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Originally Posted by Rekna
I like NASA but putting a base on the moon doesn't seem like the greatest idea to me (does the moon have any useful resources on it?). Personally I'd rather that we explored mars more. Let's establish a base there... But all of this falls second to clean renewable energies. If we could harness solar power more efficiently we could likely build a self contained ecosystem on mars.
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I would like us to get to Mars, but a Moon base would be more beneficial. It is closer, and from the astronomy point of view, the far side of the Moon is really good for space research. It would involve a lot of work and technological progress to build something where Earth's radio waves can't get to (and you don't want to contaminate it with any). But the lack of any atmosphere makes it interesting.
I wonder what the sky on the far side of the Moon looks like when it is dark? I've been out in the middle of nowhere on a clear night, but having no atmosphere or any light pollution would be something else.