Trump / Musk (other than DOGE)

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1moretimeagain said:
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"the overriding priority is securing the future of civilization and the Moon is faster"?

Shouldn't taking care of the Earth and the civilization that resides on it be the "overriding priority"? What a dope. Can we just fire a rocket with Musk in it at the moon? If it hits its target, we measure the crater. If it misses, why not try again with Spaceman Bezos?
 
UNCMSinLS said:
"the overriding priority is securing the future of civilization and the Moon is faster"?

Shouldn't taking care of the Earth and the civilization that resides on it be the "overriding priority"? What a dope. Can we just fire a rocket with Musk in it at the moon? If it hits its target, we measure the crater. If it misses, why not try again with Spaceman Bezos?
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Give it a few years and I suspect Elon will be forced to settle for the #OccupyMontana mantra.
 
A lunar city right now would be an appendix for earth. It would occupy space for no obvious reason or purpose. It doesn't and can't have a viable independent support system. It's to close to the earth to really be any kind of refuge if there was a worldwide disaster. It would make more sense to spend the money on developing a real space station.
 
finesse said:
A lunar city right now would be an appendix for earth. It would occupy space for no obvious reason or purpose. It doesn't and can't have a viable independent support system. It's to close to the earth to really be any kind of refuge if there was a worldwide disaster. It would make more sense to spend the money on developing a real space station.
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Yeah I cannot understand the value of a terrestrial development over an orbiting habitat. The moon offers effectively no resources of biological need and would seem to be more challenging to build on? Maybe the planetary protection from space objects?
 
pspsps said:
Yeah I cannot understand the value of a terrestrial development over an orbiting habitat. The moon offers effectively no resources of biological need and would seem to be more challenging to build on? Maybe the planetary protection from space objects?
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Not sure the moon offers that much protection from the space rocks since its atmosphere is basically non existant , but I am not a scientist so maybe I am wrong.

Only thing I can think of is ready sources of minerals, but not sure how you refine them. I guess some nuclear reactor run factory?
 
altmin said:
Not sure the moon offers that much protection from the space rocks since its atmosphere is basically non existant , but I am not a scientist so maybe I am wrong.

Only thing I can think of is ready sources of minerals, but not sure how you refine them. I guess some nuclear reactor run factory?
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You would need to build underground.
 
In re Colonization of the Moon: I can see some value in placing an astronomical observatory on the "dark" side of the Moon. But anything else strikes me as something with a lower chance for success than mining for green cheese. The money spent on "colonizing" the Moon would be better spent attempting to restore the Earth's ecosystems.
 
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