I saw this article about returning to the moon by 2018. First, if they are really able to do it , I want to be a part. But only if they really want to do it, No more of this pussyfooting around in LEO. That's one reason why I left last year.
Second, will we get the right amount of funding? It seems we get too many restrictions on how to spend in the space business. We are forced to buy low when it makes no sense and spend money competing contracts for paperclips. Then, when when it's all said and done the costs would be lower going to the Office Depot for the stupid things. Surprisingly, technology scares the people at NASA, becasue we don't get such common place things as USB drives to store data because it make s too much sense. Never mind that they won't upgrade the server drives because they say its too expensive. Never mind the costs of hard drives keep dropping, and using individual storage media has a logic to it.
The idea of exploring the solar system was why I joined the business in 1989. I really hope we do this, even if I'm not part of it.