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Gravity is easy to simulate with spin.

• WalterBright 7y ago
  That's not so easy - the station has to be very large to do that, otherwise people get dizzy with coriolis effects. With a large station comes the problem of dropping something sharp/heavy and having it crash through the hull. A large station means every gram of material has to be boosted up out of some gravity well to it. Whereas on the moon, the idea is to use the material already there.
  • netman21 7y ago
    I get all that. But keep in mind that nothing has ever been manufactured on the Moon. Nothing. I love the idea of using Lunar regolith to make stuff. But the first Moon bases will be shipped there. Just like the first space bases. Baby steps.