US to Return Astronauts to the Moon by 2024, VP Pence Says

On one hand… good. On the other hand… I’ll believe it when I see it. I’ll *start* to believe in the possibility of it when I see a finalized design for a lunar lander.

The US *should* be able to do this. Whether *NASA* could do this, I have substantial doubts. SpaceX? I would be unsurprised if they could do it, and it would make me happy if the first manned lunar landing of the 21st century happens in 2024 when a USSF-owned and operated SpaceX Starship lands on the lunar surface with ten scientists and ten Space Marines ready to plant the flag and claim territory for the United Federation of Planets of America, complete with had modules, regolith moving equipment, a ten megawatt nuclear reactors and a big-ass Drax Industries “Screw You Mk. 2” laser gun.