The moon doesn't always run interference for us. The recent Endeavor mission was using radar imaging to look below the sands and soil of the Earth. Next to this crater in the Sahara Desert were found two others buried beneath the sediments. It has happened here. Too Many Problems on Earth .
Space is the solution to our problems.
If we treat the Solar system as a resource that can be exploited, we no longer have to contend with the limited resources of the earth, and how material wealth is distributed across the globe. The three biggest problems facing the earth, are pollution, poverty, and population. I will assert that we can solve all these problems in space. I'm not going to try to argue for this, I'm merely going to state my idealistic assertions. The human population is growing at an exponential rate, doubling about every 30 years.