“...-24/7 solar energy and beam it down to Earth...”
(Science Fiction Fantasy)
“...-A source of helium-3...”
(Science Fiction Fantasy)
“...-A place to offload industrial pollution...”
(And you think diesel fuel is not already high,
and the supply chain is not already broken?)
“...-Radio Astronomy without interference from Earth
advancing human knowledge of the Cosmos...”
(To learn what?
The things we can get to are dirt and rocks,
whatever else is out there is too far away to matter.)
“...-Lunar Tourism...”
(Ha Ha Ha!)
“...-Lunar Colonies
for colonists to get their space legs before humans put down roots on more distant locations like Mars...”
(Not the place to raise your kids, it’s cold as hell)
“...-the ChiComs are all in and are going for it,
let’s not let them get rich while we worry...”
(let them go broke trying.)
1493, Spain...
Columbus, you’re such a laugh!
Gold and silver!
(Science Fiction Fantasy)
Tobacco, indigo, cotton, squash, beans, corn, tomatoes, potatoes...
(Science Fiction Fantasy plants)
New lands that 100s of millions of Europeans will call home....
(Not the place to raise your kids, it’s hot as hell)
Learn about new peoples, lands, amazing wildlife, mountains, rivers, forests...
(To learn what?
The things we can get to are dirt and rocks,
whatever else is out there is too far away from Spain to matter.)