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Who the heck did they survey that had this contradictory thought? 69% of dem and 70% of repub dissaprove of moon mission but 62% overall want more space travel?????? How do they think we plan to have more space travel without a moon base?
A moon base is a waste of resources.
We aren't really learning a whole hell of a lot by setting up a base on the moon. We've been there. We've endlessly explored it.
We are better off setting up a Mars base than a moon base. People act like it would be safer or easier to set up a base on the moon, but that's not really the case. Once you are out there in space, getting to the moon versus Mars isn't a monumental difference. It isn't as if there was a major moon base problem we could just hop on over to the moon and save those people. Doesn't work that way.
There are even a lot of people within NASA that see the moon base as a waste of money and would rather see the organization be a little more ambitious with its planning.
Hmm, I think a huge thing you've overlooked is using the moon as a staging area like maximum Derek said above. We stockpile fuel, food, etc. And maybe even begin to manufacture vessels there to save from using a vessel stressed from an earthly launch. Would make Mars trips easier, asteroid missions, the like
Edit to add: I wouldn't be surprised if there's still some forms of metallurgy or other processes that can be discovered with a continuous scientific base on the moon, that they couldn't attempt on the ISS or replicate here in vacuum