Nope, the Moon has none of the resources required for sustaining a spacefaring civilization, except sunlight and water.
Well. This might be a bit of an over-statement—we don’t really have a good idea of what’s up there. There is good evidence for Titanium and there may be Platnium Group metals up there. Who knows what else?
The moon, mars, or colonies inside hollowed out asteroids certainly doesn’t make sense as x-risk mitigation in the near or medium term, but at some point they’re going to be necessary.
Well. This might be a bit of an over-statement—we don’t really have a good idea of what’s up there. There is good evidence for Titanium and there may be Platnium Group metals up there. Who knows what else?
The moon, mars, or colonies inside hollowed out asteroids certainly doesn’t make sense as x-risk mitigation in the near or medium term, but at some point they’re going to be necessary.