Posted on 05/06/2006 2:39:58 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2
L
O2? Watch Robertson Crusoe on Mars. The monkey with the sausage is good too.
Turn on the Terra-forming machines. By the way, which way is Mecca from the moon?
Personally, I find Mars much less attractive than the moon for colonization. The only advantage that Mars has in my opinion is near-earth-like gravity, and that is both a blessing and a curse. The gravity well is what prevents our easy access to space. Leaving the moon's gravity is much easier than leaving either the Mars' or the earth's. The moon is closer, by far, of course. Both Mars and moon residents will need pressurized habitats and breathing equipment. The total lack of an atmosphere is in some ways an advantage, as there's no dust and grit flying around to gum up equipment. Also, solar arrays would better without an atmosphere in the way.
For the record, I'm a fan of building space habitats instead of colonizing planets. The question was first posed by G. K. O'Neill, who asked whether planets are really the best choice for settlements beyond the earth. I tend to agree with his assessment, that they are not. And we should instead work towards building Babylon 5 like space stations.
I believe Praxair used to be Union Carbide's air products division. I think it was called Linde.
I wouldn't say there is zero proof. Clearly there is some proof that water exist on the moon and there is some proof that it does not. But how can you be certain either way?
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060306_lunar_ice.html
Gonna quibble with that- there is no "proof" either way whether the moon has water but there is certainly some evidence pointing to it. That being said, the real question is obtaining water economically whether by importing it, producing it from native materials or capturing and redirecting the occasional passing comet.
You're right. Praxair, Air Liquide, BOC and other gas industrial giants can solve this problem.
Read the High Frontier by O'Neill. His factories have varied gravity gradients based on their distance from the rotational diameter. This is why he speculates that at the end of there mile lon cylinders you could "climb the clyinder wall and gravity would be decreasing as you"go up". He speculates that a pair of wings would allow a "spacer" to fly!!!
And then act surprised when the hot gas immediately oxidizes something else.
I think you are correct. I believe the gas side of Linde became Praxair. The welding, cutting & automation portions of Linde was spun-off as L-Tec. I worked in automated cutting.
L
I wrote an article which is posted at our web site. Check it out:
Ballet Dancers in Space
I'll thank you in advance for the link.
Regards,
L
I don't have a website but our National Space Society of North Texas has a Yahoo Group and you are linked to that site where serveral of my articles and message reside.
The monkey with the sausage is good too.
I've never tried that, is it spicy?
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