Artemis begins major launches, including for the Lunar Gateway and first crew, next year. VIPER is slated to land in November. We’re already putting billions of dollars of kit on and around the Moon.
If trains make sense for moving bulk on Earth, they do as well on the Moon. If they don’t there—if autonomous rovers are easier than trains even on the Moon—the latter definitely aren’t worth further consideration here.
> Could we get terrestrial railroads into a usable state in the US first
Artemis begins major launches, including for the Lunar Gateway and first crew, next year. VIPER is slated to land in November. We’re already putting billions of dollars of kit on and around the Moon.
If trains make sense for moving bulk on Earth, they do as well on the Moon. If they don’t there—if autonomous rovers are easier than trains even on the Moon—the latter definitely aren’t worth further consideration here.
> Could we get terrestrial railroads into a usable state in the US first
Granted [1]. Circa 1850 [2].
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_rail_tr...
[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transportation_in_the_U...