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From: rhm@entropy.UUCP (Robert Mauritsen)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: moon station(s)
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Date: Sun, 24-Feb-85 08:09:41 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 24 08:09:41 1985
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This is the first time I've posted something to the net, but I'm
just wondering if anyone has had any qualms about the US or
the USSR, or anyone, setting up permanent bases on the moon, or
doing the kinds of activity that has been mentioned frequently,
such as mining.  It seems to me that an extensive discussion is
in order before anyone does this.

The reason for this is that the moon has no weather and whatever
you do stays around essentially forever.  Similarly, whatever
happened in the past that is recorded geologically (lunalogically?)
there is extremely valuable scientifically.  This kind of
information should not be thrown away thoughtlessly (or perhaps
at all).

Exploration of the moon can be contrasted with that on Mars.  On
Mars there IS some weather and so the geological record is
constantly changing and so the results of fiddling around
are not so drastic.  Nevertheless I would suggest that we
have the same qualms about Mars.

People I have mentioned this to seem to think I am being silly.
Am I?

Bob Mauritsen
uw-beaver!rhm@entropy