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Janaki
2 years ago

Always on condition that a regular, safe and inexpensive connection between moon and earth becomes possible:

  • Industry: Since there is no biological environment and no atmosphere on the moon, the moon would be an ideal location for the heavy industry.
  • Medicine: Under the reduced gravity, active substances for drugs could be developed and produced which cannot be produced (or only extremely expensive) under the weight of the earth.
  • The same applies also to electrical engineering and generally to all materials sciences. There, alloys, building materials and other compounds could be developed and produced which cannot be produced on earth or can only be produced with extreme effort.
  • Astronomy: In particular, radio astronomy would benefit from a telescope on the moon if one gets the problem of simultaneity under control. The moon is at least an average of 1.3 light seconds from Earth. But a virtual giant radio telescope with a base of 400,000 km… every astronomer gets shiny eyes. At least.
  • Space: Due to the lower gravity, the moon is an ideal starting point for interplanetary (and, if you look far into the future, also interstellar) spaceships. The spacecraft production as such could also be concentrated on the moon.
oklein
2 years ago

The greatest thing would be that from there it is much easier to get to the asteroid belt with spaceships.

ichweisnix
2 years ago

The main potential is that it is much easier to get material from the moon into space than from Earth. The disadvantage is that it is extremely expensive to transport things from the earth to the moon.

This makes the intial start of course difficult. In principle, the production of metals such as aluminum and titanium as well as rocket propellants is of interest. The problem here is the development of self-expanding systems. In other words, it must be possible to build plants that build larger plants with the material of the moon.

Bob117
2 years ago

The planet would not be burdened with the number of people and the current burden would be distributed. Of course, depends on how many people live there (I take many). If we were to cultivate plants on the moon, we could supply these other people on earth.

BurkeUndCo
2 years ago

Science: basis for a particularly large telescope.

Thaumaturg
2 years ago

We can send a little elephant up there, which isn’t going to bother us here.

Tannibi
2 years ago

If that were possible, the moon would be exclusively
use military.