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Originally Posted by tsofian
If Prime Base is to be a going concern it will have to be one of the first things the Project builds, because if it isn't finished by the late 1970s or very early 1980s the regulatory framework in the USA and the ability of satellites to pick up "odd" construction sites will mean it will be almost impossible for the site not to be discovered by someone, either the Department of Labor or the Soviet Military Space Forces.
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Wait... why?
They will need the site, certainly, but I don't see why they would need to do more than secure it and maybe hollow out and support the space.
Maybe build the physical structure. But there is zero need to populate it or stock it or equip it, and little reason to do so. You need an ingress but it can be a subway line built entirely underground from miles away - we can do that now and the Project has far better technology available, especially later.
Delaying lets you put in state of the art tech appropriate to your single most important installation, especially as you get closer to the war and have better available. If you put a shipping hub for Morrow Industries 10 miles away no one will know what is getting loaded through the access tunnel.