Why can't they bring things back from orbit? They bring people up, and return with people inside. Why can't we just replace people with stuff. Oh wait, they already do.
If you were talking about bringing the Hubble back or something large, then that is a different story. We can't do that now with capsules, obviously. So we just either need to get a bigger capsule, or understand that when we build stuff for space, it should be meant for space and should be built so that it would not need to come back.
With the exception of humans, I see no need to bring back anything that we spend the time and money to get up there in the first place. Keep all the junk up there, strap it together, stick a rocket on the back, and we have our Mars ship.
I am not satisfied with that answer. It makes sense, but it kinda sounds similar to when we thought the sun revolved around the Earth. Aren't we missing out on the bigger picture by only measuring time within our own solar system? Or I guess the better question would be, aren't we making ourselves to be more important then we really are in this vast galaxy, or universe for that matter.
Someday we will have to move beyond this Earth centralized clock.
Does anyone know how fast we are moving? Rotation of the Earth, Earth around the sun, sun around the galaxy, galaxy around the universe, universe around itself? another universe? can this even be measured?
Someone please help me out here. If we lost time in our day, that would mean the Earth is spinning faster. I thought that the faster an object moves, the slower time goes. So wouldn't this sort of cancel everything out in the long run?
I was going to say the same thing more or less. I was thinking more that perhaps this moon actually brushed against the Saturn's rings or possibly even went through it. I don't think you would end up with a mountain range though, probably a canyon of some sort.
Does anyone know what the penalties and/or fines would be to a country that signs it, but then does not follow through and continues to pollute at the same or higher levels? I don't think there are any past a slap on the wrist. Slap might me too strong a word here.
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Why can't they bring things back from orbit? They bring people up, and return with people inside. Why can't we just replace people with stuff. Oh wait, they already do. If you were talking about bringing the Hubble back or something large, then that is a different story. We can't do that now with capsules, obviously. So we just either need to get a bigger capsule, or understand that when we build stuff for space, it should be meant for space and should be built so that it would not need to come back. With the exception of humans, I see no need to bring back anything that we spend the time and money to get up there in the first place. Keep all the junk up there, strap it together, stick a rocket on the back, and we have our Mars ship.
I am not satisfied with that answer. It makes sense, but it kinda sounds similar to when we thought the sun revolved around the Earth. Aren't we missing out on the bigger picture by only measuring time within our own solar system? Or I guess the better question would be, aren't we making ourselves to be more important then we really are in this vast galaxy, or universe for that matter. Someday we will have to move beyond this Earth centralized clock.
Does anyone know how fast we are moving? Rotation of the Earth, Earth around the sun, sun around the galaxy, galaxy around the universe, universe around itself? another universe? can this even be measured?
Someone please help me out here. If we lost time in our day, that would mean the Earth is spinning faster. I thought that the faster an object moves, the slower time goes. So wouldn't this sort of cancel everything out in the long run?
I was going to say the same thing more or less. I was thinking more that perhaps this moon actually brushed against the Saturn's rings or possibly even went through it. I don't think you would end up with a mountain range though, probably a canyon of some sort.
Does anyone know what the penalties and/or fines would be to a country that signs it, but then does not follow through and continues to pollute at the same or higher levels? I don't think there are any past a slap on the wrist. Slap might me too strong a word here.