Posted on 07/31/2023 6:20:48 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
IF: the cost of extraction exceeds the value of the material;
THEN: the material has no value.
Simple. Even a caveman should understand it.
No. That’s not right. There’s He3 up there. That IS valuable. Period. Anybody saying it isn’t is an idiot.
Now, given current TECHNOLOGY it isn’t valuable enough to justify extraction.
But that doesn’t make it not valuable.
That makes a it a good reason to improve technology.
Almost everything we have now was once not worth the money to get and make. So we improved technology.
Look you came here to say something stupid and I pointed it out. If you don’t like that don’t say stupid things.
Or learn the difference between not valuable at all (what you said) and not valuable enough for extraction with current technology (reality).
“...not valuable at all (what you said)...”
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Not a correct quote.
Absolute a correct quote, post 69:
We have already determined there is nothing of value there.
“Nothing of value” your EXACT words. Meaning, not valuable at all.
And patently false.
unobtainium
Oh, yeah?
Yo’ mama!
Yaaaaawn
Well we both know you’re full of crap. And can’t admit.
And frankly you’re just not worth the effort to teach. Completely without value.
Likewise, I’m sure.
First, be aware that radiation comes in three forms: Alpha, beta, and gamma.
The alpha is a helium nucleus consisting of two protons and two neutrons. These have a positive charge and do not emit any form of electromagnetic energy. They cause trouble when they are moving fast and collide with other objects. Due to the short range of absorption and inability to penetrate the outer layers of skin, alpha particles are not, in general, dangerous to life unless the source is ingested or inhaled. These are of little consequence in the Van Allen belt.
A Beta particle is either an electron or a positron. These babies get accelerated to fairly high speeds, and can penetrate enough to be dangerous. When they strike metal objects they can cause a shower of secondary particles or even gamma rays to be produced.
Gamma rays are X-rays, high energy electromagnetic radiation that can cause molecules to be broken.
The alphas are no big deal, the betas are harmful but subject to shielding, and the gamma wavelength is dependent upon the velocity of the particles which strike one another. Particle velocity is pretty high in the Van Allen belt; however, the gamma is of the low energy variety. Radiation causes damage in proportion to the product of its intensity and the exposure time. Shielding can reduce or eliminate the radiation and short exposure times reduce the overall affect.
Traversing the Belts
The Apollo ship was launched at a 75 degree angle with respect to the equator. It was only 15 degrees short of a polar launch. The parking orbit was lower that the Van Allen Belts. The Translunar Injection Burn was timed so that the Apollo ship exited the vicinity of the Earth by flying up through the center of the toroid, then turning toward the moon once it cleared the Van Allen belts. It missed the dense part of that obstacle. It was in the weak fringe of the toroid for about twelve minutes. Bear in mind that the command module was made of 3/8 thick aircraft aluminum and that was coated with 1/4 inch of ceramic. That is excellent shielding for the region they passed through. The dosimeters they were wearing showed the radiation exposure was equivalent to one chest X-ray.
If you would merely consult the reports, the moon landings were very expensive and suffering from diminishing returns. The public lost interest in them as well, so Congress didn't feel pressure from their constituents to continue funding those flights. NASA wanted to make better use of the money.
Did that video moron show any computations based upon radiation levels, shielding, exposure time, launch trajectory or anything? No.
No, they aren't. They exactly correspond to the measurements taken by the satellites that surveyed the Van Allen belts prior to the Mercury and Gemini programs.
3/8 inch thick aircraft aluminum with 1/4 inch ceramic over that.
Nothing done in the movies in those days looked real. I lived through those times, did you?
there was a death bed confession by a former military person down IIRC in Arizona that stated there was a huge warehouse and inside it were replicas of the aparatus used in the moon landing....the likes of Stanley Kubrick, top military, the then president, and the German rocket scienctist who's name escapes me....
we've never been back have we.....they "lost" the blueprints....
buzz aldrin is on camera basically saying they never went....
I believe we've been had....again and again.
“Joe Rogan says that Sputnik was faked.”
Sputnik was in a low-enough orbit that it could be seen at night as it passed overhead.
My parents went outside in 1957 and saw it.
also, NASA works on compartmentalization...one engineer may not know what the next is working on....
covid and the vaxxes....did you see how thoroughly corrupt that whole thing was?....and very few drs/nurses, pharmacists, etc said anything....
I never said real. I said they can do all kinds of things. I’m 64.
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