What do you mean "it could be"? You have a prototype built already and tested, right? Let me know, I need to know if I need to send Musk a Twitter message or not.
Sorry I didn't realize that the basic laws of Physics were going to change in the future. Carry on! P.S. Will it make iPhones thinner too? We really need that, along with our floating cities on Venus and tunnels on Mars.
I agree. It is obvious that we are going to send a boring machine to Mars. Right after it finishes building the tunnels to the baseball stadiums. But right after that: Mars.
Oh, so all the problems of living in a floating city in Venus have been solved. You have tried it here on Earth and simulated it and have a floating station here to demonstrate. You just need money and the ability to build it (on Venus). I'll let Musk know you are ready to launch.
Great. So try it on Earth first in a building that simulates the Venus atmosphere (acid rain and all). Let you know how it turns out in a couple of years.
You forgot to mention the colonization of America. Also, my computer used to have 64KB. now it has 16GB too. Very disappointing. You need to understand: since one thing is possible, everything must be possible. Some things (other people of course) need to work on: food replicators and transporters like in Star Trek. Everything is possible, so get working on it! You are just wasting time.
Agreed. At one time going to California wasn't safe...but now we can in hours. Plus my first computer had 64KB, now it has 64GB. Since one thing is possible, all things are possible. Anders just isn't being logical like us.
Makes sense. The only roadblock to living on Venus (in a floating station) is anti-corrosive materials. Once we have those, we will be living on Venus (actually floating on the atmosphere). We will need some basic heaters too, for extra comfort.
"What mars has going for it is being a platform for mining. When mining is done one can easily construct a town on the same spot because on mars you want to be underground"
Confirmed. Practical examples are: Minecraft and Fortnite.
It has nothing to do with "scared", it has to do with people understanding basic science and physics. Space Nutters never learned it, so they think everything is possible. They are a lot like little children.
What alternative do you have? There is no other "basket". We are here on Earth and can't go anywhere else for an appreciable length of time without dying.
Unless you don't believe in basic Physics, you won't "manage it." The basic laws of Physics dictate there are no habitable planets within traveling distance to Earth. The other things about Nutters: they ignore basic science. They are anti-science: they just believe "well we will discover some way around it". They are religious.
Fixing problems on Earth is too complex and isn't heroic enough. They might need to think and do some actual work. Space Nutters just ignore it and dream of escaping "this rock stuck in a gravity well".
Don't bother. The Space Nutters have an "explanation" for everything. Radiation? Just wear a anti-radiation suit and take some anti-radiation pills and live in a cave. They read about it on some blog somewhere.
Um no. Our missions to space are to gather information about the solar system, not to fulfill your space nutter fantasies. People are doing REAL science with these missions. We aren't colonizing anything. We live on Earth. Time to deal with it. Enjoy your stay here, you might like it.
"And as such, there are plenty of desolate holes on Earth that are nearly as difficult to get to and survive in."
Total BS. There is no thing I have noticed about Space Nutters: they don't know what Mars is really like. There is no place on Earth that is even close to what Mars is like, including Antarctica and the depths of the ocean. Those are PARADISE compared to Mars.
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What do you mean "it could be"? You have a prototype built already and tested, right? Let me know, I need to know if I need to send Musk a Twitter message or not.
Sorry I didn't realize that the basic laws of Physics were going to change in the future. Carry on! P.S. Will it make iPhones thinner too? We really need that, along with our floating cities on Venus and tunnels on Mars.
I agree. It is obvious that we are going to send a boring machine to Mars. Right after it finishes building the tunnels to the baseball stadiums. But right after that: Mars.
Definitely. When is your check arriving?
I'll let NASA know that Mars is a habitable planet now. I didn't realize it. Sorry about that.
Oh, so all the problems of living in a floating city in Venus have been solved. You have tried it here on Earth and simulated it and have a floating station here to demonstrate. You just need money and the ability to build it (on Venus). I'll let Musk know you are ready to launch.
Great. So try it on Earth first in a building that simulates the Venus atmosphere (acid rain and all). Let you know how it turns out in a couple of years.
Exactly. It read it in a blog. Should work.
You forgot to mention the colonization of America. Also, my computer used to have 64KB. now it has 16GB too. Very disappointing. You need to understand: since one thing is possible, everything must be possible. Some things (other people of course) need to work on: food replicators and transporters like in Star Trek. Everything is possible, so get working on it! You are just wasting time.
Agreed. At one time going to California wasn't safe...but now we can in hours. Plus my first computer had 64KB, now it has 64GB. Since one thing is possible, all things are possible. Anders just isn't being logical like us.
Makes sense. The only roadblock to living on Venus (in a floating station) is anti-corrosive materials. Once we have those, we will be living on Venus (actually floating on the atmosphere). We will need some basic heaters too, for extra comfort.
No problem. Just make sure it has Netflix.
Yeah. Like I said, just live in a cave.
"What mars has going for it is being a platform for mining. When mining is done one can easily construct a town on the same spot because on mars you want to be underground"
Confirmed. Practical examples are: Minecraft and Fortnite.
No. It isn't possible. You could go to Mars, but you could never live there for any significant period of time.
I never understood the "floating cities on Venus" nutters. How about you try building one on Earth first, before building one on VENUS?
It is easy to build a magnetosphere: first: order a bunch of magnets from Amazon, second: unwrap them, third: put them in the center of Mars.
It has nothing to do with "scared", it has to do with people understanding basic science and physics. Space Nutters never learned it, so they think everything is possible. They are a lot like little children.
What alternative do you have? There is no other "basket". We are here on Earth and can't go anywhere else for an appreciable length of time without dying.
Unless you don't believe in basic Physics, you won't "manage it." The basic laws of Physics dictate there are no habitable planets within traveling distance to Earth. The other things about Nutters: they ignore basic science. They are anti-science: they just believe "well we will discover some way around it". They are religious.
Fixing problems on Earth is too complex and isn't heroic enough. They might need to think and do some actual work. Space Nutters just ignore it and dream of escaping "this rock stuck in a gravity well".
Um no. This is a lot different from building an airplane or colonizing the Americas. Those were done on Earth.
Don't bother. The Space Nutters have an "explanation" for everything. Radiation? Just wear a anti-radiation suit and take some anti-radiation pills and live in a cave. They read about it on some blog somewhere.
Um no. Our missions to space are to gather information about the solar system, not to fulfill your space nutter fantasies. People are doing REAL science with these missions. We aren't colonizing anything. We live on Earth. Time to deal with it. Enjoy your stay here, you might like it.
"And as such, there are plenty of desolate holes on Earth that are nearly as difficult to get to and survive in."
Total BS. There is no thing I have noticed about Space Nutters: they don't know what Mars is really like. There is no place on Earth that is even close to what Mars is like, including Antarctica and the depths of the ocean. Those are PARADISE compared to Mars.