In sci.physics, MorituriMax

wrote
on Tue, 04 Nov 2003 21:13:44 GMT
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"The Ghost In The Machine" wrote
in message ...

(says the blinded uberskeptic). Nevertheless, I do
wonder why people doubt that we went to the moon --
and I also wonder if there's much point in going back,
apart from trying to prove oneself as a nation, as China

Well we have a finite amount of material resources on THIS planet.
Eventually.. they will get used up.

The moon is a "proof of concept" that we can travel to where the
resources we need are available in, for all intents and purposes,
infinite quantities.

But we have to walk before we can run. The moon provides a viable
test environment which is extremely hostile while providing an anchor
for settlement.

Any better reasons? Resources out there. We down here. We need to
get from here to there. Not if we run out, when we run out.


If we ever get fusion working we'll have a vast amount of power
(from the water); we won't need to go to the moon, although
Jupiter might be an attractive alternative if we can get
the hydrogen out of its gravitational well without expending
too much energy.

As it is, we'll have to go somewhere -- probably Mars
-- in a few hundred million to a billion or so years,
as the Sun is going to get rather too warm to keep our
planet comfortable...

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