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The Moon is indeed the best place to "learn the ropes" before setting out further out. It is not because there is less in-situ there. Dr Robert Zubrin makes th
by goatinaboat 6y ago
The Moon is indeed the best place to "learn the ropes" before setting out further out.
It is not because there is less in-situ there. Dr Robert Zubrin makes this case in his books.
- rbanffy 6y agoI believe that our understanding of lunar surface resources has changed significantly since those books. We now know there is more water than we ever suspected. We also have found what look like lava tubes that form natural ice traps. Being about a week from Earth also means we can iterate a lot faster and the 2 second delay makes remote controlled exploration a lot simpler.