Post AoZKKbedS3EhNLC38q by 75656740209960c74fe373e6943f8a21ab896889d8691276a60f86aadbc8f92a@mostr.pub
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(DIR) Post #AoZKKYYUyPXplRIbey by 75656740209960c74fe373e6943f8a21ab896889d8691276a60f86aadbc8f92a@mostr.pub
2024-11-29T16:54:44.000Z
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I've been here for over a year now and still don't know anyone's opinion on space colonization. Bitcoin is pointless if we can't use it to acquire cheap passage to Mars from seedy characters.
(DIR) Post #AoZKKaEiiuucyg3q6q by 70122128273bdc07af9be7725fa5c4bc0fc146866bec38d44360dc4bc6cc18b9@mostr.pub
2024-11-29T17:02:53.000Z
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I am pro space colonization, for the record.
(DIR) Post #AoZKKbedS3EhNLC38q by 75656740209960c74fe373e6943f8a21ab896889d8691276a60f86aadbc8f92a@mostr.pub
2024-11-29T17:07:18.000Z
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Moon first or Mars first? Or maybe the super rare Sedna first-er. I've never actually heard anything other than Moon, Mars, or Orbit but who knows on Nostr.
(DIR) Post #AoZKKcSGTWw1rGPgUy by 70122128273bdc07af9be7725fa5c4bc0fc146866bec38d44360dc4bc6cc18b9@mostr.pub
2024-11-29T17:18:03.000Z
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What about Europa? Sure, Jupiter is long way out, but Europe has a ready supply of water, and Jupiter's moon system probably has useful in-situ resources we could use to manufacture fuel. Then you have a gas station on the way to the outer solar system.Realistically, the Moon is probably the first place to go, since it's close enough to allow easy resupply from Earth. If we embrace nuclear propulsion we should be able to make fairly regular trips between Earth and Mars.
(DIR) Post #AoZKKdKVDsJuZTn02S by 75656740209960c74fe373e6943f8a21ab896889d8691276a60f86aadbc8f92a@mostr.pub
2024-11-29T18:14:11.000Z
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I agree on the moon though. I think we should prioritize Mars but realistically set up a moon base while we are getting ready. Lots of tourism potential. A two week vacation on the moon is an easier sell than roughly a year minimum on a Mars trip and that's if you don't stay long.
(DIR) Post #AoZKKeGdjipBTmzQem by 70122128273bdc07af9be7725fa5c4bc0fc146866bec38d44360dc4bc6cc18b9@mostr.pub
2024-11-29T20:34:52.000Z
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Plus, a permanent settlement on the Moon opens up plenty of scientific possibilities. Worried about light or radio pollution ruining your telescopes? Build one on the far side of the moon.There's honestly less for us on Mars. The reason to go live there would be because we can.
(DIR) Post #AoZKKev3JT9PV7theC by 80caa3337d33760ee355697260af0a038ae6a82e6d0b195c7db3c7d02eb394ee@mostr.pub
2024-11-29T20:38:01.000Z
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Resource-wise, Mars is a sink. Humanity would get far, far more bang for the buck from settling in the Asteroid belt and the Trojans, instead of trapping ourselves at the bottom of a new gravity well.
(DIR) Post #AoZKKfohyXfcHjw9Oi by 4ce01692f1d2a0c6e656302d65d567033e8a4649836719acc68b15fc6283430e@mostr.pub
2024-11-29T20:52:30.000Z
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Mars without a strategy to restart the magnetic core is not a plan at all. Better off building beneath the surface of the moon.
(DIR) Post #AoZKKghIhZL513TkUS by a96a35a224402b8075c4da20f0477896afcc3395b6fad63e30a648a8222a6a69@mostr.pub
2024-11-29T21:52:22.000Z
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Restarting the core not going to happen. But there's a "cheat code" - L1.Put any human activity there, and you disrupt the solar protons eroding the Martian atmosphere and irradiating the surface.Even the tiniest deflection is enough to make those protons miss Mars. NASA has talked about parking superconducting magnets there, but actually any human activity will do.Using electricity? You're inducing magnetic fields. Industrial processes? You're leaking pollution. Transport activities? You're spraying propellant around.
(DIR) Post #AoZKKhNUAj5D7tDRFA by 65912a7ad17fd5cf3bacce9759f3bea3a44f9a3397340e559cf067945dc638bf@mostr.pub
2024-11-29T21:56:51.000Z
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The idea of colonizing Mars is an absurd boondoggle that fails to grasp just how incompatible with human life the red planet it, and the expense of keeping humans alive on an ongoing basis. Maybe at some point in the future we'll have developed the technology that could cheaply and feasibly support a long-term human colony, but that point isn't on our visible horizon. It's a ludicrous plan once you really consider the necessary logistics and expense.
(DIR) Post #AoZKKiM6XLZY9tZqjI by a96a35a224402b8075c4da20f0477896afcc3395b6fad63e30a648a8222a6a69@mostr.pub
2024-11-29T22:02:37.000Z
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You're not wrong, but humans being how we are, "develop the technology" requires we go there.The engineering we can use simulations for some, and cheaper testbeds like Luna for some more, but the politics and funding can only be sustainable with a human presence on the Red Planet.Multiple, rival presences, if the European colonisation of the Americas is any guide.
(DIR) Post #AoZKKjAnUs7ch7IKkC by 65912a7ad17fd5cf3bacce9759f3bea3a44f9a3397340e559cf067945dc638bf@mostr.pub
2024-11-29T22:12:12.000Z
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This article very accurately breaks down why we're not colonizing Mars.https://defector.com/neither-elon-musk-nor-anybody-else-will-ever-colonize-mars
(DIR) Post #AoZKKk6a22LJaKKToG by 40dba08627a2f2c69c3031666149b567168f049894aa5c42203a3920a3de8483@mostr.pub
2024-11-30T01:02:45.000Z
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"In a saner society, a rich guy with Musk's well-known and unapologetically expounded views would sooner find himself under a guillotine"Thanks for the completely unbiased article from this spiritual redditor.