Posted on 05/13/2019 6:31:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Researchers from the US Smithsonian Institution and King’s College London argue for preserving seven-eighths of the solar system as official 'space wildernesses.'
This regulation would protect planets, moons and other bodies from unchecked mining and other types of industrial exploitation.
But its core aim would be to ensure that humankind's expansion into our star system is undertaken manageably to avoid a future where all the resources are gone.
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It will be challenging to decide which aspects of our star system should be protected from the space mining industry, the researchers wrote in their paper.
However, areas that might merit a 'space wilderness' status include Mars' Valles Marineris, the solar system's largest canyon in the , as well as Olympus Mons, the largest known shield volcano which is two-and-a-half times Mount Everest in height.
The assignment of protection will require much complicated debate.
'Do we want cities on the near side of the moon that light up at night? Would that be inspiring or horrifying?', Dr Elvis asked.
'And what about the rings of Saturn? They are beautiful, almost pure water ice.
'Is it OK to mine those so that in 100 years they are gone?
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This is what happens when control-freaks metastasize.
I propose that anything 10 billion light years away be protected.
Look out for man made galactic warming, coming soon.
“I propose that anything 10 billion light years away be protected”.
And it should be increased by 2 billion light years every year after. Just to be safe, you see.
They tried a variant of that in ST:TNG but it was something involving warp drive being used too much. Some kind of big time space thingy damage.
It had Dr.Astin from Quincy in it.
This is so stupid. Let’s cut off our nose and our future because of idiocy. They have ZERO idea how vast the resources are in the volume of the solar system. These are insane eco warriors.
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Yep.
Federation starships were from that point limited to no faster than warp 5.
But I noticed that they frequently broke that speed limit when it was inconvenient for the plot.
After that, it was completely ignored.
(Liberals do seem to paint themselves into corners often, don’t they?
So now DC wants to rule space.
A thought experiment...come up with something that the US government does not claim a right or intent to rule over.
We'll mine the other planets later.
This has got to be one of the silliest things I have ever heard of!
the artificial scarcity cult strikes again
Kirk would have laughed at the idea of being limited using warp drive.
The Federation leadership was galactic level stupid anyway.
Plenty of stuff in the asteroid belt too.
Too late.
I already filed a claim for the universe.
I’m shipping all the tailings from Uranus to San Francisco.
Property belongs to he who claims it and can defend his claim. The end.
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