Japanese Robots Building Moon Base

[dex-dex]

they should of just consulted LRR about how to make a moon base

i mean they are already two steps ahead!

 

[dex-dex]

I have only one question: How is this going to affect our weekly episodes of LRR, ENN, and Unskippable?

they are invading LRR's turf!

they need to claim what is theirs! tell those robots to start packing!

 

[punkrocker27]

Awesome. I guess America just isn't up for being the leader in science anymore :/

Maybe not in space exploration, but colonization of the moon is still pretty far off if ever.

 

[Twilight_guy]

I wonder why everyone wants to colonize the moon? It's just a lifeless ball of rock and dirt. You're going to to put more resources into making it livable then it'll be worth to colonize it. Oh well, at least we can take trips to DisneyMoon in the future.

helium-3. look it up. a tiny bit can power a medium city for a YEAR. however, the UN banned nations from claiming ANY land out of earth. meaning if the japanese build a base there, it is under the ownership of ALL the nations of earth. we leave our "nation" BS on earth and out of earth we will be known as just "humans". in essence, the UN is the human galactic congress. that also means that any helium 3 extracted will be divided up and given equally among the nations for INFINITE clean energy.

HE-3 is only a source of energy if we can get a controlled fusion reaction. If we have the technology to utilize fusion reactions then we can produce enough fuel in the form of deuterium and tritium to essentially have unlimited energy for a very long time anyways. The moon is a source of fusion fuel but so is Earth. I guess that could be one reason to want the moon but it seem rather pointless when the resource is not yet useful and can be replaced when it is useful.

It's nice to think that humans will come together when we leave Earth, but I doubt it will happen. Petty difference have defined use for millennia and most likely will continue to in the near future. People have thus far been to invested in local origin, which is always local culture rather then global origin, to come together. I have a theory but in short, humans need a "self" and "other" and so long as we cannot point to an alien and say "other" the "other" will exist as other nations, groups that are outside and divided.

All in all, I still think the moon is more a badge to pin on our history and say "lookie!" then a valuable item to colonize. Maybe that's what humanity needs, something to point up to and say "We colonized that". A twenty first century moon-landing

 

[Flight]

Yeah, wouldn't that cause a bunch of problems, what with the moon being unclaimed territory (As far as I know, at least)? Not to mention that some people actually worship it, therefore... wouldn't it be defacing the moon? Either way, do not want.

 

[Techno Squidgy]

Then reality hit, and I found out that both the US and USSR wanted to build bases on the moon but it was agreed that the moon would be "extranational territory" as it no nation could build a permanant structure there. This fueled by concern that a nation could effectively "conquer" earth's satellite for all intents and purposes, or use it to place missle bases aimed at the planet under the guise of a "research station" or whatever.

This reminds of a game I was playing. Ace Combat 4 I believe.

Giant asteroid/meteor is going to destroy earth. A battery of rail guns is developed to shoot down said asteroid. All is well. Some dick country decides that it should move in and protect this from falling into the wrong hands. Then they use it as an Anti-Air weapon covering a whole continent and invade everyone.

Essentially, humans are dicks.
Like you said we need a unified government before we can consider any kind of significant space research.

 

[Black Watch]

I am all for zombies..