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Originally posted by Nhanced1
fully manufacturing and building a craft then launching it from the moon to anywhere else would be incredibly cheaper than it is to escape the earth's gravitational field.
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Building a space craft would require THOUSANDS of people and huge amounts of specialized equipment permanantly on the moon. It would be insane to think that could happen in our lifetime without needlessly bankrupting our country. Much more likely would be assembling pre-manufactured parts boosted from earth. Still pointlessly expensive.
The economics of the US are all fucked up. Spending that kind of money on a program that has little or no direct benefits. Sure there are some secondary benefits, technological development and all, but why not just spend money directly on them instead of this moon boondoggle? Doesn't make sense.
All the low gravity science we need to do can be done in earth orbit, which is a whole heck of a lot closer and cheaper. And we already have a base there.
The moon only wins for cool factor, which is why Bush is making media noise about it.