Humanity always has the highest growth when tapping into the resources of virgin lands.
Why is there no moon base?
We have the technology, and building a moon base is the first step to building a base on Mars.
http://www.universetoday.com/128011/moonbase-2022-10-billion-says-nasa/
It's only 10 billion dollars.
Come on Americans, it's 2016.
You don't have the technology to make it economically feasible.
>>79926562
>>79926562
because, given the technology we have and resources, while we could build a moon base or a mars base, there's no reason to do it since there's nothing on either of those places that is of any use to us for the next several hundred years.
>>79926708
How do we get that technology without trying?
>You need experience to get a job
>You need a job to get experience
>>79927362
We think we have the technology for a Mars base, but it's so far away we wouldn't be able to solve problems quickly, if there needs to be emergency evacuation or something similar.
>>79926562
>Live on the moon
>Look out window
>Rocks
Why live?
>>79927362
>there's no reason to do it since there's nothing on either of those places that is of any use to us for the next several hundred years.
How do fetuses develop in low gravity?
There's been no research on this
>>79927735
>Live in the middle east
>Look out window
>Sand and terrorists
Why live?
>>79927483
emergency evacuation on mars is something that won't happen. if something goes wrong then they are fucked. it's that simple. the people signing up for it know this. we also have the technology to set up a colony on mars. the issue is the logistics
>>79926562
>Why is there no moon base?
Literally no purpose. Manned spaceflights are dick-waving contest, nothing more. After one side thoroughly won this contest reasons to continue were lost.
>>79928177
Which side thoroughly won though?
Russians
>First to send something into orbit
>First to send an animal into space
>First to send a human into space
>First to land something on the moon
>First to have a research satellite
Americans
>First to land a man on the Moon
>>79928129
Yes, and we won't know the problems of an extended colony, until we build one.
So why not build one on the Moon, so that if there's an emergency, we can fix it.
That way we can figure out what the emergencies are on an off world colony, so we don't doom people to dying when a problem emerges.
>>79928813
US. If USSR landed man on the Moon no doubt goalposts would be moved further, to the Mars probably but USSR didn't. Game over.
>>79928906
>So why not build one on the Moon
Because we can build one the Earth to figure out the problems. But there is no purpose in manned spaceflights.
theres no oil on the moon
>>79930119
There are no nigger dicks to suck on the moon so neither liberals nor conservatives have enough incentive.
>>79926562
>resources of virgin lands.
No fucking resources on the moon unless you want to mine for helium 3
>>79926562
Fighting against the oppression of women, trannies, PoCs and various special snowflakes is much more important than unproductive white male games like space travel or science.
Science is a white male patriarchal social construct anyway designed to oppress women and black people anyway.
>>79932079
Maybe we could have better mineral surveys of the moon if we weren't just looking at it, and were on the surface?
