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Mars Colony Will Have To Wait, Says NASA Scientists
universetoday.com ^
| 03/30/2016
| matt williams
Posted on 03/31/2016 10:05:23 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
03/31/2016 10:05:23 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Blew the budget on Muslim outreach?
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posted on
03/31/2016 10:07:04 AM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
To: BenLurkin
Phobos and Deimos would be good intermediate targets before planting colonies on Mars itself.
To: Farmer Dean
And “climate change”.
American space exploration gets a few bucks to buy scale models.
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posted on
03/31/2016 10:10:10 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: BenLurkin
It has been almost 50 years since we first landed on the moon. Not a lot of moon bases have been built in that time.
At this rate, we should have a Mars based up and running in approximately 1,500 years.
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posted on
03/31/2016 10:12:09 AM PDT
by
Bubba_Leroy
(The Obamanation Continues)
To: BenLurkin
We could be there for a fraction of what is spent on welfare.
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posted on
03/31/2016 10:12:10 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: BenLurkin
Creating a lunar colony in a subteranian opening, capping it and creating an atmosphere inside would be a first step, then follow with hydroponics and power generation.
But oddly enough for reasons I cannot explain, we will not go back to the moon?
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posted on
03/31/2016 10:13:06 AM PDT
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: BenLurkin
I’d say we have a lot more pressing concerns here on earth. If someone wants to put their private money into this then more power to them but we don’t have the money for this.
To: BenLurkin
Darn. I already bought my ticket on ebay.
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posted on
03/31/2016 10:14:54 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/31/2016 10:15:19 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: BenLurkin
spacex is going to build a mars colony long before nasa does
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posted on
03/31/2016 10:15:31 AM PDT
by
4rcane
To: CMB_polarization
Too small, very little gravity a man would float off into space if not tethered.
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posted on
03/31/2016 10:16:49 AM PDT
by
jpsb
(Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
To: BenLurkin
NASA Scientists finally had that sit-down with Captain Obvious.
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posted on
03/31/2016 10:16:51 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(Breathe, Donald.... Breathe.)
To: BenLurkin
Delay? I was hoping we could send a bunch of BLM, and Soros hired anti-Trump protestors on a free one way vacation. NUTS!
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posted on
03/31/2016 10:18:03 AM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
To: blackdog
Rumors abound on the internet about why we haven’t been back to the moon.
My personal favorite is that aliens said keep out.
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posted on
03/31/2016 10:18:07 AM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
To: BenLurkin
Maybe China will extend a few tourist visas to their Mars colony so that Americans may visit.
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posted on
03/31/2016 10:18:09 AM PDT
by
buckalfa
(I am feeling much better now.)
To: BenLurkin
Elon Musk or some other entrepreneur will do it.
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posted on
03/31/2016 10:18:36 AM PDT
by
bigbob
To: BenLurkin
Tough living there being exposed to solar radiation.
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posted on
03/31/2016 10:20:55 AM PDT
by
zek157
To: BenLurkin
So why are we spending on the development of the Orion capsule and launch system which will be obsolete long before we make any real effort to go to Mars? This all sounds like vaporware to keep some contracts running while any real exploration effort will happen elsewhere.
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posted on
03/31/2016 10:21:56 AM PDT
by
Truth29
To: zek157
Would have to be underground.
Anywhere we go in the solar system, we will be permanent cave dwellers.
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posted on
03/31/2016 10:22:03 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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