Canada Goes to the Moon? - Lunar Outpost Development RFP

[Greymatters]

Yes, its a valid line of thought going on.  Certainly not by ourselves, but possibly as part of some sort of space-based coalition.  Check out the following document on the subject here:

Lunar Outpost Infrastructure Development
(Canada - Public Works and Government Services Canada)

Nature of Requirements: Socio-Economic Benefits and Planning Scenarios of Canadian
Mining Expertise & Capability toward Canadian Opportunities in Lunar Outpost Infrastructure Development

Link: ]https://www.merx.com/English/supplier_menu.asp?WCE=Show&TAB=1&PORTAL=MERX&State=7&id=PW-%24%24SR-030-17263&FED_ONLY=0&hcode=OqhiyjKsvIiIm8WVX5JbZQ%3d%3d]

Edit: Also another one on Lunar Surface Transport...
Link: https://www.merx.com/English/supplier_menu.asp?WCE=Show&TAB=1&PORTAL=MERX&State=7&id=PW-%24%24SR-030-17265&FED_ONLY=0&hcode=NaXytDSe7kgkPFt3%2bYlNMQ%3d%3d

 

[Colin Parkinson]

It's all a ploy to build a Tim Hortons there, before the Chinese build a Rice and Noodle House on the moon.

 

[TN2IC]

Somehow when I read the title I was thinking NDP....


You know... NDP... Moon....

;D

 

[Greymatters]

It's all a ploy to build a Tim Hortons there, before the Chinese build a Rice and Noodle House on the moon. 

The NASA article I read up on this subject said they are hoping to get a base going by 2024.  The Chinese article on the subject claimed they will have something there by 2010, but I'd have to see it to believe it.

 

[a_majoor]

Well, a lot of the ground work was done for us in the 1950's (about the same time AVRO was working on the Arrow)

http://astronautix.com/articles/prorizon.htm

 

[Greymatters]

Well, a lot of the ground work was done for us in the 1950's (about the same time AVRO was working on the Arrow)
http://astronautix.com/articles/prorizon.htm

You come up with some interesting links...  good reading...