What bothers me, besides the life and strife, is that with all this Space-X moon landing and building manufacturing plants (Shotwell latest Times Interview), and of course NASA's future moon landings;
Is that how the heck is a multi-tom space craft with what, 4 engines burning away, going to land with the all the loose dust/soil on untested ground stability?
The intranet (and Space-x - NASA), are showing these huge craft sitting happily on the surface and not in a blown-out crater, leaning like a tower of Pizza.
I can only imagine a boxy type landing craft with auto EV bulldozer bots (lots of panels on top), rolling out prepping a 'better' site.
If water is there and I assume that moon rock is suitable for a 'cement' type product, you still need the mechanical means to prep all this stuff.
Shotwell said she would be surprised not to see a moon base in 10yrs...!
And haven't that last few landings (was it India and Italian), fallen on the sides after (one assumes), a leg(s), landing on top of rocks - and these craft supposed to have the latest greatest range finding, computer self autonomous avoidance software known to man?
I dunno, but maybe the fear of a red flagged moon base might get the ball rolling sooner than later...
There's my tuppence
