Message from @Revan
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stop.
Let's just orbit the sun to build things
use your brain
Problem solved
Oh, another reason to go to the moon, as @Dionara just mentioned, is getting stuff to the orbit to whatever you're building
I don't know astrophysics.
1/6th the gravity = less fuel to get materials up
So basically, the only use of the moon is a construction site and warehouse
I thought we were talking stuff from earth to the ISS
Not from the moon to ISS
the ISS is in a position where the cost in fuel of pushing it is less than what it would cost for every resuply mission to get to that higher orbit
We started this asking why build shit on the moon
if you put it on the moon it would cost many times more
Unless there is a self-sustaining colony on the moon.
You can build on the moon to eventually make it easier to get to mars.
That hs a surplus of supplies to send.
@ping Would it be any harder than building a self-sustaining colony on Mars?
@ping We can't make green houses, inject soil with nitrogen to make it more fertile, create gravity fields?
Does the moon have the required water?
mars has water, minerals, energy, an atmosphere to keep you from getting cancer
Well, idk about the atmosphere.
It has one, yes
Mars has a minimal atmosphere
But idk if it will be enough xD
We would still need some sort of covering for the colony
Pretty sure the atmosphere on Mars is still filled with things that give you cancer
a lot less than earth, but infinitely more than the moon
And isn't the dust toxic?
On mars
probably
Show of hands
the surface is covered in perchlorates
which have been known to be toxic on earth
Who has a degree in astrophysics, or has taken classes on the subject?
I need to ask a scientist.
Either way, I think it probably takes roughly the same technology to colonize mars as the moon. But the moon doesn't seem to have much value compared to mars.
the moon has rocks that have to be melted to filter out the minerals, little to no chemical energy, no water, and a whole lot of depression
This is why I'm not discussing it all that much.