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Speculations on a Moon Colony

Posted by michael on from the moonraker dept.

Buggernut writes "As reported by the BBC, humans could be living on the Moon within 20 years, according to a leading lunar scientist."

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  1. Yeah right! by StormForge · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just after I get my flying car!

    1. Re:Yeah right! by uncoveror · · Score: 4, Funny

      Permanent human colonies on the moon? We like to think of it as our moon, but the Zhti Ti Kofft already have a base there. We are not powerful enough to force them off, and probably won't be in 20 years either. There is just no way they want to peacefully co-exist with us. After all they invaded during the balckout.

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  2. Typo by L.+VeGas · · Score: 4, Funny

    according to a leading lunar scientist

    That was supposed to be "loony" scientist.

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  3. Re:Nice by kinnell · · Score: 2, Funny
    Can I buy some land there? :)

    Certainly. I'm currently selling plots at $10/sq.m (earth view), or $8/sq.m on the far side. I'm prepared to negotiate a discount for lots of 1000sq.m and over. How much do you want?

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  4. Re:Moon bases are dumb. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    But they *did* say it about the new world. All of the first voyages were coming the the new world looking for gold, passages to the east, etc. Only later was it for settling, and then it was out of religious persecution.

    Does that mean GWB is going to drive Muslims to colonize the moon.

  5. Prisoners and Wheat by stoolpigeon · · Score: 2, Funny

    The moon is a great place to send criminals. Send 'em there for life as involuntary colonists. Let 'em dig big caves.

    As they dig those big caves they can grind the rock up for soil, melt pockets of ice that they find and use the water to grow wheat.

    You put the wheat in big metal capsuls and you use a magnetic catapult to chuck the wheat down the gravity well to good ol' earth.

    don't you read?

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  6. Re:Nice by luvsbway · · Score: 3, Funny

    After you purchase your land there I've got some swamp land in Flordia for sale. Real cheep.

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  7. Re:Necessity is the mother of invention... by Feztaa · · Score: 2, Funny

    It would be far better to have a self sustaining economy away from Earth, one that could help rebuild our planet if BAD THINGS were to happen to it.

    Lol, planetary backup!

    I can just picture a meteor wiping out half the population of earth, and then some aliens come along and say "What's the big deal? Just restore your backups. You did have backups, didn't you?"