Can we agree on this?

[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.