Chris, Except for your loony comment about a Moon colony,I agree with
your points, so don't otherwise take my words as disagreement, I'm just
throwing out some ideas to add to the discussion.
Wouldn't it be EASIER to launch a deep space Expedition from a settled
Moon Colony then from Earth? My reasons are -
After getting settled into this Moon colony[say a few years], they could
build a manned deep space ship and avoid having to expend more energy
for launching from Earth. Does that make any logical sense or is my
brain bumfuzzled?
Wouldn't a Moon Colony be a more permanent then the Space Station? An
automated supply "truck" could transport supplies to the Moon Colony. Is
it possible to connect a Space elevator between the Earth and Moon or,
would the Earth's rotation rip the elevator's cable loose?
Did I make any sense?
BlazeEagle
Chris Campbell wrote:
At 04:02 PM 12/4/2006, Joseph Riggs wrote:
According to the article, Bush announced a 2020 return to the moon
back in 2004, although I don't recall hearing anything about it. But
the big news is the planned 'Polar Camp' on the moon planned for 2024.
Erm...why? I get missions to orbit and such, since you can do a lot in
the way of experiments and materials science projects there. And I get
the Voyager (and similar) missions, since they tell us a lot about our
solar system and its inhabitants. And I'm as gung ho as the next guy
about Hubble and other such projects, since they tell us a lot about the
universe in general. But what do we get out of a colony on the moon? Can
we actually set up observation posts there that will tell us more than
Hubble? Is mining going to be worth the trouble? What?
Building a permanent space station seems like a useful and worthwhile
project. By contrast, building a moon colony just seems...well, looney.
I don't get it.
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