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Terraforming [sort of]: why the Moon is a better target than Mars
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Posted on 10/27/2021 10:51:03 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BiteYourSelf
It will be either the Red Planet or we will be a Stranger in a Strange Land, Grock?..............
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posted on
10/27/2021 11:10:23 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/27/2021 11:11:31 AM PDT
by
knarf
To: BenLurkin
Just drill and seal underground compounds. You can filter the air with algae, avoid dangerous cosmic rays, and regulate the temperature pretty easily.
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posted on
10/27/2021 11:12:19 AM PDT
by
struggle
To: Lurker
As a Citizen of the Galaxy, and a Space Cadet, I will!................
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posted on
10/27/2021 11:12:37 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
If you recall the society of “stranger” was a distopian
one with people having to live in fortified compounds
and drive armored cars...we are already there.
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posted on
10/27/2021 11:14:30 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Red Badger
Anyway, the moon is within reach, go there first, settle,
then build a manufacturing base, and launch vessels to
the other planets.
We got to get out of this place before some space rock
wipes us out.
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posted on
10/27/2021 11:16:41 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Red Badger
Have Space Suit. Will Travel.
L
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posted on
10/27/2021 11:17:28 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: tet68
What if it hits the Moon first?........................
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posted on
10/27/2021 11:18:14 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: tet68
Even on the Moon there are criminals..................
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posted on
10/27/2021 11:20:46 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: BenLurkin
If This Goes On, you could be The Man Who Sold The Moon.
To: Red Badger
I grok what you did there
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posted on
10/27/2021 11:28:19 AM PDT
by
calljack
(Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
To: calljack
Read on down!..................
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posted on
10/27/2021 11:29:45 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: BenLurkin
Until the technology is developed to create a resilient atmosphere on Mars, terraforming is out of the question...
First we would have to generate a magnetic field for Mars and increase the mass (gravitational field) of Mars...
This will be necessary to keep a useful (for us) atmosphere in place...
All the other issues like distance vs supply & travel, temperature ranges, soil composition, etc... are really secondary, IMHO...
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posted on
10/27/2021 11:34:42 AM PDT
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
To: Red Badger
i saw them too late. lots of way better references than i had, i am sad.
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posted on
10/27/2021 11:38:30 AM PDT
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calljack
(Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
To: calljack
We are Heinlein groupies...............
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posted on
10/27/2021 11:39:40 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: BenLurkin
Moon or Mars, gravity is still the #1 problem.
• Mars’ gravity = 1/3 of Earth’s.
• Moon’s gravity = 1/5 of Earth’s.
Strange things happen to the human body when it is in low gravity for just a short while. How will people last an extended time in low gravity? Will women be able to bear children in low gravity?
IMHO, we’d be better off building space stations (as in Babylon-5 or 2001). They could be rotated to produce normal gravity.
And, because we could build many multiple stations, we wouldn’t be putting all our eggs in one basket (a single planet).
The raw materials could be mined from asteroids—including water, which seems to be a common element in the universe.
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posted on
10/27/2021 11:42:26 AM PDT
by
Brookhaven
(The dystopian future is now!)
To: Windcatcher
The red giant phase won’t happen that soon. There’s still about 4 billion years to go before that. We MUST raise taxes NOW to combat this !
To: Red Badger
But what will be the effect of gamma rays on man in the moon marigolds?
To: who_would_fardels_bear
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posted on
10/27/2021 12:30:06 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
I used to be able to grow sunflowers like that.
Now the deer eat them.
Need more hunting!
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posted on
10/27/2021 12:32:04 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Let's Go Brandon!)
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