Fly me to the moon...

 "So any insights after crunching your "moon data" there Jack?" 
"Yep."
"Just spit it out." 
"We're only on stage 2 of...shit I can't remember how many.  But so far everything's on schedule.  I'm just double checking if anything needs to be updated or revisited."
"Wait, stage 2 of what?"
"Well.  Orion has met it's benchmarks and has some tricks up it's sleeve that haven't been revealed yet and Artemis, so far and surprisingly, is on schedule.  So in my book we're actually ahead of schedule.  Next step is project Enterprise." 
"Like as in Star Trek?  You want to put a Star Trek ship in space."
"Na...I mean yeah...but....not yet." 
"Okay....?"
"The shuttle, sitting mothballed in a museum right now. Gonna put it back to work.  It and the others."
"Those things are dangerous to launch and even more dangerous to land." 
"Yeah, well, we don't need to land 'em, just get them into orbit."
"Why exactly?"
"Here's the thing.  The international space station is getting old and needing replaced. The original, not my, plan was to drop it in the ocean and then start from scratch.  I don't mind the starting from scratch thing, but it would be the biggest waste in human history to drop it back down to earth regardless of if it survived the "landing" or not. I'm going to send it to the moon and use the shuttles to do it."
"You want to fly the space station to the moon?  With the Shuttles?" 
"Yep, that's the plan."
"You're insane."
"Yeah, but think about how cool it would be?  Not to mention the trillions of dollars worth of effort that went to getting all that shit up there in the first place.  I say, send it to the moon, use the shuttles as retro stabilizers and thrusters to get it there.  Put it in orbit, and if for some reason it's unusable or too damaged drop it on the surface for future missions to scavenge for parts, supplies, and data.  Less of a waste than dropping it in the ocean or burning it up in the atmosphere and if it survives the trip we have a fulling functioning space station floating around the moon for emergencies, supply storage, and surface observations without having to spend another 50 years worth of labor and resources getting something similar up there."
"So you're plan is to use outdated tech to do cutting edge research, and save literal Trillions in resources and billions in labor hours...that...actually makes sense."
"Yep, not to mention retrofitting those old things won't be super difficult.  Hell, you could slap a smart phone to the dashboard of a shuttle and have more computing power than mission control did when those things first launched.  Launch them remotely to avoid unnecessary accidents, have them loaded with the payload necessary to  retrofit the station for transit."
"That will take forever, you can't send the station sailing as fast as something as the Orion." 
"Yeah, I know.  Why do you think Artemis has the schedule it does and regardless of what I think of the jackasses personally their little rocket projects will be key in resupply and personnel transfers."
"Okay, so...then there won't be a station around earth." 
"Oh ye of little faith.  I haven't peaked at what the other teams are doing because I like to be surprised but if they took the challenge...bro...it's going to be bad ass.  Fucking Gundam levels of badass.  No joke." 
"Wait...what challenge." 
"Challenge I issued to all the agencies...almost...fuck...30 or so years ago." 
"Wait...did you...are you saying you..."
"I'm just a humble librarian that answered a few questions and gave my thoughts on the topics.  I can't help it if they took the challenge and followed my outlines." 
"Bullshit." 
"Yep, sure enough is, cause I did it for the shits and giggles and because I wanted to see it before I die. But still happening none the less."
"So...you're going to fly the ISS to the Moon and use it as a station there...that's the plan?"
"Yep."
"What happens to the shuttles after that?"
"They do the job they were meant to do...just...back and forth from station to station instead of station to earth.  Deliver supplies, pick up samples, transport crew." 
"You're serious aren't you."
"Deadly, it's my life's work."
"I thought the movies were your life's work."
"..." 
"So the enterprise is going to be the universes first shuttle bus to the moon?"
"MMhmmm" 
"Assuming everything makes it in one piece...or at least salvageable pieces."
"And you think every space agency in the world is going to back this plan?"
"Already have one way or another."
"No fucking way."
"Yep...now if you excuse me I have 2 characters intros to write and two more character creation sessions to schedule before the first game."
"First game of what?"
"Spoilers."