That Moon Colony Will Be a Reality Sooner Than You Think

The White House ^ | May 25, 2018 | WIlbur J. Ross, Secretary of Commerce

[G Larry]

No it won’t.

Too damn expensive with all the layers of second guessers in NASA.

And don’t tell me about private enterprise.

They like a return on their investment.

[Eddie01]

What will they NASA do to combat climate change on the moon?

[bk1000]

There’s no air.

[50mm]

IBTFE

[C210N]

Send muslims there so that we can outreach them.

[laplata]

And don’t tell me about private enterprise.
They like a return on their investment.

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Not all investments realize a profit right away.

[BenLurkin]

Okay, I’m intrigued. What would the “FE” be?

[Dutch Boy]

In 1999, Moonbase Alpha had a huge explosion and it threw it out of earth’s orbit. It was all documented on TV ages ago. After that, no sign of global warming.

[dsrtsage]

“There’s no air.”

My god!!!!
It is infinitely worse than we thought

[Billthedrill]

It's going to take quite a sales job for that to happen. Fortunately, it can be done. Heinlein's The Man Who Sold The Moon has some great ideas. The one I like best is using the entire moon for a giant billboard by dumping coal to form letters. So there you are parked with your date, watching the full moon rise, and on its surface is "Eat At Joe's". Think a company would pay good money for that? You just have to be creative...

[50mm]

Flat Earthers. They soil many space related threads.

[South Dakota]

The same idea but on a smaller scale was tried in Rock Springs Wyoming.

On a hill top to the north was a huge bill board.

I never saw an advertisement on it but its still there

[mass55th]

Is Alice Kramden going?

[mrsmith]

A profitable Moon facility could be as simple as a farm. Selling propellant, food, and many other expendables to satellite operators and others.

Of course a farm on the Moon is no casual matter.

[Boomer]

Good. We need as a launching point to reach out and explore the stars as we over populate this planet like the good little virus we are.

[higgmeister]

Bump for later.

Wyoming Knott go to the Moon?

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Construction began on Moonbase Alpha February 3, 1983.

[Kickaha]

No one with a name like Manuel O’Kelly would go. I might not go willingly.

[Secret Agent Man]

It was too bad they ran out of good stories.