172 Hours on the Moon discussion

This is a amazing book. After many decades NASA is going to let 3 untrained civilians and 5 trained astronauts go to the moon for 1 entire week. People at NASA didn't want to send people back for a good reason. But 40 years later people forgot about the sinister things that they left. The 3 main characters are Mia who thinks that it will be her bands ticket to fame and fortune. Midori thinks its her way of escaping her restrained life in Japan. Antoine just wants to get as far away from his ex-girlfriend. Only when they get to the moon will they figure out what they trained for.

Personally, while I enjoyed the story, the setup was ridiculous. It is so expensive to send people into space that the idea that three teenagers would be sent to the moon (even as a cover for something that they know would probably be very dangerous) was improbable. The idea that a hidden base was built on the moon in the *seventies*, and plants left to grow since then would still be alive...

Seriously, fun story, but the plot holes were really ridiculous.

I liked it too very much. I was really scared some times (I scare everything). But the end was horrible. What was the point?