re: Military uses for the moon?

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Tom Brosz — 12/12/2003 1:31:24 AM (archived)

Frankly, I can't think of anything off hand that could not be done just as easily from an orbital facility. Unless you want to throw rocks, a la "Moon is a Harsh Mistress."

I can, however, think of plenty of military uses of near-Earth space.

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Military uses for the moon? - Buck Galaxy - 12/12/2003 12:50:15 AM
- Insurance. - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/13/2003 4:35:57 AM
- re: Military uses for the moon? - alcaray - 12/12/2003 4:31:06 PM
- It's a good place to test nuclear weapons (n/t) - Gary - 12/12/2003 8:27:10 AM
  - I have my doubts. - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/13/2003 4:08:19 AM
  - NO NUKES!!!!!!!! - Carl - 12/12/2003 4:51:27 PM
  - Watch out for that EMP! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/12/2003 9:23:36 AM
    - I wonder.... ? - Gary - 12/12/2003 5:57:30 PM
      - Think again propeller head. ;) - et - 12/12/2003 9:06:17 PM
        
        Hmmm. - et - 12/12/2003 9:16:36 PM
- re: None whatsoever. - Success_Machine - 12/12/2003 6:18:24 AM
- Not much that I can think of - Larry J - 12/12/2003 2:35:52 AM
  - Weapons in orbit - Tom Brosz - 12/12/2003 6:21:08 AM
- Rampant speculation by a layman - McFly - 12/12/2003 1:45:59 AM
  - Reasonable questions - Larry J - 12/12/2003 2:31:41 AM
    - re: Reasonable questions - Tom Brosz - 12/12/2003 6:34:28 AM
      - re: Reasonable questions - SteveS - 12/12/2003 4:36:46 PM
        
        re: Reasonable questions - Tom Brosz - 12/12/2003 7:33:33 PM
        
        The "10 foot tall enemy" syndrone - Larry J - 12/12/2003 7:56:48 PM
        
        Well... - SteveS - 12/12/2003 9:27:23 PM
        
        Believe me, it isn't being ignored... - Larry J - 12/12/2003 9:59:05 PM
- re: Military uses for the moon? - Tom Brosz - 12/12/2003 1:31:24 AM

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