# Can we put a self-sufficient colony on the moon?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 18, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-put-a-self-sufficient-colony-on-the-moon/426900 "2007-11-18T05:10:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-put-a-self-sufficient-colony-on-the-moon/426900/21 "2007-11-19T03:25:06Z")

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[QUOTE=Shagnasty]  
A single equipement failure, which will happen from time to time, will simply kill everyone.  
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So, build everything with triple redundancy. It adds to the cost, but not by a factor of three, and it’s worth the peace of mind.

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