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Jimmy Snyder
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It doesn't make sense to me. Having lifted material up from the Earth, why would you then lower it back down to the Moon. For the sole purpose of assembly? And then lift it up again because it's a cheap launching point? Here's a better idea. Assemble the stuff in space.batboy said:Because of our gravity, the moon will be a cheaper launching point. Thus, saving future NASA assets. They'll ship parts there and have people assemble them there. It's basically expanding NASA, another facility. This makes sense to me.
I think it makes more sense to colonize space than colonize the moon. The moon can provide a very important service, but not as an assembly point. Rather as a source of raw materials. A relatively small community on the moon could provide the materials for large structures used to colonize space. My ideas on this subject come from books I read 30 or more years ago mostly inspired by Gerard O'Neill.
Here is a site to start with in order to look into the scientific and legal issues involved in space colonization.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L5_Society"
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