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Astronomy Space Travel., Imagine we colonise other planets
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 Jun 15 2009, 02:52 AM
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space travel is absolutely necessary. our resources are depleting exponentially and even with new methods of conservation, our apetite is insatiable. we need ways to figure out he we can create a space colony not for just the current spurt in human population but for the long term future...
it is inevitable that someday human population would not be manegable on our land mass, and we must also think about the conservation of wildlife. there is only so much we landmass we can take up before we encroach too much into the important forests.
and for that last reason alone, we need to have foresight to go ahead with this.
we could start from the moon? create a dome like structure that can be self sustained, have solar power generators, plants for conusmption and oxygen creation.
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Jun 15 2009, 04:54 PM
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An old article but a valid one no doubt, and proof that NASA is working on an outpost or mini colony of sorts on the Moon QUOTE Probing NASA's Plans For A Lunar Colony
ScienceDaily (Feb. 5, 2007) — The success of NASA's plans for a permanent human outpost on the moon may depend on the availability of technology that exploits the moon's environment and natural resources to obtain essentials like electric power, according to an article scheduled for the Feb. 5 issue of Chemical & Engineering News, the ACS' weekly newsmagazine.
In the article, C&EN associate editor Susan R. Morrissey discusses the ongoing debate about the need for humans to return to the moon, the costs, the scientific benefits of a lunar base and whether it should be in the hands of NASA or private industry.
If the project does move ahead, it may have to rely on technologies that utilize on-site resources to construct and sustain the base, the article notes.
At present, sponsors of the mission would face enormous per-kilogram costs for the solar cells and other gear that will have to be transported from Earth to the moon. Alternative approaches might avoid such sticker-shock, Morrissey notes.
One proposal, for instance, calls for using the lunar rocks and the moon's intense vacuum to make photovoltaic cells on site. Another approach calls for placing long strips of solar cells on the lunar surface, creating a large-scale solar power installation that could provide megawatts of electricity for lunar colonists. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/...70205130324.htmStart small and think big... |
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Jun 15 2009, 09:48 PM
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What about the Earth's moon? even though its not considered a planet, it will be pretty good altogether.
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