Project Horizon Moon Base

not quite Bonestell quality from the US Army

I mentioned the 1961 article by Arthur C. Clarke: The Uses Of The Moon before:

https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2024/04/bonestell.html

Here's the article:

https://archive.org/details/sim_harpers-magazine_1961-12_223_1339/page/56/mode/2up

But not sure if old Art probably knew about Project Horizon before writing the article.  He did mention that the military uses of the Moon were probably not that worthwhile - the  Project Horizon document seems to lay out winning a competition with the Russians as the main reason:

Curious Droid published this video on Project Horizon:

 

 source: source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4t59a3y-Ww

I thought the Curious Droid video was quite interesting, however others HATED the AI usage !  Now that I look at the artwork it kinda looks a little like those Chesley Bonestell paintings from the 1950s !  So I guess I'm kinda ambivalent about the AI usage.  Curious Droid is probably a one man band who is probably not going to be hiring a 21st century Bonestell to create art for his channel.  OTOH using AI requires the touch of an AI whisperer, probably need to review the output and then alter the input to correct errors like the wrong side of the flag being connected to the flagpole :)

Now we are engaged in a low level competition with China instead of the Russians to return to the Moon and stay.  It's not going to be easy.

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
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