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2naSalit

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3. Our species...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Mar 20, 2024, 05:57 PM

Mar 20

Will never be able to maintain any living presence off this planet in physical form. It would be nice if all the trillions spent trying to get off the planet were put to use making it better for all, here.

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DARPA picks Northrop Grumman to develop 'lunar raiload' concept [View all] Judi Lynn Mar 20 OP

I always hoped to see a space elevator JoseBalow Mar 20 #1

Me, too! lastlib Mar 20 #6

That title seems familiar, but I don't think I've read it JoseBalow Mar 20 #7

Novel by Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey lastlib Mar 21 #9

Oh, that sounds pretty good! JoseBalow Mar 21 #10

. lastlib Mar 21 #11

Also "Web Between the Worlds" by Charles Sheffield, an astrophysicist. eppur_se_muova Mar 21 #14

me too. that would literally change everything about space travel from the earth. nt Javaman Mar 21 #12

We'll have railroads on the moon before the US ratifies the UDHR and the ERA. Marcus IM Mar 20 #2

I imagine robots would be the labor of the future JoseBalow Mar 20 #8

Our species... 2naSalit Mar 20 #3

Never? CloudWatcher Mar 20 #4

More likely than not. 2naSalit Mar 20 #5

Never is a long time ._. Mar 21 #15

Not my point, though... 2naSalit Mar 21 #16

Unless the moon is it's own economy and manufacturing base, have to get product back to earth at scale. The elevator... dutch777 Mar 21 #13