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GroundBreak Ventures
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This is probably going to accelerate a self sustaining city on Mars by a decade. The deltav difference to get to Mars from the moon is ~1/5th that of going from Earth to Mars. If we did not have heavy industry on the moon, it means we would have to lift every single ton of material from the insane gravity well of the Earth for a Mars city. If we do have heavy industry on the moon, then we only have to lift organics, people and Earth specific equipment to Mars. The rest, (metals, silicates, water etc) can be sent for 1/5th the cost from the moon. Essentially, building a Moon industrial base is a compounding factor to a Mars city. Absolutely not needed if you want to visit Mars - but the Moon is a "planet" sized resource depo, close to us in time, but far from us in the gravity well. We should invest into developing it into a heavy industry base. The gravity well of the Earth is a fools errand to fight, but the moon is our "all your base are belong to us".


Elon Musk just announced a major strategic pivot for @SpaceX: the company is officially shifting its primary focus to building a "self-growing city" on the Moon. The logic is centered on speed. While Mars missions are restricted by orbital alignments every 26 months, SpaceX can launch to the Moon every 10 days. This allows for much faster iteration and development. @elonmusk estimates that a lunar city could be achieved in less than 10 years. In contrast, a similar presence on Mars is now projected to take 20 or more years to establish. Mars remains on the long-term roadmap with work potentially starting in 5 to 7 years, but the immediate priority is now "securing the future of civilization" via the faster lunar route.

Civilization on the Moon!







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