Comment Moon Development Compromise (Score 1) 254
I agree the moon is the perfect staging area and launch platform to the rest of the solar system.
With regards to those who want the moon kept "pristine" like Antartica, why don't we do this:
1) Develop half the moon in an industrial, commercial, and scientific manner (not in order).
2) Leave the other half untouched.
The moon rotates on its axis once every 28 days, it also happens to make one orbit around the earth every 28 days. Thus, we only ever see one side of the Moon from earth (light side / dark side does not refer to solar illumination)
So, the side we see, we keep pristine. The side we don't, we develop.
Added bonus, the dark side on the moon (the one we never see) is in the earth's RF shadow. All the better for radio astronomers, scientists, etc...
With regards to those who want the moon kept "pristine" like Antartica, why don't we do this:
1) Develop half the moon in an industrial, commercial, and scientific manner (not in order).
2) Leave the other half untouched.
The moon rotates on its axis once every 28 days, it also happens to make one orbit around the earth every 28 days. Thus, we only ever see one side of the Moon from earth (light side / dark side does not refer to solar illumination)
So, the side we see, we keep pristine. The side we don't, we develop.
Added bonus, the dark side on the moon (the one we never see) is in the earth's RF shadow. All the better for radio astronomers, scientists, etc...
