Lets say China did militarize the Moon, as insane as that concept is. Please spell out an argument to me how a militarized Moon is a big problem. Worried they’ll knock down the flag from 69?
Because we want to be able to explore space.
Why to you think it is any different than any other strategic location?
Lets say China did militarize the Moon, as insane as that concept is. Please spell out an argument to me how a militarized Moon is a big problem.
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A) The first thing humans do when they can is militarize something;
B) Having platform (Luna) that commands the entire Earth makes the entire Earth targetable;
C) Having a platform (Luna) that can only be accessed by the ‘conqueror’ means what happens there is information/actions effectively denied all others;
D) Every time any person on Earth looks up they see someone else’s military base which is denied all others, effectively demoralizing them;
E) In order to militarize something, it must be made as self-sustaining as possible, therefore making it harder to kill;
F) How do you fight a weapons platform that is easy to defend and super expensive to attack?
G) There a a host of other reasons why Luna is likely to be militarized by some one, and why it is a impossible problem for anyone else to defend against.
Robert Heinlein, in his novel "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", had lunar rebels bombarding the Earth with rocks launched from a magnetic catapult. Earth escape velocity is 11.2 km/sec, plus you have atmosphere to punch through. Lunar escape velocity is just 2.4 km/sec. A 4-meter diameter rock hitting at escape velocity will release a bit over a kiloton of energy.
And the moon has an unlimited supply of rocks.