Russia will begin Moon colonization in 2030 - draft space program

[DocM]

Funny you should memtion Space:1999. A while back Lockeed Martin came up with this design for a horizontal lunar lander that's similar to the Eagle,

Proposal

http://www.ulalaunch.com/uploads/docs/Published_Papers/Exploration/LunarLanderConfigurationsIncorporatingAccessibility20067284.pdf

After the return module leaves the rear module stays behind as a fuel depot and solar power generator.

[FloatingFatMan]

Gerry would be very pleased! :)

[DocM]

He should be. There are a lot of aerospace engineers who think Eagle is a pretty good baseline design.

[Dot Matrix]

Er... what resources does the moon have?

Bleu Cheese. :P