Can high-tech cavemen live on the Moon?

From: spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Douglas May

> Of course people find very strange places to live here on earth,
> and eventually, there will be a substantial population of people
> who simply chose to live on the moon for some strange reason,
> despite all its disadvantages.

Yeah, quite a while back I decided that it would be far too dogmatic to
try and argue that /nobody/ will ever choose to live on the moon or
Mars, and instead I simply settle for making the point that those who
choose to live in orbit will enjoy significant economic advantages over
those who choose the planet-bound life. I've even argued in articles
that High Frontier type infrastructure in HEO (not necessarily large,
Earthlike habitats, but just a permanent workforce making productive use
of space resources) can be used in support of a large-scale Mars
settlement program. Not because I expect there to be any compelling
economic opportunities on Mars, but because some minority of people will
go to Mars simply because nothing else would float their boat.

Regards,

Mike Combs