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For those in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore metro areas:

The Robotic and Human Lunar Exploration Strategic Roadmap Committee, which is the one that is considering the various scenarios for how we actually explore the Moon in the long term is having a meeting today and tomorrow to talk about those proposals. And the public is allowed to attend. So if you are in the Washington, D.C/Baltimore metro area and you have the time, take some time off today or tomorrow and stop by. You never know how much things like that can help tilt a committee in the right direction.

Update: After making it through the agenda to the very end I noticed this nice footnote:

* Commercial Subcommittee includes the following:
- Jeff Taylor, University of Hawaii (chair)
- Rick Tumlinson, Space Frontier Foundation
- David Gump, TransformSpace
- Tom Taylor, Lunar Transportation Systems, Inc.
- Jim Muncy, PoliSpace

So the right people are there, the question becomes whether or not they’ll be listend too.

I’ve been way to busy to blog lately but this one just seemed to important to pass up. Apparently the Robotic and Human Lunar Exploration Strategic Roadmap Committee has been considering four different proposals for how to go to the moon.

Options A, B, and C are extremely underwhelming, doing nothing more than specifying a flight timeline. No context for ensuring sustainability or for creating any infrastructure. But Option D, on the other hand, is extremely interesting:

Now, I’m not exactly sure how to go about lobbying that group to make the right decision. But I could do something fun so that others might, plus, it makes for good conference wear when your at ISDC or Space Access: