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Most of us have heard about the recent race for development on the Moon by various countries, such as Russia, China and of course the United States of America.

These countries plan to develop a station on the Moon in the near future to be occupied by man for different reasons such as further research of the Moon and eventually mining purposes among other plans even as far as possible commercialization!

I am sure NASA knows what they are getting into, and I think it may be a good idea as long as we are careful in what we do, and also that all the countries/ space programs involved keep in communication of their activities which I am sure will happen.

I do have a concern, and that would be the weather on the Moon. First you have very drastic temperature changes, zero gravity, you have rocks/ meteors constantly falling from the sky whether they are large, are even the size of a pellet as the Moon has no atmosphere so nothing burns up as it approaches the Moons surface and these falling rocks can damage the astronaut suits or even kill them without any notice and damage equipment and the "station", then you also have to be concerned about the "Moon Dust" on the surface which can be sandy or rocky and the finer particles are mostly glassy sharp grains and can be very dangerous whether it's tearing the space suit, damaging the equipment, or also can be deadly if the astronaut breaths these grains of sand / dust particals into their lungs. Who knows what other obstacles they may run into as well.

What do you think about us planning to build a permanent base on the Moon?? Is it worth all the money we are going to end up putting into it over the years, and what do you think we will get out of it if anything??

Also do you think given the extreme weather conditions on the Moon is it worth risking the astronauts and our very pricey equipment??

It's a interesting thought thinking of man living on the moon, however I am not so sure it's going to be such a good idea... and seems like it's going to be very expensive given the conditions they will have to deal with on the Moon.

I guess it's worth a try?? What is your opinion and thoughts?