Letter: Moon camp proposal far too ambitious

Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007 | 1:15 a.m.

Man is not suited for space. Man must be coddled and protected, and ample amounts of food, water, oxygen and other supplies are needed to sustain him. So when NASA states that it wants to establish a colony on the moon, I wonder how it plans to provide all the necessities, not just initially, but on a continuing basis.

NASA is having problems with the space shuttles now, but somehow it claims it'll be able to surmount all these problems in 2020. I believe this is a giant boondoggle, costing hundreds of billions of dollars, keeping NASA's scientists and engineers occupied with a make-work project with little hope of success.

Congress must not be fooled by NASA's claims, and should reject this proposal.

Richard J. Mundy, Las Vegas

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