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That's not it. It's not about the money - it's about the interest. There is just no reason to colonize the moon, so no one did.

There is a compelling long-term reason to colonize the moon: to solve the issues we need to solve to expand to other solar systems.

If we don't, it seems totally possible that at some point a large-scale disaster on Earth could wipe out all human life.