Organize space colonization advocates into cohesive grass roots groups. Spread the message that space has the resources to solve many world problems. Make the message a human one, so that it will connect with as many people as possible. We have waited decades for the opportunity to show the world how much value can be returned from space, and the time is now. The worlds problems are becomming more pressing as time goes by.
Purpose
This is a website dedicated to organizing those who advocate a return to the moon. The purpose is to spread the message that space has the answers to many of today's most pressing issues. If you have an understanding of how, then this might be the place for you to make a connection. We have organizations, we have websites, blogs, heros, and other people. What we do not have is a little bit of cohesiveness, a connection with people on a personal level, and a grassroots effort. Our grand ideas on how the world could be made better have gone on deaf ears due to our inability to make a human connection.
Apparently the first thing that a dedicated space advocate does, once serious about the subject, is start a website, or blog. The internet is littered with various people in isolated attempts to spread the value behind the words "space colonization". This website is driven to connect these efforts into three simple messages: Space is the answer, we need to work together to spread the word, and we need to connect with people.
If you want to join our team, simply take the time to send an email (moonus111@colonize-the-moon.com). We'll connect you with as many on our team as we can. If you are not into writing emails then check out the help tab for more options.
The benefits to humanity if there was a moon colony are beyond measure. It can solve the worlds energy woes entirely, improve the environment, and a long laundry list of issues can be addressed. Once an established facility exists on the moon, many other space resources are within grasp Asteroids, Mars, Jovian moons, and more are easy to get to from the moon. We are lucky enough to have seen the benefits that a "New World" can have on history, the moon will have the same effect if colonized. Squabbling over what little resources that earth has is a no win game for us when so much more exists in the universe. A colony on the moon can bring benefits that could be incalculably valuable, by unlocking the infinite potential of all other space resources.
41 years, and counting the minutes
Even though the moon has resources that are unfathomably valuable we cannot even see cause enough to go. Energy beyond our wildest dreams, materials to aid in further exploits of the solar system, and a soft testing ground for the harshness of space. The experience of being there will return technologies as beneficial as the compass was when we began sailing the open ocean. It seems that the resources the moon has to offer are a bounty larger than any could hope for, yet these concepts are ignored when pointed out. A lifeless ball is a useless ball in the mind of men who hunt and seek life for the picking. Dreams are to touch mars, yet this will not be if we cannot master our own domain.
The world has developed problems in the past 41 years, the spirit of liberty ails from the lack of enough to go around. The climate of the worlds conversations is building a perfect storm for those who see the value in the moon. What a perfect storm of bad days we have had lately; environmental problems, economic problems, resource problems, social problems, and only one obstacle left. Spreading the idea into the minds of men is our only obstacle.
To many, there is no justification for the lack of a presence on the moon. Efforts are under way to remedy the situation, but the public consciousness does not understand the gravity of the purpose. Huge sums of money have been spent on gathering information, exploring, and seeking answers from space itself. However, none of these efforts have been to return a good to humanity. People have asked: where is the value, and been ignored. It seems inspiration is enough to some for the cost of the modern day Lewis and Clarke. Naive exuberance is not enough any longer for those who see the tremendous wealth in the moon, asteroids, mars, and space. We cannot be shy about the fact that the purpose is to return value to the world.
The value is enough to assault the very concept of scarcity itself. However, this message has gone on deaf ears among the people. The public is focused on saving the bits and pieces that it can grasp, instead of reaching for new. We have a very specific need for energy, as it is the underpinning of our entire civilization. This is the first stepping stone, locked in the very moon are the resources to harness the energy of the sun for return to earth.
To even consider a man away from the cradle of earth, is a burdensome thought. He must have enough life along to sustain his presence. A hundred pounds of life for one of his to breath, eat, and see beauty. If a population of men exists on the moon to sustain earths appetite for energy, a trade must be established of life giving materials for energy giving materials. Using our concept of trade, Lunar residents would benefit from the macro-economic concept of comparative advantage. The moon is low in volatiles (life supporting resources), yet has extreme amounts of energy production abilities. Earth earth is low in energy, yet has extreme amounts of volatiles. How serendipitous does the universe have to make it for us? That we would have a place nearby writhe with what we desire, and devoid of what we have.
If the reader does not understand these basic points, it is a testament to the lack of a voice space advocates have had. We have an answer to some of the worlds most pressing needs. However, our abilities in the trades of marketing, sycophancy, and promotion are lackluster at best. I do not claim that it is all the answer to all of our problems, but large portion of our woes. We need to make the bridge from our own space advocacy communities onto the world stage. If we do not do this then all the words of all the fear mongering demagogues will only gain in power.
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The diameter of the earth at the equator is 7,926.41 miles (12,756.32 km).
A circular geosynchronous orbit in the plane of the Earth's equator has a radius of approximately 26,199 miles (42,164 km).
The average distance from Earth to the Moon is 238,857 miles (384,403 km).
The diameter of moon is 2159 miles (3474 km).
The magnetosphere on the side facing the Sun, the distance to its boundary (which varies with solar wind intensity) is about 43495 miles (70,000 km).
