Re: US Intuitive Machines set for second moon landing in February

On Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:47:04 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
wrote:

Intuitive Machines set for second landing, looking to build a lunar economy
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/intuitive-machines-set-for-second-landing-looking-to-build-a-lunar-economy/

A "lunar economy" sounds silly. There's nothing up there but dirt and
radiation.

May as well plop your business in the middle of a desert, or
antartica, or on a barge offshorse.

I was once involved with some utopians who wanted to set up an ideal
society, New Island, on a barge in the Gulf of Mexico. Same idea. It
sounded dreadful so I declined. But at least the barge would have had
air and rain and a way to paddle home.