My honest opinion on this would probably be NO. If humans had landed long back with those technologies then we would have a colony by now on Moon. World wanted to see who won the space race and US grabbed that opportunity by creating this.
Why? Why would we have a colony by now? Do you think that after going to the moon, each trip afterwards would be free?
I do not think that after going to the moon every subsequent trip will be free because once the US creates this opportunity to go to the moon, then everyone can go. Also on the moon the Blue Armstrongs went before and they built many colonies.
Ok, everyone can go, but whose going to pay for it? And what would be the point, welfare? Everyone can go to the moon. You're taking tv shows made for entertainment too seriously, and thus think we should have colonies just because. There are far bigger issues in the world that would need to be taken care of.
I think cows, chickens and pigs should be allowed to go to the moon, because otherwise, how are these colonies going to get great food? Wouldn't you want a 16 oz (500 gram) prime ribeye after a hard week in the lunar mines? And don't forget the rights of vegetables and fruits. They have rights too, and the products of fruits and vegetables are things like beer, wine, and whiskey.
Well, maybe not beer. I suppose carbonation wouldn't work too well with the lowered pressure levels in the vessels these people would live in.
In that case beer could be good on the moon. With the weaker gravity, when you're hungover it won't hurt too much when you fall down. Unless you fall into a crater I guess.
