Gerald Sanders, a 35 year NASA veteran, said developing access to resources on our natural satellite is a critical step in cutting costs and creating a circular...
What right do we have to go and mar another planet? I can see the arguments that might is right, nobody else is claiming it, etc., but this is deeply parasitic behavior at the end of the day.
Well… nobody is there to care or be harmed. Nobody has the right, or even lack of it. It’s less “might makes right” and more “those who can (feasibly, technologically, etc.), will” , I think. Who gives a tree the right to grow somewhere it can? The arguments look very different if it’s another planet capable of supporting life that can notice the human activities. But, the Moon? Mining on the dark side likely doesn’t get noticed by anyone.
What right do we have to go and mar another planet? I can see the arguments that might is right, nobody else is claiming it, etc., but this is deeply parasitic behavior at the end of the day.
Well… nobody is there to care or be harmed. Nobody has the right, or even lack of it. It’s less “might makes right” and more “those who can (feasibly, technologically, etc.), will” , I think. Who gives a tree the right to grow somewhere it can? The arguments look very different if it’s another planet capable of supporting life that can notice the human activities. But, the Moon? Mining on the dark side likely doesn’t get noticed by anyone.