Moon-base nonsense

I'm going to try to start posting here again, starting with a link to an excellent slate.com article about NASA's plan to build a moon-base. In particular:

"Although, of course, the base could yield a great discovery, its scientific value is likely to be small while its price is extremely high. Worse, moon-base nonsense may for decades divert NASA resources from the agency's legitimate missions, draining funding from real needs in order to construct human history's silliest white elephant."