Lunascaping :)

> I doubt people living on the moon would get outside much. I think Heinlein
> had it right in The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress when he had one of his
> characters say (and I paraphase) that the only people that ever went
> topside were those that really really had to and tourists taking their
> obligatory "Moon Walk".

If you consider the surface below a transparent lunar dome as "topside", then
I think that perhaps lunar walks will not be *that* uncommon. I think that
inflatable lunar domes will be cheaper than underground facilities and will
be used for activities that consume a lot of surface area/volume and are
radiation-insensitive - e.g., agriculture.

> Sooo as long as there is one or two nice spots for the tourists to walk
> around on the only other people up there will likely just be the guys
> driving the mining machines through the slag heaps.

They could use remotely operated machines and work from underground...
Probably both safer and cheaper than using space suits or pressurized
vehicles...

> Cheers

Cheers

> Dale

Lucio