Posted on 05/26/2018 6:10:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin
And where would these commodities come from, and for what purpose?
There has to be supply and demand that exceeds the cost of the enterprise.
And we don't?
But usually within the lifetime of the investor....
China might try something silly in the next 20 years, but it would be quickly abandoned, as any sort of sustainable colony.
It’s the moon so - glory holes.
This is like the beginnings. Earthers vs. Mars vs Belters.
I do and like it. So glad Amazon picked it up after the Sci-Fi channel canceled it.
It's actually quite realist in how the ships move through space as compared to Star Trek where they fly like they are in an air atmosphere. I wish they had 20 something episodes a year like some other shows. I guess the CGI and complex sets sometimes makes that unlikely though. Maybe one day when Holo decks become real. Holo-sets?
? It’s on scyfy now. Do you mean for a future season?
Space entrepreneurs are already planning travel to Mars, and they are looking to the moon as the perfect location for a way station to refuel and restock Mars-bound rockets.
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That’s not true. Using the Moon for refueling is a government idea. The leading private company, SpaceX, plans to refuel in Earth orbit.
You can guess which idea is more economical.
The department will take on a greater role when it comes to regulation and promotion of space activity. But as the agency charged with promoting job creation and economic growth, we will not engage only in oversight, but will support American companies so they can compete and lead on a level playing field.
Collectively, these efforts will unshackle American industry and ensure American leadership in space. This is essential to technological innovation, economic growth, jobs and national security. But, perhaps more important, it is rejuvenating the American passion for space exploration.
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This part is great and very Trumpian.
Anyone see Ancient Aliens where they speculate the Moon might be an Alien space station sent there to spy on Earth?
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Sounds like an episode starring Obama as the bad guy.
You must have been to some wild parties, man.
The point is that these animal behaviors are not the human norm. I’m not ashamed to be human. That’s a liberal attitude and a source of their manipulative power.
“wrong”
Clown.
And?
You appear to misunderstand me. I’m not ashamed to be human, a white male, or not on welfare; something the left all find repulsive somehow.
The facts are the facts though. Our species has doubled in just 70 years or so. Soon we will need to migrate off this planet because our species consumes far more than any other. We are .01% of all the mammals yet we have constructed and built 99% of the structures.
Compared to any other known species we are indeed a virus overtaking our host; earth. We have a ways to go but take the Southwest for example. It’s basically a desert but we have terraformed much of it into something else. We have too many people for the ecosystem to handle. One day nature will let us all know this in a merciless way. We should be smarter than we are about how we use the resources we have. I’m not a greenie or against hunting and farming. I just see what we are doing. We should be more careful. The sheer number of people in SoCal who get the lion’s share of the Colorado River water is draining that resource people in AZ and NV also need. Phoenix and Las Vegas are sprawling cities in the middle of a desert never meant to handle this many people as well.
Our side wants the fewest possible regulations and the other side wants too many. I’m saying there’s a middle ground in there that’s good for us, the animal kingdom, and the planet without going overboard either way.
Exploiting those asteroids will take propellent.
LOX and ethanol make an excellent propellent and can be produced by a simple farm.
(And you can’t have too much ethanol!)
Assuming $10k a pound, it won’t take much demand to justify producing it on the Moon.
I wonder if the usual average of three felonies a day would be enough to get one transported.
Thieves in England in the eighteenth century were transported to Australia and High School students in my day, caught with drugs, were forced into military service by Judges, so being transported to the Moon for three strikes isn't that much of a leap for mankind.
Should have been a reality 15 years ago. So no it will not be sooner than I expect.
No U.S. manned moon colony.
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