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Mark _australia said..Mastbender said..
I gotta file this thread under "anything is possible, if you don't know what you're talking about".
I'm with Mark on this, but I will agree with Macro on one thing, why no more Moon exploration?
We should have a full-on science research center on there by now, at least. Too much money being spent on Mars that is so far away, it's impractical.
As I said, to research what?
It has no atmosphere and is a lump of rock n dust. Brought back 400kg of it and ascertained its no good to us.
Can't see too much to research there.
The true nutters say there was aliens there and they told us to piss off and not come back.
I reckon we should give up on SETI and spend that on going down into our hollow earth where the alien lizard people live. Presumably in cramped conditions as the earth is flat hey Pete.
Living and creating things (drugs, foods, new metals) in a very light gravity environment, which may not be possible in our strong gravity environment.
Outer space viewing from a stationary high powered telescope(s) on the surface, that would be easier and probably be cheaper to maintain and improve (assuming that we already have a station on the surface), better than Hubble.
Mining for cheese,,,,,,, okay, for other things.
Because you mentioned it, a much better place for SETI, no atmospheric static.
A space port for future space travel, complete with training facilities. Rockets would need much less boost from there.
Studying Earth from a permanent distant place, a better perspective possibly. Both environmentally and socially.
The ultimate place for a prison.
I could go on, but you get the idea, the possibilities are endless.
Mars???? Nah.