re: Proposed Moon Mission Offers Little Value at Astronomical Cost

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Mine and launch off to other planets and stars.

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Help me understand 1) what we'd be mining up there, and 2) the logistics of getting that incredibly heavy material off the moon and back to the US at a reasonable cost.

Also, if you think that there's anything to be gained by launching to another star from the moon instead of launching from earth, well, I don't know what to tell you. You'd be shortening the overall distance to the nearest star by about 0.00000000001% and adding in an enormous amount of complexity unnecessarily.