Let the Chinese spend bi!lions to go to the moon. Rocks and dust and no air and no other resources worth the cost of getting them.
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You do know that only a tiny fraction of the moon has been explored? You do know that hi-res mapping of the moon’s surface is still classified SAP almost 30 years later?
Since you know that H3 is widely available on the moon, its only fitting that the Chinese mine it to make fusion reactors.
Nothing like mag rail driven launchers to bombard one’s enemies with large rocks from the moon.
You do know that control of the moon gives control of space and control over all the earth?
But then no one cares, right?
You’ve been reading too much science fiction. You do know fusion power is nothing but a form of welfare for scientists and engineers. You do know that Heinlein’s book “the moon is a harsh mistress” is FICTION. You do know that anything placed on the moon would have to be brought from earth at a cost that makes it completely cost ineffective. You space Kadets who think that it’s worthwhile or even feasible to go to other planets need to get a grasp on physics and economics. Just how much do you think it costs to soft land a kg on the moon? Just how much mass do you think “mag rail mass driver” has. Just how much mass do you think a power plant to drive such a thing might mass?
The Apollo program cost $257,000,000,000 in 2020 dollars and brought back 850 lb of moon rocks. That’s about $320,000,000 per pound just to put into perspective the cost of space dreams.