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yes. A moon base established by any one country would be a massive massive coup. Your on the very frontier of space and if you get a foot hold chances you will
by ErrantX 17y ago
yes. A moon base established by any one country would be a massive massive coup. Your on the very frontier of space and if you get a foot hold chances you will be at that fore-front for decades.
From the economic perspective there is a massively lucrative tourist market to sell.
And above all of that you have proof of the countries dominance over the earth. Some of their residents are literally untouchable :)
EDIT: if China makes it to the Moon that would establish them and the next biggest super power. Chances are it will be them anyway but still...
- philwelch 17y agoAll very vague. What is the actual strategic value in this? What would you be able to do that other spacefaring powers couldn't, and why would it matter in a strategic context? "Some of their residents are literally untouchable" It's trivially easy to stop shipments to the Moon. How long can a lunar biosphere last?
- Retric 17y agoThe trick is the ability to build everything and due to the cost of transporting stuff to the moon means CPU's are probably the last thing to be manufactured on the moon. So, once we start building chip fab's on the moon a lunar biosphere could last for millions of years.