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[Eric Berger] Why is NASA bothering to go back to the Moon if we’ve already been there? (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/space@mander.xyz

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[–] moroni@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

I think the political goal is to build a base in the Moon surface and start exploring resources. Whoever gets there first can claim territory and start exploring its resources, send material back to earth and sell it at a premium to other nations. It’s a colonialism mindset.