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Now, I'm all for reaching for the stars and what not, but is anybody else wondering why we aren't practicing building a livable residence on the Moon before we spend a shit ton of money to fuck up on Mars? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/27/elon-musk-spacex-mars-colony
imnotlostinlifeijustdonthaveanywheretogo
Because the aliens there warned us not to go back
Knowwon
Because you can't Terraform the moon.
LivingInAFantasy
Call cpt Shepard.
thendadam
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/11832279/Nasa-Mars-isolation-experiment-starting-in-Hawaii.html
Leithreas
We checked out the moon but it's in a bad part of town. The neighbor is really bringing housing prices down.
redjokerzero
It's true. The sheer size of the moon shields us from most of the impacts that would otherwise hit Earth. Planets are usually safer
Slindrin
What
GadenKerensky
Get your ass to Mars.
ThirdCoastPauly
Get your ass to Mars.
dherik
Will the debt collectors be able to find me there?
Crunchpot
Maybe....
thtguyjosh
theyre not really the same thing. at least mars has an atmosphere. we don't gain that much from living on the moon
GadenKerensky
Moon has Helium-3 in it.
metaorange
We're probably never going to live off world in a permament or large sense
slaphappysloth
Anyone going to Mars will be permanent residents, that's for sure.
Queenbeeknocksmeonmyknees
Also when the astronauts went there, all of them had breaches in their space suits from moon dust. It is the finest particle that it 1
Queenbeeknocksmeonmyknees
makes doing something long term problematic seeing as no matter what they tried to do the several times they landed there they never could 2
Queenbeeknocksmeonmyknees
figure out how to fix it. Over a long enough period of time it would breach their suits killing them. sauce next
Queenbeeknocksmeonmyknees
http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-mystery-of-moon-dust