Ok initially I am unimpressed with Liam's response. I believe the question was how to build AMERICA on the moon. I see nothing about how to build America on the moon.
He has addressed some of the scientific issues that have to solved, building a dome....he did talk about temperature, breathing, what types of weapons you could actually use in the moons enviroment. Those are pluses. But it was also very general and kind of like a kids essay on how to build a base on the Moon.
But where is the America in this? Have we bombed anyone? Where is the war on terror? The war on drugs? No Starbucks, McDonald's, BBQ joints, Subways, KFC's? What about an all you can eat buffet of some kind? He even missed out on discussing how even overweight Americans could be useful in a low gravity enviroment.
What of baseball, American Football, NASCAR on the moon?
Does he know anything about America? Certainly he should have mentioned efforts to control the resource rich portions of the Moon? What about gas guzzling cars, yes we need big, huge moon buggies that will use tremendous amounts of gas?
Of course any American attempt to colonize a part of the moon has to start with bombing someone or something, doesn't it?
What about Democracy, the far right, the far left, the lack of adequate governmental oversite on a variety of issues?
His entry really reads like a childrens version of what would be needed to live on the Moon...import some cows and chickens please.
I expected to have America lampooned on a skewer, I am sorely disappointed, though perhaps TB or some of the other posters will step up to the plate and batter my fragile American sensibilities.