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I'm not dismantling the US. I said the US should put their resorces to other things. Not the moon since you've been there already. What the fuck is the problem?
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Dismantaling as in manifesting a need to always take the negative things with something and show them to everyone. Be more happy. oOo:
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Competition drives technology, it movtivates. The United States sees another super power getting its eye Moon Exploration so why wouldnt they go back? It's like the buff guy on the beach, totally not even bothering to work on his lats because he doesnt have to and all of a sudden another smooth oiled up adonis comes up on the sand and hes like "well I need to get back in shape".
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I thought the point of posting threads was to generate discussion. My views are not negative, they are an opinion. Whether they be negative, positive, blue, green or as tall as a tree, it makes no difference. I don't think the US needs to go back to the Moon. I think that Bush needs to jump on everything as if hes got something to prove. I don't think he needs to prove anything. I think NASA is smart enough to one day put someone on Mars, and I think that is what they should be gunning for after we complete the ISS. I don't see putting a half finished space station aside and chasing the Chinese around a logical step in Space exploration and research for the States. |
Settle down. I'm saying why I left, not why you should change your whole outlook on life.
Yes this is a discussion board, and discuss whatever you want. I'm not mad at you, nor am I mad at anyone. I couldn't take the heat, so I got out of the kitchen. rolleyes: |
They should have been doing this the whole time, not waiting for competition. Thats how this country is run nowadays. We wont imporve on things unless its threatened. China's step towards space is good for everyone. the more people invest in these kinds of programs, more better knowledge and technology will be available to us in the future. fuck mars, man, it will take a ship a year to get there or so. we should make more trips to the moon, look for ice, have offroad rallys on there with space walkers, and build more efficient shuttles.
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Thats why investment in new space shuttles are needed. The current space shuttles are so inefficient its not even funny. Burning fuel to escape earths gravity is a 20th century idea. Traveling at 6 miles per second isn't fast enough. We currently have technologies to make things more efficient and travel at 5,000 miles per second, which is 3% the speed of light. We can do this right now using Nuclear Fission. It is possible to get these Atomic Rockets up to 12% the speed of light. That is fast enough to travle to Alpha Centauri in 46 years. Currently it would take the Space Shuttle 120,000 years at its top speed. Going to Mars on one of these babies would be a snap.
Antimatter, Nuclear Fusion, Laser Sails, and Fusion Ramjets are all other posibilities, but the technologies have not yet been developed. |
Welcome to the world where request rules the developement..
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[quote="{TRC}ZenMaster":11367]I've heard about settlement ideas for the moon before too.
[/quote:11367] Earth is in turmoil, conflict breaking out all over, the environment degraded constantly, refugees spilling across borders, cities full of homeless, the gap between haves and have-nots ever widening, unemployment, unaffordable health care....how can we stem this tide of despair..?? ...I know!, MOON SETTLEMENTS!! it's just so damn practical I can't believe I didn't think of it before, c'mon everyone ...put a fish bowl on your head and attach a really large firework sky-rocket to your back...were goin' home!! eek: |
Unless you invest in some inertial dampners - youd be killed going that speed. That and the spatial ability of man doesnt allow them to navigate at that speed.
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The only thing you have to worry about is escaping the earths gravity. Once that is done, you can travel as fast as you can go. It makes no difference.
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If there is no gravity to pull you down into your seat, then how would that be a problem? I get what youre trying to say here, but i dont think that would be an issue.. |
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[quote:ae8e3]If there is no gravity to pull you down into your seat, then how would that be a problem?
I get what youre trying to say here, but i dont think that would be an issue..[/quote:ae8e3] If there were no gravity, man wouldnt be able to survive long in space. But if that werent an issue, lets look at it this way - Youre in a ship, no gravity, so your just floating there. What happens when your ship starts moving. You wouldnt remain stationary, and with no gravity and force pushing on you (which means you'd be wearing a gas mask to provide oxygen, assuming your in a vacuumed spaceship), then you would be pressed against the back of the ship. Now you have a force against against you and after that, only a matter of time. |
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