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Actually, rvantwisk, you are wrong. The moon is far from being dead. You may think so, but a closer look reveals its full of minerals. In fact, if you had a backyard containing moon ground instead of earth ground, chances are you would be rich. There are many metals and minerals on the moon that are not so common on Earth. Emd7, you right about all those, i would add a telescope station to that list also. There are many uses for the moon. Now not to steer away from the real question why not go to the moon again. Well, the only reason we were in such a rush to go to the moon in the 1970s was because of the space was something new and mind intriguing. Plus there was high competition between USSR and USA. Once the Americans landed on the moon, the race was over. Even though many people thought that now we had to go to Mars and beyond. But NASA for some reason stop human exploration. Now( I think) we are all just scared. What if someone dies, what if we lose billions of dollars........... and so on. We have lost that fire and courage we had during the race. In 1960s, when Kennedy proposed to fly to the moon, no one was afraid that an astronaut would die. And if he did, he would die for his country. Still, if you haven't heard there is a new race to the moon now. USA, Russia, UN are already designing and building the space craft that will take humans to the moon. I am not sure about Japan and China, but they might be along for the ride too. Now you might ask why is the race on again. Well, its because there is helium 3 on the moon. Now that is huge. Who ever controls the moon or much of the moon, would control the Earth's energy supply. So there you go.

Maybe the writer of that article should look at nuclear submarines and call them environmentally dangerous. As long as the nuclear waste is held in a waterproof container that has a low corrosion rate it is safe. Even if the ship sinks, it will be possible to retrieve the waste later.