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A.P. Murphy's avatar

I'm hoping that this sparks an interesting discussion, so:

-Which of these options strikes you as most appropriate?

-Is there another option which I haven't mentioned?

-What are the political and commercial interests involved here?

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Evelyn K. Brunswick's avatar

Two initial reactions which immediately popped into my head. 1/ Don't you mean Helium-3, not hydrogen-3? He-3 is used for fusion power along with deuterium I believe. The utility of that is the reaction releases protons, which are positively charged, rather than neutrons. The He-3 could certainly be mined by robots of course, so doesn't require humans. Which is just as well.

2/ The idea that excavations on the moon would alter the lunar gravity is scientifically absurd given how massive the moon is. You'd have to carve out an entire chunk of it. Death star style, maybe.

I'll probably have some more thoughts in due course... Nice essay though, I enjoyed it very much.

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