Why no Moon Base or Space Station built in the SG-verse ?

[MacGuyverThis]

Why hasn't there been a Moon Base built on the Dark side of the Moon .Someplace to park the Apollo ,Daedualus and Odessey .Also a space station to monitor offworld operations and to keep a watch out for incoming ships .

Also shipyards could be built ,training centers ,subspace arrays and research centers .

[FlightPod]

Those things would certainly make sense. Still its possible that they just don't have the resources, or theres some treaty that prevents it. I'm however surprised that there doesn't seem to be any real way of detecting cloaked ships, i.e. space stations or probes or satellites. In orbit they would have to be difficult to detect mind, but further out in Sol system thats not much of a problem. As for resources don't they still have that giant rock full of naquada?

[NATIK]

The Naquadah rock is still flying through the solar system, so yeah they still have that.

I would guess though that the costs of building such bases is to high for a black ops project. The SGC, 304 and Atlantis programs already cost ALOT of money. There is a limit to how many money can vanish from the government vaults before outsiders notice it.

[monkey_man132]

Maybe later on we will make lunar bases. They are probably expensive to make. All we have to do is make the parts, beam them to a 304, beam them into space near moon, have a space walk to attach pieces together, then beam completed part to moon surface, then get astronauts to connect it to moons surface. Since we have artificial gravity technology it should be a problem living on the moon.

[Heaven]

it's safer cheaper and easier to do it on earth so why bother with the moon?

[Wraith_Boy]

The speed that those ships can travel is insane, so there is no need to keep them that close to Earth. They can park them much further away, then if anything is detected, they launch the ship. Have it HS back to Earth in an instant.

The ships have advanced sensors, I'd imagine the SGC or some off-shoot of it has the same Asgard sensors somewhere on the planet. So no need for a space station to that regard either. Especially with subspace comms being able to travel the a good length across the galaxy. If they are that far away that they can't communicate, all they need to do is go to the nearest planet with a gate, beam down somebody, dial it up to the SGC & send the message through.

The only thing they'd need something in space would be a manufacturing station of which they build their ships. However it seems they aren't able to do is on mass as of yet. So the hangars in Area 51 where we saw Prometheus being built is most likely where they make the 304's. I'd say 2 at a time. If they could use the Asgard replicators, then they could begin building a fleet & for that, they'd need somewhere with a lot of space, out of the way. Although don't see a space station in orbit as being the best choice. Especially the strained relations they have with China who want control of the gate etc. Having it that close would allow them to see every single thing that was coming out & I'm sure they wouldn't want that. So another planet would be the only real choice.

[TKG]

Why hasn't there been a Moon Base built on the Dark side of the Moon .Someplace to park the Apollo ,Daedualus and Odessey .Also a space station to monitor offworld operations and to keep a watch out for incoming ships .

Also shipyards could be built ,training centers ,subspace arrays and research centers .

Well for one if it was built ont he surface of the moon it'd have to be mobile...since the dark side of the moon chnages with the postion and orbit of the moon. Secondly it would be the first target of attack for any enemy who came into the sol system. Third I'm not sure the funding would allow it.

[Puddle-Jumper]

Why hasn't there been a Moon Base built on the Dark side of the Moon .Someplace to park the Apollo ,Daedualus and Odessey .Also a space station to monitor offworld operations and to keep a watch out for incoming ships .

Also shipyards could be built ,training centers ,subspace arrays and research centers .

Yeah it would be an excellent idea!!!!
They could relocate the stargate there and set up a base that would mean that if anything got through the gate they could simple destroy the base with no reprecussions

[Col. Shadow Quinn]

Moon Base=unfeasible because it could be attacked, solar flares, etc...

[monkey_man132]

moon base would be to Treky, don't ya guys think?

[Puddle-Jumper]

Moon Base=unfeasible because it could be attacked, solar flares, etc...

Yes but it would have a shield powered by several naquadia generators or ZPM's if there is any spare or

Spoiler:

an asgard power source after unending

And possible a cloak...like merlin stlye

[NATIK]

moon base would be to Treky, don't ya guys think?

I don't see how so, a moon base is a perfectly valid project in the real world. They indeed had a moon base in Trek but they had bases everwhere in the solar system so unless you call the idea of a spacebase in general "To Treky" its a stupid thing to say.

It is not worth it in the Stargate universe, if you want to do Low-G experiments, use ISS or a 304 with artificial gravity at whatever setting you want.
If you want a staging area for interstellar travel, build it farther from Earth, the 304 launches into space around Earth in minutes if speed is essential, if not them a few hours is enough, the moon wont decrease that and the cost of having a full crew there at all times would be huge.
The moon has no ressources worth mining.

Tech aquired through the Stargate invalidates a moon base, it would be to costly and provide 0 benefits.

EDIT: The primary real world reasons for a moon base is:
A: Experiments
B: Low cost launching of rockets.

Both are solved in Stargate.

[Puddle-Jumper]

I don't see how so, a moon base is a perfectly valid project in the real world. They indeed had a moon base in Trek but they had bases everwhere in the solar system so unless you call the idea of a spacebase in general "To Treky" its a stupid thing to say.

It is not worth it in the Stargate universe, if you want to do Low-G experiments, use ISS or a 304 with artificial gravity at whatever setting you want.
If you want a staging area for interstellar travel, build it farther from Earth, the 304 launches into space around Earth in minutes if speed is essential, if not them a few hours is enough, the moon wont decrease that and the cost of having a full crew there at all times would be huge.
The moon has no ressources worth mining.

Tech aquired through the Stargate invalidates a moon base, it would be to costly and provide 0 benefits.

EDIT: The primary real world reasons for a moon base is:
A: Experiments
B: Low cost launching of rockets.

Both are solved in Stargate.

Well to dock ships and have a stargate base also possible a ship yard meaning that they could keep the stargate program hidden far easier

[monkey_man132]

"To Treky" its a stupid thing to say.

Your mean.

[wise one]

well now somewhere in america they are planning to spend 10 nillion to do something on the moon so in science fiction thats not impossible.

theres no point in putting stuff on the moon, its a giant rock and plus there would be space nerds looking at the sky at night, seeing a flying ship in space and people who are walking on the moon with no suit.