- earth only natural satellite
- average distance to earth: ~[384 400 km]
- area: 37 930 000 km2
- supervised by bostrom under moon code
- moon flag
- feautres
- gravitation is key source of rhythms on earth
- gravity is not even
- have peaks of eternal light in the north pole
- south pole is crazy cold
- dust could be a problem or opportunity: oxygen and silicon
- 300,000 craters wider than 1 km
- perfect fit
- space exploration
- robotics production
- space tourism
- competitive advantage over earth
- cheap energy
- low gravity
- no atmosphere
- problems
- coordination
- the most complex project in the human history
- ephemeral ownership exists
- one of the less obvious difficulties lies not with the moon itself
- but rather with the political and national interests of the nations engaged in colonization
- assuming that colonization efforts were able to overcome the difficulties outlined above
- there would likely be issues
- regarding the rights of nations and their colonies
- to exploit resources on the lunar surface
- to stake territorial claims
- and other issues of sovereignty
- which would have to be agreed upon
- before one or more nations
- established a permanent presence on the moon
- the ongoing negotiations and debate regarding the antarctic
- is a good case study for prospective lunar colonization efforts
- in that it highlights the numerous pitfalls of developing/inhabiting a location
- that is subject to the claims of multiple sovereign nations
- the key to overcompete moon disputes
- is to move physical bostrom infrastructure on the moon
- and bootstrap there proof-of-location services
- making communications faster and more affordable there
- before moving hardware there is a room