We need a Moon base

Gilgamesh

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The new international space station should be rebuilt on the Moon with a base to vault to Mars and asteroids.There are huge resources on the Moon and asteroids worth trillions of dollars to pay for colonization.

I always wonder why world space agencies can’t get together to send up automatic rockets with loads of supplies to colonize the moon. Liquid fuel to leave Earth and solar power in space to drift the rocket to the Moon. We know the trajectories of the Earth and the Moon and once astronauts get there they would be in no danger of running out of supplies. Rocket technology is quite old, I have trouble seeing what the issue is here.
Bypass the moon and go to Mars.
 

NZDoug

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The new international space station should be rebuilt on the Moon with a base to vault to Mars and asteroids.There are huge resources on the Moon and asteroids worth trillions of dollars to pay for colonization.

I always wonder why world space agencies can’t get together to send up automatic rockets with loads of supplies to colonize the moon. Liquid fuel to leave Earth and solar power in space to drift the rocket to the Moon. We know the trajectories of the Earth and the Moon and once astronauts get there they would be in no danger of running out of supplies. Rocket technology is quite old, I have trouble seeing what the issue is here.
get the basics for a new population on the moon, spray "RAID" on good old Mother Earth, then start all over.
 

Danbones

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get the basics for a new population on the moon, spray "RAID" on good old Mother Earth, then start all over.

They already did, except they weren't smart enough to put up the moon base first.
;)
I blame the cshools.
 

Danbones

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Nope. You need an industrial presence on the Moon to effectively get to Mars.

Really?
;)
link please.

There are at least a couple mars shots that make a liar out of you again.

Say...you must be connected to the raid sprayers.
 

Danbones

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Bypass them all and dump a half trillion dollars into the Pacific Ocean over the deep end.

LOL, so you want to do like U.N.Trudie, and start a garbage war with a country that would probably like to hang him and all the dope dealer people he likes? Even if it's just for the public nuisance of the heroin mule bootlegging socks he flashes?

OH, don't be such a dum bie.
:)
HEY! DON'T LISTEN TO HIM!!! Dump that stuff right there.

Must be nice to be to not have to worry about money because you are on Vlad's payroll, eh comrade? Good thing he isn't descended from Vlad the impaler like prince Charles is.
 

Jinentonix

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Never mind simply exploiting the moon's resources. If we ever want to go to Mars and have a chance, we should be practicing on the moon first to get things right. If there is an emergency there's at least a shot at saving them. Not so on Mars. Let's make sure the concepts and technology actually work properly first.
Plus, a moon base would be the perfect location to build an interplanetary ship for humans.
 

Tecumsehsbones

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Never mind simply exploiting the moon's resources. If we ever want to go to Mars and have a chance, we should be practicing on the moon first to get things right. If there is an emergency there's at least a shot at saving them. Not so on Mars. Let's make sure the concepts and technology actually work properly first.
Plus, a moon base would be the perfect location to build an interplanetary ship for humans.
Or even a GO-cycler and RE-cycler.
 

petros

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Never mind simply exploiting the moon's resources. If we ever want to go to Mars and have a chance, we should be practicing on the moon first to get things right. If there is an emergency there's at least a shot at saving them. Not so on Mars. Let's make sure the concepts and technology actually work properly first.
Plus, a moon base would be the perfect location to build an interplanetary ship for humans.
At present, Mars is a one way suicide mission. There isn't a return plan.

Being the first to kill yourself on another planet is meaningless.

Colonization requires permanent residents and carrying on with your offspring.

Still all science fiction.
 

MHz

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Really?
;)
link please.

There are at least a couple mars shots that make a liar out of you again.

Say...you must be connected to the raid sprayers.
Do you not find it a bit strange that the life on Mars has the same lifeforms on Devon Island. I guess you cannot hide that aspect forever.
With that crack expanding in the near side of the moon people should be a bit concerned if a volcano on the moon would cover the earth in the magma that is caught by the earth's gravity rather than falling back onto said moon. Make it a big one and the sooner the better. If we are destined to be fukked over the elite might as well be part of other than rather being the cause.