Posted on 12/30/2020 5:52:25 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
I’m in. We have to start somewhere.
I think Genesis had the right idea back in 1972 on the “Foxtrot” album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp-TwWnn0dk
To expand further on my previous post, yes there are huge problems with living on Mars, not least of which the atmosphere is very then at just 1% of the earth's atmosphere,and its over 96% carbon dioxide. Not to mention the radiation levels are too high for us humans etc
But then none of these is insurmountable.
Way I see it, I don't see why ultimately, mankind cannot become become a multi-planetary species. If countries like North Korea and all these dictators are acquiring nukes, it stands to reason that there could be a nuclear war at some time in the future. We need a plan B or C.
...then again it might be good to start printing up some glossy brochures to get the Class B Golgafrinchans interested in a trip to Mars.
The “drop back and punt” line I stole from one of PJ O’Rourke’s books from the 80’s. it might have been “Give War a Chance”.
I will paraphrase: The population of the US could fit into the state of Montana with everybody getting roughly half of a football field. That’s enough room to drop back and punt.
(but unhappiness has always been focussed mainly on legal immigration direct from 3rd world countries, or on the granting of asylum, rather than on EU citizens exercising their right of free movement. With the latter, it was more a question of localised resistance to Europeans, East Europeans especially, 'taking our jobs' in particular sectors.)
“localised resistance to Europeans, East Europeans especially, ‘taking our jobs’ in particular sectors”
Interesting. Thanks!
A few years back I was lucky enough to be seated on an airplane next to a gentlemen was the manager of NASA for college grant money. He also was a retired ASAF full bird Coronel. He also had trained as a space shuttle astronaut.
Yes, I got his card and looked him up on Linkedin.
He was on his way back to Houston after visiting Dartmouth College here in NH. He explained to me that the grant he was overseeing at Dartmouth was the study of the effect on peoples eyeballs after spending time in space. He explained to me that after astronauts spend time at the International Space Station, they all end up near sited.
The lack of gravity effects the shape of the eyeball.
He told me about other grants at other colleges & universities studying radiation effects. Radiation is the main reason why astronauts can not stay at the ISS for more than one year.
Radiation is also the main reason why we have not sent humans to Mars. They may not survive the exposure to the radiation they would absorb on the trip there and back.
We can build the rockets. We could land them and successfully return the hardware. The human body may not be in very good condition. Most likely it would be a one way trip.
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