And a robotic factory for production of metals and rocket parts. There’s a lot of aluminium and titanium in the lunar regolith. And the lack of atmosphere and weather makes solar furnaces an easier thing. And with just a bit of water you can cycle some hydrogen through the process as a reducing agent for the metals (and then electrolyze the resulting water, making oxygen as a byproduct).
Yes, yes, three times yes. And there’s water there too, though annoyingly deep in the polar areas where there’s little sunlight to power the gear.
The best way to get rid of rockets would be a space elevator.
If for no other reason than we could get practice running a permanent base from a location close enough to send emergency rescue/resupply missions to if need be.
As it is, we’ve only sent a grand total of eight manned space flights as far as the moon. All were short-term missions and we almost didn’t get one of them back. We need more practical experience before diving headfirst into colonizing Mars.
You won’t just unlatch the faceplate. That’s not a good way to go.
A slight loosing of one of the suit’s ports is a better method. Slow, gradual loss of pressure, and therefore pO2, so you ease into loss of consciousness. No feelings of water boiling on tongue, no pain in tissues, just fall asleep under the stars.
I’m in favour of having space stations at the Earth-Moon Lagrange points before that. Anyone can feel free to tell me why this would be a bad idea though.
I guess my thought was at a Lagrange point you need to get fuel and supplies to the stations if you want to use.them as a jumping off point.to other worlds. The moon could potentially provide (certain kinds of) fuel.
Better hope that the folks back home get the right idea about this project.
“Welcome Earthlings who have been sent to our planet to die. In the spirit of interplanetary cooperation, we are here to expedite your desire. Imperial Shock Troopers, ready blasters.”
There are good reasons to have bases at the bottom of gravity wells, like getting fuel. I just don’t think going into a gravity well is a good idea if you intend to come back out in the short term.
In an emergency situation a rescue mission to a space station may be less energy intensive than one to a Moon or Mars base, and if we have bases already established at L1 and L2 then they may be in a better position to assist the Moon base than Earth.
Meet Ryan McDonald, the intelligent young virgin from the UK. The poor guy hasn’t seen any action in his whole life, but that’s OK - Maggie Lieu has offered herself as a potential mate, if he can Adam and Eve it!
I know it is going to be a reality show, but it all seems a bit personal and ridiculous to be going on about these people’s sexual status. On the other hand, if they are going to be raising money with a reality show, why not start now? After all, if the reality show is supposed to fund the project for the natural life of the stars, this will be its second most exciting decade (edit: and hopefully the only one featuring a process of elimination). They could give a short introduction of all 100 candidates where people could share about their lives and motivation - we could also see where they’re coming from and how those they know respond to their inclusion in the shortlist. They’re supposed to be a diverse group, so it would be good to see an introduction to this diversity (which won’t necessarily be as clear once they’re all together).
