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To: Jedi Master Pikachu
Can someone explain why we're not taking the materials to build a real base out of local materials?

That "base" is a micro or meteorite accident waiting to happen.

When on a vaccuum surface and planning to live there ... DIG IN.

31 posted on 12/05/2006 11:45:51 AM PST by Centurion2000 (If the Romans had nukes, Carthage would still be glowing.)
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To: Centurion2000
When on a vacuum surface and planning to live there ... DIG IN.


36 posted on 12/05/2006 11:50:46 AM PST by Constitution Day (Cue the spooky music)
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To: Centurion2000
"That "base" is a micro or meteorite accident waiting to happen.
When on a vacuum surface and planning to live there ... DIG IN."

While there is always a risk of impact events, it's an entirely acceptable risk for a fixed exploration outpost above ground. It poses less of a threat than the one faced by crews aboard the ISS. On the moon they don't have to contend with an incredible amount of man-made space debris zipping around at various altitudes and orbital planes in addition to micrometeoroids. They track the larger pieces, but still there is plenty unaccounted for in orbit.

Personally, I'd feel more secure on a fixed outpost above ground at the south pole of the moon that I would orbiting Earth in the ISS for six months in regards to impact events.

52 posted on 12/05/2006 12:10:11 PM PST by Unmarked Package
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