Is building a space station on the moon vital to space travel?

Don't understand why it's "obviously". Please elaborate.

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by Koz - Passion Perseverance Patience on February 9th, 2010

Please explain why obviously.

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by Koz - Passion Perseverance Patience on February 11th, 2010

Gravity would be a plus since it would take less lift to launch craft from the Moon. However, securing supplies to sustain a base would take away from that advantage.

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by Koz - Passion Perseverance Patience on February 5th, 2010

I meant verses a free floating space station, the moon has gravity so anything launched from the moon would require more fuel.

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by Once here now gone... now back? on February 5th, 2010

Might very well be but I'm a fan of having "solid" ground under my feet.

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by Koz - Passion Perseverance Patience on February 5th, 2010

Don't remember that one but there is a great book by Heinlein called "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress"

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by Koz - Passion Perseverance Patience on January 26th, 2010

The Time Machine (2002) referred to this. The moon was being hollowed out by mining to place apartments within it and they shattered the moon causing it to break apart with many parts falling to earth and wiping out mankind. Or something to that extent. The visual during the movie was chilling.

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by Once here now gone... now back? on January 27th, 2010

@Gogoff, yep thats the one I saw, it forced humans to go underground or stay above and hide, thus forming two different species of humans merlocs and eloys, probably mispronounced those.

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by President Norris 2016 on January 27th, 2010

I've seen both original and newer remake. Personally, I like the original better...

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by Koz - Passion Perseverance Patience on February 5th, 2010

you cant beat the classics.

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by President Norris 2016 on February 5th, 2010

I think both had their charm. I enjoyed the original more but thought the remake added some new worthy elements. The scene of the moon in the remake is simply chilling, very effective use of imaginary and surroundings. :)

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by Once here now gone... now back? on February 5th, 2010

too many nerd movies for you my friend.

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by ilikeitwhenitrains on February 8th, 2010

What is considered non-nerd movies?

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by President Norris 2016 on February 8th, 2010

Just say "Making of Blade Runner" special on satellite TV. It was a great movie. Would that be nerd? Anyway, a great movie is great entertainment. Label them what you want.

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by Koz - Passion Perseverance Patience on February 9th, 2010

Yeah, hell with what people label, if a movie is interesting then ill watch it, I never did understand the description of a nerd, to 1980s standards we are all nerds today

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by President Norris 2016 on February 9th, 2010

Having a stable base with low gravity would be better than launching spacecraft directly from the earth. If building materials could be derived from the moon's resources, for example mining raw metals, etc., it might be eventually possible to even build spacecraft directly on the moon.

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by Koz - Passion Perseverance Patience on January 26th, 2010

You can create a stable base with a space station. There would be no need for extra fuel to escape its gravity.
Building a rocket factory on the moon would be enormously expensive and incredibly costly to maintain. You could build a thousand on Earth for the same price. It would only make sense for a ship to go to the moon if it could leave with more fuel than before it got there. And the moon contains nothinng that could be used as fuel.

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by Anonymous on January 26th, 2010

I would think that the cost difference between a space station and a moon station would not be that much...But if we did build a station on the moon, think of all the free cheese that could be mined from her.

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by Koz - Passion Perseverance Patience on February 5th, 2010