> LEO <-> Demos It does not have to be an either/or mutually exclusive thing. Do not ignore the importance of psychology and symbolism in long-term, cooperati

> LEO <-> Demos It does not have to be an either/or mutually exclusive thing. Do not ignore the importance of psychology and symbolism in long-term, cooperative human effort. A moon base that people can visit and inhabit will make concrete what would otherwise be an abstract concept. It will be much easier to get funding, buy-in and cooperation from an Earthling who has been to the Moon than from someone who at best sees anything happening in space through screens.