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Radiation is a serious problem. It tears apart DNA & RNA. Blocking radiation takes lots of material, hence, underground.
by bdamm 2y ago
Radiation is a serious problem. It tears apart DNA & RNA. Blocking radiation takes lots of material, hence, underground.
- thaumasiotes 2y agoThat's not a reason to do something below ground on the moon. It would be a reason not to do something above ground, which, as I noted, we already don't do.
- seanhunter 2y agoI've moved beyond not doing things on the moon. That's so passé. I'm already not doing things above ground (or below ground on Mars) and have no plans for the moons of Venus after that.
- _yb2s 2y agoMany of us aren't even doing things above (or below) ground on Earth.
- bdamm 2y agoYou may prefer to do the other thing but I think as a species it's ok to have some off planet outposts. Feel free to not go there, and also don't go to antarctica or anywhere else particularly challenging.