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Various moon benefits: - Relatively close and accessible (as opposed to the other planets) - Seemingly stable platform to build, other wise we continue to roc
by LarryMade2 9y ago
Various moon benefits:
- Relatively close and accessible (as opposed to the other planets)
- Seemingly stable platform to build, other wise we continue to rocket everything up from earth.
- Raw Materials - stuff to build more space vehicles, structures, etc.
- Lack of air - May help foster newer/cheaper materials and other processing
- Low Gravity - Also may factor into developing new materials and bigger objects.
- Lack of thick atmosphere - for astronomy, earth visualization.
- for data centers - potentially better cooling, or energy (solar) less susceptible to intrusion, security, etc. Lack of air might be a plus too.
- derblitzmann 9y agoTo add upon your comment, the moon could also act as an interplanetary shipyard. With the low gravity and stablity, as well as proximity to earth for raw materials and man power. Assuming it isn't completely automated. Iirc, Isaac Arthur (I know him as a sci-fi YouTuber) has done numerous videos on how we could become an interplanetary/interstellar species. One of those videos covered the use of the moon to those ends.
- ianai 9y agoI thought the moon had been ruled out due to lack of resources to compensate for the gravity well.
- Hextinium 9y agoThe amount of fuel it takes to get to Mars and the Moon is almost the same but the Moon has a bunch of aluminum and oxygen relatively easily obtainable. These two things can react energetically and be used in a hybrid rocket which could be used to shuttle stuff from the Moon to Earth. The stuff exists we just have to use it.
- ianai 9y agoSounds like the exports would be transportation related. Wonder if solar or nuclear would be more viable.