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Seems very unlikely that for the foreseeable future, any Moon->Earth threat of kinetic bombardment could stand against an Earth->Moon threat of nukes and cuttin
by 4bpp 9y ago
Seems very unlikely that for the foreseeable future, any Moon->Earth threat of kinetic bombardment could stand against an Earth->Moon threat of nukes and cutting off supplies. There is a fundamental asymmetry in that rendering Earth completely uninhabitable to humans would almost amount to terraforming a planet, whereas a Moon colony is rendered uninhabitable by, among other approaches, making a small number of strategically-placed holes in buildings.
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- rangibaby 9y agoI saw Dr Strangelove, certainly anyone who plans to (seriously) threaten the Earth with moon-launched WMDs would include some kind of dead man's switch in their plan. What I think is this: so the UN (of Earth) acquiesce to your demand for a trillion dollars and mining rights to Ganymede. What next? It's not like you can go back to Earth and enjoy your new wealth.
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