"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
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It's just the problem of *getting* it there. How much mass would have to
be soft-landed on the Moon to be able to send over a "colony kit,"
complete
with air-generators, power plants, water-distillers, air locks, structural
beams, and hydroponics farms sufficient to set up a vacuum-based colony
that'll support, say, 100 people. A half-ton per person, maybe?

Last year I had the pleasure of riding in a steam train up and over the pass
from Skagway toward the Yukon. Alongside the tracks we could see the
footpath over which the Forty-Niners traveled. One requirement set down by
the Canadians for entry into their territory were that the would-be miners
must bring "A half-ton (of supplies) per person. . .". This meant many
laborious trips up and down the steep path, sometimes in weather conditions
that would kill most of us.

Yet, they prevailed. Why?

If there is gold in the stars, who knows what obstacles we will overcome?
Incidentally saving our species. )

Rich S.