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Re:A high energy hadron collider on the Moon by ceejayoz on Sunday August 11, 2024 @03:36PM (#41218766)
> Doesn’t mars have significantly better local resources? What does the moon offer that mars doesn’t offer?

Travel time of 2-3 days instead of 3-12 months.

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Re:A high energy hadron collider on the Moon by MichaelNolan on Sunday August 11, 2024 @06:59PM (#41219867)
Yeah the moon is much closer. But the entire proposal (in the article) depends on us having much more advanced autonomous manufacturing capabilities. So if we have these advanced autonomous manufacturing capabilities, then does the travel time matter?
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