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Tango01 | 01 Oct 2018 9:15 p.m. PST |
…. DAMNED. "THE MOON IS a pretty barren place. Sure, there are a few buggies, some golf balls, a flag, urine bags, a family photo. But it's mostly empty. If a company called ispace has its way, though, Earth's closest space neighbor will soon(ish) be the site of a bustling, industrial city full of workers and tourists. Moon Valley, the dreamers call it. Yesterday, those dreamers announced the first small step in that journey, declaring that SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets will take an ispace orbiter-lander and its rovers to the Moon in 2020 and 2021. After that, the plan goes, frequent missions will start scaffolding the infrastructure to come—hunting down, for instance, water that could be used as fuel. And then the industrialization will begin, building up a "platform for steady lunar development," according to the company's website. Ispace has 66 employees and headquarters in three countries, and it netted around $95 USD million in its first funding round—more than almost any space company, ever. One of its money-making ideas is to attach customers' payloads to its future rovers and landers…." Main page link Amicalement Armand
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Delta314 | 01 Oct 2018 9:28 p.m. PST |
Sounds like the book, The Moon is a harsh mistress |
Random Die Roll | 02 Oct 2018 2:50 a.m. PST |
If we find a way to use all the Helium 3, then it would be worth the effort. |
Thresher01 | 02 Oct 2018 11:26 a.m. PST |
Not everyone. I'd much prefer Europa, but that's a long, long way away. |
Tango01 | 02 Oct 2018 11:35 a.m. PST |
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Oberlindes Sol LIC | 02 Oct 2018 2:21 p.m. PST |
As soon as we find that abandoned alien base, there will be a positive scramble for the moon. |
Wackmole9 | 02 Oct 2018 7:18 p.m. PST |
But what about the long dead Moon Race of insects from first men in the moon. |
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