It’s a vital step. Much like how we had to invent rowboats before we could build the ships used to colonize the New World. A moon base is a row boat. There we learn how to make sustainable buildings outside of earth, gain a much easier launch platform for other vessels.
Sorry, priorities, the problems we have here don’t mean $#^% in the run. The ONLY problem we have that matters at ALL is getting off the rock. Reality is won by those that play the long game, and you’re playing the shortest game possible.
Is anyone considering the undertaking necessary to create the artificial atmosphere needed to sustain a population of 7+ billion people?
I go back to my initial argument... if we — America — no longer have a country, which will be the case if current trends proceed unabated, it’s all a moot point anyway. So that leaves the question: who exactly is going to fund this venture?
And... most of all... if God wants humanity to survive...it will.
Hillary! It takes a moon village...
It would kind of be like Antarctica in space...
Not that that is a good thing.