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Never was entirely sure why we never tried to set up some sort of station on the moon back in the 60s &70s. Certainly would be easier now than back then. Heck that tablet in my hand probably has more computing power than the huge boxes on the Apollo missions. Open minded on colonies on other planets; think they are still a long way off but look back at science fiction from 50s & 60s and see how much of that is ordinary life in 2017.
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The problem was the mindset of Congress the reason why we went to the moon in the first place was the cold war and a promise that needed to be fulfilled by theblate beloved president John F Kennedy. The problem during the Apollo missions was always trying to justify it's survival after Apollo 11 because Congress wanted to focus the money on domestic problems or the military. That's what Elon Musk is trying to break he wants private industry to take the lead because they can focus exclusively on trying to perfect space travel and revolutionizing without having to worry about funding being pulled on a yearly basis.
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I will say this, during that decade span when NASA was trying to send a man to the moon, technology began expanding exponentially. Their are gadgets in most house holds now that we take for granted that come from technology created by NASA and companies working for NASA, so if man going back to space creates another technology boom I am all for it.
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Yes the average flip phone had more computing power then all the computers and involved in the Apollo program and shuttle combined.
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