I think that means the goverments need to create ways of processing high-value or otherwise impossible to produce goods (or information) in space, from materials available in space. If industry can see a proven way to make money from it, you couldn't stop them finding a way to get there.
I guess some "killer app" or process that needs weightlessness or vacuum (or both) to work... maybe some high temperature manufacturing process... oh, like producing titanium or osmium or tungsten or something... from an asteroid or moon mine... possibly using a process significantly cheaper than traditional methods ("free" energy fromthe sun, easy access to a vacuum source, etc).
1) Produce a small scale test processing plant for the ISS (another pod) 2) Produce a larger manufactuing plant in orbit 3) Locate a suitable source of ore 4) Figure out a way to mine it* 5) Send processed loads back to Earth 6) Profit!
*TBD
Or something like that. Govt could JV a demonstration pod for ISS.
Seems that some newer laptops use a mini pci-e card now. I guess it's feasable to replace/upgrade those... it would be neat to see them for sale in the aftermarket.
Well.... if we're thinking big... If a Space Elevator is "feasable" assuming carbon nanotubes happen properly, why not a geosychronous fuel station that pumps water up from the ocean? Think of a big pump in space, with a firehose all the way to Earth. OK, I'll admit that it's a large amount of liquid to lift vertically, tonnes and tonnes and tonnes, but possibly a nuclear generator could provide current for the pumping engines (or some kind of temperature difference pump...?) and/or solar power to split the water to hydrogen and oxygen.
OK, lets use an arrangement with a dipstick affixed to a non-compressed outer housing, reaching into an internal bladder. The internal bladder is held centralsed within the outerhousing, and gets smaller as the fuel is used. You can use the dipstick to measure the difference between the outer and the inner, so giving an indication of the amount of fuel used. Or just use one of those flexible electronic ruler thingies to measure the bladder circumference directly.
What if you could manufacture it in space? I'm thinking, a nuclear reactor generating heat for a furnace, mine an astoroid or the moon, or whatever. Don't build it up, build it down.
Of course, I have no idea how you would bring the cable back down to earth without it burning up...
Interesting idea, but as you say, the US Govt doesn't want to do it.
So how about the UN, EU, China, and Middle East step up and do something like that? Middle East money is plentiful, Chinese production is cheap, Japanese technology is excellent, European engineering is suberb.
We'd get it done in no time... if it wasn't for effing politicians.
Security staff aren't traditionally the sharpest tools in the shed... I don't think the "pinch of salt" thing will fly. Security staff regularly abuse the power given to them by a handful of terrists.
I want Bush gone as much as the next guy, but after reading the transcript it comes off disrespectful more than humourous, especially in front of that audience. I don't like Bush, but I still respect the power he holds...
I just hope no one in the trials commits suicide, a common occurrance of people who are just beginning to have their depression lifted.
That's an interesting turn of events. You feel too depressed to do anything, then you start to come out of it. You still feel really down, but have the motivation to not want to feel like that anymore... yet can't imagine a lasting brighter future without coming back down again.
So what's the obvious solution when you don't want to live that way, and don't believe you have an alternative? You make a choice to stop living. It seems very reasonable at the time (been close a few times myself).
Actually, the accuracy rate may not be a big issue depending on usage. I'm really wondering what time delay (if any) there is between the signal and the eavesdropper, depending on location. Maybe telecloning will one day become a usable form of realtime intersteller communication?
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I think that means the goverments need to create ways of processing high-value or otherwise impossible to produce goods (or information) in space, from materials available in space. If industry can see a proven way to make money from it, you couldn't stop them finding a way to get there.
I guess some "killer app" or process that needs weightlessness or vacuum (or both) to work... maybe some high temperature manufacturing process... oh, like producing titanium or osmium or tungsten or something... from an asteroid or moon mine... possibly using a process significantly cheaper than traditional methods ("free" energy fromthe sun, easy access to a vacuum source, etc).
1) Produce a small scale test processing plant for the ISS (another pod)
2) Produce a larger manufactuing plant in orbit
3) Locate a suitable source of ore
4) Figure out a way to mine it*
5) Send processed loads back to Earth
6) Profit!
*TBD
Or something like that. Govt could JV a demonstration pod for ISS.
Mr Wormbot, huh? I misread the article heading as WOMBAT. Just imagine that thing crawling up your arse!
A wombat with a frickin' "laser" would be cool.
Seems that some newer laptops use a mini pci-e card now. I guess it's feasable to replace/upgrade those... it would be neat to see them for sale in the aftermarket.
Well.... if we're thinking big... If a Space Elevator is "feasable" assuming carbon nanotubes happen properly, why not a geosychronous fuel station that pumps water up from the ocean? Think of a big pump in space, with a firehose all the way to Earth. OK, I'll admit that it's a large amount of liquid to lift vertically, tonnes and tonnes and tonnes, but possibly a nuclear generator could provide current for the pumping engines (or some kind of temperature difference pump...?) and/or solar power to split the water to hydrogen and oxygen.
OK, lets use an arrangement with a dipstick affixed to a non-compressed outer housing, reaching into an internal bladder. The internal bladder is held centralsed within the outerhousing, and gets smaller as the fuel is used. You can use the dipstick to measure the difference between the outer and the inner, so giving an indication of the amount of fuel used. Or just use one of those flexible electronic ruler thingies to measure the bladder circumference directly.
In 2001.
At least until they make those Japanese and Korean androids anatomically correct.
I got a little bit excited reading that. Is this the Next Big Thing?
What if you could manufacture it in space? I'm thinking, a nuclear reactor generating heat for a furnace, mine an astoroid or the moon, or whatever. Don't build it up, build it down.
Of course, I have no idea how you would bring the cable back down to earth without it burning up...
Interesting idea, but as you say, the US Govt doesn't want to do it.
So how about the UN, EU, China, and Middle East step up and do something like that? Middle East money is plentiful, Chinese production is cheap, Japanese technology is excellent, European engineering is suberb.
We'd get it done in no time... if it wasn't for effing politicians.
Security staff aren't traditionally the sharpest tools in the shed... I don't think the "pinch of salt" thing will fly. Security staff regularly abuse the power given to them by a handful of terrists.
Yes, that's exactly what the world needs - Hybrid Jetliners!
Not for Linux, according to their website. It's Windows only... Obviously chasing the gaming market. Only.
And yet they both call themselves Engineers...
Which of these is unrelated?
Bachelors in IT
Diploma in IS
Sun certifications
What about those of us with both?
I'd be nervous too.
I want Bush gone as much as the next guy, but after reading the transcript it comes off disrespectful more than humourous, especially in front of that audience. I don't like Bush, but I still respect the power he holds...
You know that's actually a euphimism, right?
I just hope no one in the trials commits suicide, a common occurrance of people who are just beginning to have their depression lifted.
That's an interesting turn of events. You feel too depressed to do anything, then you start to come out of it. You still feel really down, but have the motivation to not want to feel like that anymore... yet can't imagine a lasting brighter future without coming back down again.
So what's the obvious solution when you don't want to live that way, and don't believe you have an alternative? You make a choice to stop living. It seems very reasonable at the time (been close a few times myself).
And most importantly, who will be introduced as the newest Sci Fi hot chick.
Velma?
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Fair enough, you gotta do what you gotta do.
Which begs the question, why not use a crossplatform GUI toolkit as well?
Actually, the accuracy rate may not be a big issue depending on usage. I'm really wondering what time delay (if any) there is between the signal and the eavesdropper, depending on location. Maybe telecloning will one day become a usable form of realtime intersteller communication?
You could be right about that. I was thinking of something more immersive though.