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So I just got back from a debate about space, and I realized that not everyone in the world wants to do the same thing. I guess this is logical, but some of the reasonings behind the debate were just reasonings I haven't considered because I don't have them.

Which is why I thought I'd ask you all...

What the hell should the space program be doing?

When I say space program, I assume you think I mean NASA. I do not. Russia, China, USA, the Newspace movement, and the rest of the world all are integral in properly exploring space. But doing what? What do you think the denizens of Earth should be doing outside of our atmosphere?

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2 Reply by Alundra (edited by Alundra 16-Nov-2011 03:10:13)

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Zero Gravity Strip Tease big_smile

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You could either buy the same plane Zero-G flight experience has, or rent it out. They have already denied renting it out to smut companies recently, so its likely you would have to buy one.

You get ~30 seconds of zero gravity at a time, if one were making a video, this would be enough time to do a zero gravity strip tease in one flight (30 parabolas, turn around, 30 more parabolas). It costs $5000 a flight normally to fly on one, per person, so if you could make enough money to counter that, its a viable option.

As of right now, porn in space is pretty unlikely, as the launch costs are too high. However, if we were to colonize space and didn't have to deal with the large gravity well that is the Earth, it is much more likely that porn done without having to cut the film could be done.

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Colonization, just for the sake of science, perhaps. But generally speaking, rather than launching repetitive missions that learn the same thing in a dozen different ways, perhaps the money should be pooled for a time in order to better develop the technology and allow the development of faster space flight etc, allowing us to actually extend our boundaries rather than waiting hundreds of years for probes to reach the furthest edges of our solar system.

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Space won't be colonized until they find vespene gas...

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6 Reply by The Yell (edited by Demotivator 17-Nov-2011 03:18:04)

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we should rape the moon for minerals.

And someday some country will, and we'll look up from our TV and yell they can't do that

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We need to be able to get off this rock and forming permanent settlements within the next 1000~ years or so (probably being a bit generous here, we'll probably kill ourselves long before then). We can start with colonizing Mars, some of the larger moons in the solar system, etc. but eventually, if we want to survive as a species we're going to need to leave this solar system behind.

Right now, we should be focusing on the technologies needed to become self sufficient in a place like Mars, Europa, etc.


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Oh, one other note:

NASA should be capable of tracking and mounting some sort of defense against a Near Earth Object threat.  I know NASA currently tracks NEOs.

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nuke the moon. if the US cant own it completely then no one should have it.  control the tides with Neptune's mighty trident!

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10 Reply by Pixies (edited by Pixies 17-Nov-2011 09:32:16)

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Humans to Mars is the next logical step - first a manned-mission, and then the starting up of a colonisation. We could do it now, on the order of $50 billion. With NASA's budget being at the equivalent of $18 billion annually since it began, they should have been there decades ago. It's a real shame, NASA has lacked focus since the end of the Apollo era. And now, it's on the brink of stagnation. I'm an aerospace engineer and the last place I'm looking to go career-wise, is NASA.

I could type out a long essay on why we should go, and how, but here's a well-worth-watching clip detailing it all: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9J7HgnxK10

And believe it or not, but I'm off to the US next month to be thrown into a NASA, etc funded Mars simulation environment (space suits, pods, isolation, psychological/food studies) yikes!

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Pixies, don't you think it'd be easier to colonize mars than to send a manned-mission that's planning to return?

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The final frontier.

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> Alundra wrote:

> Zero Gravity Strip Tease big_smile

Do it lol

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We should be terraforming Mars.

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damn you genesis, you stole my line

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That's about as much "your line" as the Bible is "Joe4444's book"

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Saturn is a cruel mistress

Been dreaming, I've been waiting, To fly with those brave ponies
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18 Reply by East (edited by East 04-Dec-2011 23:11:31)

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what we need is to develop a reliable, efficient yet cheap method of achieving earth orbit, then we can start thinking about colonizing mars or the moon

(the actual colony ships could depart from earth orbit rather than from earth itself, much better!)

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You_Fool wrote:

damn you genesis, you stole my line

sorry tongue

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... the final frontier

So I told the cop, "No YOU'RE driving under the influence... of being a JERK!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFjjO_lhf9c

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You're about 8 posts late, dpeng...

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That's still pretty good by his standards!

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1. the eventual discovery and terraforming of inhabitable planets
2. the dyson sphere and other solar energy generating method
3. method of deflecting hostile astroids
4. ways of not getting screwed by gamma ray bursts

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<KT> possibility?
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Yeah... I'm pretty sure a Dyson Sphere's probably toward the back end of that list... tongue

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