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Industrial bases on the moon would bankrupt our nation if they produced anything in useful volume. You don't just haul material back to earth in Tesla BEV 18-wheel semis.
How do you plan to perform industrial operations on the moon without water? Great thinking.
Assumes all of the manufacturing workers can hold their breath for months at a time.
You might try reading a little on the subject.
Building bases should be boot strapped using intrinsic resources. All you'd need to send then is advanced technology. Helium-3 can be extracted from the lunar regolith, currently valued at $1400 per gram; the most valuable material in space.
There is water ice on the Moon; hence the reason for visiting the polar regions.
Industrial bases can also be build in Earth orbit where they can take advantage of the hard vacuum and zero gravity. Ores would be shipped from the Moon using mass drivers.
Building bases should be boot strapped using intrinsic resources. All you'd need to send then is advanced technology. Helium-3 can be extracted from the lunar regolith, currently valued at $1400 per gram; the most valuable material in space.
There is water ice on the Moon; hence the reason for visiting the polar regions.
Industrial bases can also be build in Earth orbit where they can take advantage of the hard vacuum and zero gravity. Ores would be shipped from the Moon using mass drivers.
My optimism says that the folk already on the Moon will stop any mining or industrialization of it and protect it for themselves and for future humans. After all, they have been there for millions of years.
I dont think we will ever get bases on the Moon, well, maybe a research base, but not much more than that.
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