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> Why would someone want to move permanently to the Moon? Jobs. Aluminium-based refueling stations? Research? Cheap real state? I don't know, get cheap flights
by outworlder 8y ago
> Why would someone want to move permanently to the Moon?
Jobs. Aluminium-based refueling stations? Research? Cheap real state? I don't know, get cheap flights there, and people will find something useful to do.
- stcredzero 8y agoHow about Heinlein's take? It starts out as a godforsaken penal colony, but then turns into a libertarian paradise for the self reliant. Here's the most compelling reason for starting settlement off planet: Polities that exist in a larger context will come to dominate human culture. A solar system wide culture based on relatively primitive, inefficient O'Neill colony habitats could still support a human population in the trillions with only known resources, solar power, and only small extrapolations from current technology.
- rbanffy 8y agoIt's cheaper to reverse-engineer the brain and rewire it into a fully adapted citizen than to send a person to the Moon with supplies for a week.
- rbanffy 8y ago> Aluminium-based refueling stations? To refuel what? > Cheap real state? Location, location, location. Shipping people and goods is expensive. Latencies for data are terrible.