Could living on/ mining the moon cause unintended consequences for Earth? e.g. changes in tide or anything else?

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Could living on/ mining the moon cause unintended consequences for Earth? e.g. changes in tide or anything else?

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No the moon doesn’t have heavy stuff we can’t find in much larger abundance on earth or asteroids. Moon stuff might be useful on orbital platforms but mostly the moon is made of stuff we don’t need. The sole exception is Helium-3, but the amount we need is miniscule compared and would contribute nothing to earths mass considering the mining operation will rely heavily on transportation of earth resources to the moon, which will probably result in a net neutral mass transfer.