No it won’t.
Too damn expensive with all the layers of second guessers in NASA.
And don’t tell me about private enterprise.
They like a return on their investment.
And don’t tell me about private enterprise.
They like a return on their investment.
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Not all investments realize a profit right away.
A profitable Moon facility could be as simple as a farm. Selling propellant, food, and many other expendables to satellite operators and others.
Of course a farm on the Moon is no casual matter.
They like a return on their investment."
You sir, and I say this with all possible respect, are a shortsighted fool.
I guess you missed this part:
Earth-based mining companies may soon face stiff competition from the mining of gold, silver, platinum and rare earths on asteroids and even other planets.http://fortune.com/2015/07/20/asteroid-precious-metals/
From that article:
The space rock, which is roughly half a kilometer long, might contain anywhere between $300 billion to more than $5 trillion in precious metalsThat is aside from the fact that many candidate asteroids contain more iron than mined in human history. That iron is also already outside Earth's gravity well, which vastly increases its value.
We are on the verge of having essentially unlimited energy at our disposal, and we have plenty now to get started. Once space exploration/exploitation really takes off, the sky is literally the limit.