FAR OUT? When I wrote this column for TechCentralStation I was worried that the topic — colonization and terraforming of Mars, etc. — was too far out. But now comes this story, originally from the Wall Street Journal, on environmental activists who are organizing to fight lunar development plans.

As I said in the TCS column, this mostly reveals what the enviros’ priorities are.

And remember when I said a couple of weeks ago that the International Space Development Conference in Denver this weekend would be worth attending? The whole dispute is going to come to a head there. Too bad Kaus wouldn’t let me borrow the Boeing.