[Prime Choice]

I'd like someone to explain the military usefulness of "controlling the moon." In detail.

One side of the moon always faces the Earth. In the event that command centers on Earth were destroyed in a surprise attack, the moon would function as a station of retaliatory strikes against the aggressor. Considering that the Earth makes one revolution every 24 hours, and that the lunar center would have a large advance notice, it could pick and choose its targets at leisure and launch an attack against which no other nation on Earth has a defense.

So, in a nutshell, deterrence.

[John H K]

One side of the moon always faces the Earth. In the event that command centers on Earth were destroyed in a surprise attack, the moon would function as a station of retaliatory strikes against the aggressor. Considering that the Earth makes one revolution every 24 hours, and that the lunar center would have a large advance notice, it could pick and choose its targets at leisure and launch an attack against which no other nation on Earth has a defense.

ROFLMAO.

Care to explain how any of the above wouldn't be accomplished even more easily and cheaply from Geosychronous orbit?

BTW, we're signatory to a treaty banning nukes in space.