Going to the moon in 2024

[Irving]

I don't accept the arguments of "We should do ______ instead." Why can't we do both?

[CS1983]

I don't accept the arguments of "We should do ______ instead." Why can't we do both?

*shrug*

Personally, I don't think .gov should be involved in any of it and it should be left to private industry. But if "necessary", I don't see the problem with proofing concepts locally before moving on to other avenues of approach.

[Justin]

I'm super excited about the proposal for a manned return to the moon, and there are arguably a lot of really good reasons for doing so ranging from doing basic science, to market development, to national defense.

If we're ever going to look at spreading beyond Earth to other places like Mars, Ceres, the belt, or Bezos' proposed O'Neill colonies, then we will absolutely need to do a lot of basic learning, and the moon is the best place for doing so and it's imperative to establish the infrastructure for doing so.