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analog8374yesterday at 9:16 PM1 replyview on HN

we could do a moonbase for 2 trillion


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carefree-bobyesterday at 10:53 PM

But why? I'm not against the idea in principle, but there has to be a motivation beyond "It's possible". Even the search for knowledge, which is a good reason to invest in R&D, but how much would we learn on the moon for that 2 trillion that we couldn't learn more cheaply through other means?

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