Moon Bases By 2024

And you thought property in Manhattan was expensive? What do you think 2,000 sq ft will cost you on the moon?

(Chi Trib)The new lunar plan recalls NASA's Apollo era, when six missions landed on the moon between 1969 and 1972. But unlike Apollo and its lunar lander, the new space transport being developed--the Ares I rocket and Orion capsule--will have a lander designed for reuse and to serve as a kind of pickup truck, according to Horowitz. The plan calls for development of a pressurized moon rover that would allow astronauts to ride around the moon without wearing cumbersome spacesuits

Good luck finding a parking spot too!