[from occupied ga]

Building A Space Base, Part 2: How Much Money Would It Take?

The questions come to mind: Whose money? and Why? There isn't anything in space that is worth the cost of getting it.

[ifinnegan]

Lot of materials on the Moon.

I thought that all this would have happened by now.

[Resolute Conservative]

Just use an Illudium Q-36 explosive space modulator to do the foundation work.

[Norm Lenhart]

It will have to be private enterprise. Govt will ‘nationalize’ it for the UN and thus hose it. Assuming we survive long enough, we have to go there eventually.

[GraceG]

[ Building A Space Base, Part 2: How Much Money Would It Take?

The questions come to mind: Whose money? and Why? There isn’t anything in space that is worth the cost of getting it. ]

How about the cost of getting away FROM something horrible on earth, like planetary socialism..?

The higher the taxes and regulations, the more living on the harsh airless moon will look like virtual paradise...

Space will be colonized by Political Refugees....

[kidd]

I have to agree with you, as much as I’d like to see a moon base.

Too many problems to overcome with present technology:
- radiation
- meteorites
- water
- air
- transportation costs

To claim that mining would justify the costs is not credible.

[tet68]

There isn’t anything in space that is worth the cost of getting it.

Freedom only really exists on a frontier and we are
rapidly running out of those here on earth.