The Climate Reality Project

Well actually it is..... An open letter to NASA: To whom it may concern, For years now NASA has been refering to the concept of a full time Lunar base as impractical due to the enourmous cost of ferrying raw materials to the moon. Has it ever blinked through the American brain trust that you already have, both literally and figuritivly tons of material in orbit already? In fact is there not so much "space junk" currently in orbit it is begining to become a navagational hazard? Now I realize that computers become obsolete and solar pannels fail.....but isn't there plenty of steel, titanium, copper, wiring, gold foil, tubing,etc,etc up there that you could begin a major project. I mean how hard could it be to attach an unmanned booster to these "junk" satelites and shove them into a lunar orbit, where they could then be stockpiled then cannibalized for their raw materials? wouldn't that save billions? Hey were shooting for Mars and thats awesome but lets also think about a permant space station rather than sending a new one up every 15 years. this letter has also been sent to NASA and i encourage all of you to add your voice to it by sending your own e-mail. world without end, sean