Comment by Dylan16807
6 days ago
How long do you think it would have taken to get a permanent moon presence if we kept up Apollo level funding indefinitely with that as the main goal? And since I only said "plausible", let's go with 80th-90th percentile best case scenario.
Even if technological progress stopped we could have launched enough parts to assemble a colony structure.
I'm not sure we would have one today. Maybe a token presence but definitely not the moon colony dreams of the 60s.
A token colony is still a colony. If you meant a specific size I wish you had been more clear upfront.
A colony typically refers to a place where people permanently live and are colonising, e.g. setting up state structures, having children, etc.
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