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What resources, exactly? The moon is a shit place to go for basically anything. We’d be much better off trying for near earth asteroids. And no, a lunar base i
by mdorazio 3y ago
What resources, exactly? The moon is a shit place to go for basically anything. We’d be much better off trying for near earth asteroids.
And no, a lunar base is not a good launching spot to get to other places in the solar system. You’re much better off with large orbital bases for that so you don’t have to waste reaction mass getting to and from the surface of a heavy body without atmosphere.
- belter 3y agoAccess to this water will mark the first Space based military confrontation between Earth nations. "How much water is on the Moon?": "...Based on remote observations by radar instruments aboard Chandrayaan-1 and LRO, the lunar poles have over 600 billion kilograms of water ice. That’s enough to fill at least 240,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools..." - https://www.planetary.org/articles/water-on-the-moon-guide https://www.planetary.org/articles/water-on-the-moon-guide