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585 points mocko | 4 comments | 25 May 12 14:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.958s | source
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zecho ◴[25 May 12 14:26 UTC] No.4023608[source]▶
On one hand, this is a momentous day for private space flight. On the other, we're closer to Moon lobbyists than ever.
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vecinu ◴[25 May 12 14:39 UTC] No.4023668[source]▶
Privatizing area on the Moon is quite frightening to think about. I wonder if one day copyright law will also reach other planets and moons.
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cglace ◴[25 May 12 14:56 UTC] No.4023747[source]▶
I disagree. Privatizing the moon has been a dream of mine since I was a kid.

I like to think of it as Galt's Gulch in space.

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philwelch ◴[25 May 12 18:45 UTC] No.4024884[source]▶
...because there's no better place for a group of self-sufficient Randian heroes to live in complete isolation from the rest of the world than a barren rock in space that would have to import nearly everything from the earth?
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1. jlgreco ◴[25 May 12 20:18 UTC] No.4025229[source]▶
What's wrong with imports?
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2. unimpressive ◴[26 May 12 05:10 UTC] No.4026559[source]▶
Well, earth then has the power to dictate terms to the moon-colonists.

Such a situation is not favorable for the sort of thing the grandparent post had in mind.

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3. jlgreco ◴[26 May 12 16:59 UTC] No.4027711[source]▶
However when we are talking about a reality in which there are multiple independent and competing launch entities, the idea of "the earth" as a single entity capable of deciding not to service colonists makes much less sense.
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4. philwelch ◴[26 May 12 18:05 UTC] No.4027908{3}[source]▶
The whole point of Galt's Gulch is that the world is corrupt and evil and the Randian heroes have to establish a self-sufficient colony where they can support themselves, and stay there until the evil altruistic world collapses under its own weight. That's rather opposed to the concept of having to import everything.