It's more of that with current technology it's too hard and we should spread the eggs as soon as possible. So spread them where you can when you can. As soon as technology allows we go wherever it allows.
It's more of that with current technology it's too hard and we should spread the eggs as soon as possible. So spread them where you can when you can. As soon as technology allows we go wherever it allows.
we have the technology...we've had it for some time.
We have the technology in a sense, that if we decided to do it, we could. But not in a sense that it is economically viable. Sure we could build a base on the moon, but for it to be worth anything, should everyone on earth died, it would cost us an insane amount of capital.
I'm reminded of an old saying
"the cowards stayed behind, the weak died along the way'
For a moon base to sustain a viable population (at least a few thousand) for an indeterminate amount of time, should earth go away, would be an insanely difficult undertaking. I don't think any single nation could do it currently.
failure of imagination.
a fairly rich rancher from texas could do it.
I think you are underestimating the difficulty of it all. Just sustaining the food production on the moon would be really hard.
I am NOT speaking of the MOON!
I'm talking about hollowing out a Co-orbital asteroid that passes
rilly rilly close to the earth
using ROBOTS.
building a habitat inside
using ROBOTS
and raw material found IN the asteroid
then moving people in
after it's ALL DONE..
Landing on the moon is not a software problem, it's the hardware problem. All the computations can basically be done on a caculator.
Your vacumn cleaner is more computationally powerful than moon landing technology.
so is your thermostat for your central heating and your washing machine.
Let's not even speak of your car..
your point?
what do I say to them?
Nothing.
Willful ignorance on such a scale is impenetrable
Mute them and/or ignore them in any possible way.
Then wash hands as soon as possible...
(use antibacterial)
I was alive when it happened.
I followed it very closely on TV.
How do YOU know what they would look like?
those guys were all highly trained former fighter pilots...
ever met a fighter jock?
and then there's this
oh yeah...we have sattelites in orbit around the moon RIGHT NOW.
that take pictures of what we left in 1969
rebut all of my other points first.
start with the fact that we can actually see the lower stage of the lander still sitting on the moon right now.
one more thing.
In 1969 I was 18 years old....and an avid space nut.
I watched it happen in real time.