Reply To: NIMBY FUD

[Joeviocoe]

benf wrote:

Yeah, I wouldn’t want to see the moon with a sad face >:(

The folks on Earth looking up will notice lunar space stations and perhaps lights from the surface installations of lunar cities and not much else.

That could well be, unless they’re using fossil fuels to power the mining. In which case, if there were a problem, people might see a giant smoke ring! :coolcheese:

Question; (because it’s Friday eve.) What would be the better way to mine Jupiter? With humongous light weight blimp(s) filled up at lower pressure? Or a high strength smaller metal/composite tank filled at high pressure (using FoFu-1 to drive the suction pumps, of course). Or some hybrid version?

Fossil Fuels would be the worst to use on the moon for mining operations. No fossils on the moon (that we know of ;)… and so each kilo would need to be launched from Earth to get there.

Even if no Fusion is possible, there are plenty of power options for lunar mining.
Nuclear Fission is scary when anywhere near civilian population, so it will have no problem on the moon. Think of the highly mobile, smaller submarine reactors.
Solar… no atmosphere to interfere, low gravity so an array can be very large without as much of the tough support structures.