[Dan in Wichita]

Many short-sighted Luddites posting here tonight.

The moon has a perfect vacuum and gravity is 1/6th that of earth. There are enormous economic and military advantages of colonizing the moon, which explains why Russia, China, and India are all working to get to there. The sooner we get there, the better.

[PIF]

Many short-sighted Luddites posting here tonight.

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Short-sighted Luddites are the rule, not the exception on FR.