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submitted 1 week ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/space@lemmy.world

Space agency reportedly being pushed to focus on Mars, a priority of commercial partner SpaceX founder Elon Musk

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[-] TerranFenrir@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Mars is so incredibly useless from the point of view of advancing civilization.

We can do so much stuff on the moon a lot better than on Mars. In short, the moon is MEANT to be industrialised by us.

Here's a video, cuz I'm too lazy to type out everything. Also, sorry for the YouTube link. I don't think this fellow uploads anywhere else.

Also don't get me wrong. Mars is really cool as a scientific curiosity. It's just not suitable for advancing civilization yet.

[-] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah just dig tunnels for living space. And no atmosphere so you could manufacture or mine resources on the moon and just shoot them towards earth with an electromagnetic railgun.

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