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henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:

>How?  Earth-based antisatellite weapons are simple and cheap; anything
>in Earth orbit can easily be destroyed from Earth.  Unless you assume

Ok, I'll take that bet, blow up the moon.  It's certainly in Earth orbit.
By your argument it should be "easily destroyed".  I'll even let you
break a small sweat in your efforts.

I do not grant that current ASAT weapons would be effective against
"hardened" satelites.  We have never gotten into that kind of arms race 
in any serious fashion.

I do know that transportation from the moon to LEO is about 25 times
easier than transportation from Earth to LEO.

The military tends to follow ther merchants.  A powerful moon colony
would have MUCH more at stake in the orbital sweepstakes than the
mother planet (with all of her unruly children).   

j.b.