Water Found Deep Inside the Moon

Re:Water Found Deep Inside the Moon by keenerd on Thursday August 24, 2017 @05:03PM (#15094035)

I'm having trouble thinking of catastrophes that could take out both. Well, I can think of a few (bio-weapon, nearby supernova) but they would take out a Mars colony just as easily.

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Re:Water Found Deep Inside the Moon by s_kilk on Thursday August 24, 2017 @05:12PM (#15094107)

I think they meant that if we have civilisation collapse on Earth then the Lunar folk are screwed too, because their supplies would be cut off permanently.

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Re:Water Found Deep Inside the Moon by keenerd on Thursday August 24, 2017 @05:58PM (#15094408)

Why would the Moon be any less independent than Mars? It is only 20% less delta-V to ship something there. It is just as much in their interests to become self-sufficient.

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Re:Water Found Deep Inside the Moon by cwkoss on Thursday August 24, 2017 @06:06PM (#15094463)

Depends how much supply they have. A mature lunar colony should have a stockpile and equipment sufficient for reconstructing any equipment needed.

At that point, asteroid mining may be cheaper than launching resources from earth.

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