• jpreston2005@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    I mean, I still think that having an operational moon-based spaceport is something we could see in our lifetime.

    And as with all things concerning global affairs, it takes time and consistent pressure to overcome the lizard-brain us-vs-them mindsets that is inherent to our human political sphere. We’ve already grown to the point that we could take care of everyone on the planet, shuffling off the shackles of a scarcity-based economy which so severely hindered global human advancement in the past. I can only imagine what the combined efforts of the American, European, and Chinese economies/governments could accomplish if they put aside their differences, and embraced a true lasting partnership.

    Also the website you gave is so incredibly interesting, I need to look at it more before I can appropriately sing its praises

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      3 hours ago

      I still think that having an operational moon-based spaceport

      Depends what it’s used for, but yeah. But I think the human habitation would be extremely minimal, and it would be more of a utilitarian “midpoint” for deep-space missions and a research site rather than a place of extensive human habitation.

      Also read: https://www.orionsarm.com/xcms.php?r=oaeg-front

      It’s a fictional universe in a wiki format (with some short stories), but based on hard science, and (IMO) a much more realistic idealized depiction of what future humanity could look like.