So... the empty cities were in Red China were just practice?
Other than the spectacular view from there, what advantage is there to living long-term on the moon?
China’s going to be around for a long time to come, but if they’re teaming with Europe on any kind of technology project of this scale, they better hurry. If Islam succeeds in over-running and dominating Europe as seems to be happening, it’ll soon slip into a technological and intellectual Bronze Age morass which will preclude any forward thinking of this sort.
The Chinese version of “Stone Soup”.
And it works every time!
Oh please let us choose who gets to go to the colony from the U.S.!
I’ve been saying for years that we should send robots to the moon to build a base for ultimate human habitation. Robots would reduce the expense and the risk. In addition it would create an incubator for robot technology which is the next tech vanguard. If we do nothing then China will soon be ahead of us. Already Europe is ahead of us on robot technology.
The closest earth gets to Mars is between 60,000,0000 and 100,000,000 miles. We are 239,000 miles from the moon. So it is like traveling 2.39 miles and saying it is a good jumping off point for a 600 to 1,000 mile trip.
I don’t get it unless leaving the moon’s atmosphere is so much easier than earth however, even so, you still have to get all the supplies to the moon.
The problem with building a Chinese lunar colony is a year later you want to build another one.
Seems ridiculous at first.
Humans are optimized for life on Earth. We are not suited for life on a desolate satellite of Earth. A satellite that has no seasons, no atmosphere, no plants, no clouds, no green grass. Its gravity is a fraction of that of Earth.
Plus it is morally unacceptable to bring forth children on the Moon with the intention of leaving them there for their entire lives, with no choice in the matter.
However, there is a reason for their madness.
The new colony would be established based on principles of atheistic materialistic communism with no influence whatsoever from Christianity or Judaism. In short, the kind of world the left has been trying to establish on Earth, with limited success.
What about the Federation?
Dream no small dreams.
A moon-base “village” would be necessarily be carved out BELOW the surface of the moon, as this is both the most cost-effective and structurally secure design. Together as a gateway to mining the subsurface ores, as insulation against both extreme heat and cold, and a containment for retaining the necessary life support for the persons living there on a permanent basis.
Because humanity evolved in an environment with considerably greater gravity, persons who live long-term, or are born while on the Moon, would acquire very different physical characteristics, and may not even be able to return to an Earth environment, at least not without considerable adaptive means.
But think of the possibilities for development of solar power, with a face of the moon turned to the sun for extended periods of time.
They’ll be the first lunatics.
Great-After Merkel totally destroys Europe... they will have a place to go
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Back in the 1960s, the US Army had Project Horizon, which never came into fruition. One could dust-off the plans, make some updates...
Whoever builds the best robots will build the best space colonies.
Cat’s in the kettle at the Peking Moon.