Lunar Polution, Not! (Score 1)

The viewpoint that this uselessly trashes the Moon lacks rationality. The total surface area of the Moon is about the same as Africa. The debris footprint from this spacecraft will be about a 1000 foot diameter circle or oval. The moon is +250F in the daytime and -250F at night. There is no life or ecosystem whatsoever. The moon is a huge, dead rock. Just what "consequence" could you possibly imagine that is so detrimental, which this project desecrates? Human progress is based upon the exploitation of resources, like it or not. When they are exhausted on Earth, we >will get them from Space. OrbDev's little MoonCrash Project is more about demonstrating a commercial lunar activity, in hopes it will encourage more robust activities. Eventually we will get Helium-3 from the Moon to power our ever-expanding civilization with clean nuclear fusion. We can never go back to unspoiled wilderness, unless you want to murder 5.5 billion humans. The more industrial activity that occurs in Space will mean less in our Earth's environment. Best Regards, Gregory Nemitz "On the Moon, there are no trees for you to hug."