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The Moon wins.
Nipper Wolf — (archived)

Thank you all for voting.

I didn't think I would be the only Mars vote though.

I understand the arguments about using the Moon as a test site.

However I respectfully disagree.

The moon is a Vacuum enviroment not much different than high Earth orbit.

Mars has an thin Carbon Dioxide atmosphere the dust blowing around is going to be a totally different problem than the Moon enviroment can simulate.

Heat dissipation is going to be different.

Even if they are on the Moon they are too far away for us to help them so they might as well be on Mars.

I just think it is a waste of time and money, money is going to be a key factor in the decades to come.

But the overriding reason is that I don't believe we will establish a permanent manned base on the Moon so I don't think it will ever be used as a jumping off point to Mars.

I believe that politics and money issues will choke space exploration issues overpopulation and Wars will win out and anything gained by establishing a Moon base will be in vain.

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