Equilibrium (Score 2, Insightful)

What strikes me about this plan is that since L1 is the point where Earth's gravity and the Moon's cancel each other out once you go beyond it the moon's pull starts to take over and you get a largely free ride the rest of the way in (minus some braking). So where is the advantage to putting stuff there when for a very small additional cost it could go on the moon? Though I agree with a number of the other posts the moon doesn't seem to hold a lot of promise these days other then potentially as a proving grounds for Mars.