01-17-2004, 07:13 PM
Yes. Launching things from the moon with a railgun may be possible someday, but you don't want to haphazardly just hurl things into space towards Earth either.
It makes me wish that if they had the foresight to plan for ore smelting and foundry operations that they would have started preparing for them say back in 1970. Even if commercial interests played a primary role, it's going to take an awfully long time to get any heavy industry set up on the moon. Based on the Apollo and Luna sample analysis, I do think a moon base is commercially viable, though not for the first 20 some years. It's a pretty steep investment for little short term return.
These earthlings really need better leaders. :)
It makes me wish that if they had the foresight to plan for ore smelting and foundry operations that they would have started preparing for them say back in 1970. Even if commercial interests played a primary role, it's going to take an awfully long time to get any heavy industry set up on the moon. Based on the Apollo and Luna sample analysis, I do think a moon base is commercially viable, though not for the first 20 some years. It's a pretty steep investment for little short term return.
These earthlings really need better leaders. :)
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