investments by governments while there are millions living in poverty, at home and abroad. But, here's the thing: money can only go so far in these situations. It requires, in some cases, physical presence to enforce advancement in some regions, otherwise known as military intervention. And on the domestic front, well, in a capitalist country, having the government plunge money into the economy can have detrimental effects. So with the surplus of money, why not just throw it to the moon. It's not like we could throw it much further.

Thomas.