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Konichiwaffle
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There are compounds more abundant on other planets that are quite rare on Earth. Haven't you ever played Mass Effect? For Christ's sake...
As of now, it would not seem economically efficient. However, as methods improve in space travel (as they have, considering we brought Lance Bass to the moon), space mining will be more on gov't agenda.
It is not far-fetched at all.
For example, the abundance of hydrocarbons that exist on Titan. The abundance of iron ore, aluminum, magnesium, titanium, and other metals have been detected on Mars; not to mention the abundance of raw material theorized to exist near the extinct volcanoes, and the meteor impacts.
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Re: We stopped dreaming [Re: Konyap]
#18937817 - 10/05/13 08:34 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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My boss hates Canadians. I've never even met one. Weird folk I hear.
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JesusIsLord said: My boss hates Canadians. I've never even met one. Weird folk I hear.
You probably have and didn't know it, we're sneaky like that.
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RiderOnTheStorm
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JesusIsLord said: besides there is nothing special about diamonds, just that women want them for no fucking apparent reason other than jeweler commercials make them feel like if men don't get them one they don't love them or some crock of shit.
Now there's a conspiracy I can get behind. Fuck DeBeers and their overvalued sparkles.
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Konichiwaffle
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The curiosity is always there, but the money to test those curiosities, unfortunately comes from either the gov't to enhance military, or private interest looking to generate profit from an investment.
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Konichiwaffle said: There are compounds more abundant on other planets that are quite rare on Earth. Haven't you ever played Mass Effect? For Christ's sake...
As of now, it would not seem economically efficient. However, as methods improve in space travel (as they have, considering we brought Lance Bass to the moon), space mining will be more on gov't agenda.
It is not far-fetched at all.
For example, the abundance of hydrocarbons that exist on Titan. The abundance of iron ore, aluminum, magnesium, titanium, and other metals have been detected on Mars; not to mention the abundance of raw material theorized to exist near the extinct volcanoes, and the meteor impacts.
Sure it's there, but the cost to benefit ratio as it stands would seem to make returning enough materials to justify the trip and expenses completely and utterly unfeasible. Most of those materials are pretty abundant on Earth as well - aluminum is the most abundant element on the Earth's crust. What we seem to need is no longer precious metals but energy - it's always been about energy.
Maybe trying to reach across space at high speeds efficiently would help some great mind out there innovate a new power source for such a trip which would benefit us all - freeing up a lot of time so we can innovate in biology and live forever
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Konyap

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Illyabo said: What if we like built giant ships in space though and they could travel faster then the speed of light?
We'd have access to sooo much shit, like planets made of diamond or filled with fuel.
Most of those can be found in our solar system.
which planets in our solar system are made of diamond 
besides there is nothing special about diamonds, just that women want them for no fucking apparent reason other than jeweler commercials make them feel like if men don't get them one they don't love them or some crock of shit.
they are responsible for your computer chips and circuits fucktard
i think
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JesusIsLord
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Konichiwaffle said: The curiosity is always there, but the money to test those curiosities, unfortunately comes from either the gov't to enhance military, or private interest looking to generate profit from an investment.
sadly, I can't argue against that at all. that is completely true.
that is why I'd think it'd have to be a gov't operation, they are the only ones that are (generally speaking, and LOLZ worthy comment right here) not motivated by profit obviously. wasteful assclowns.
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Re: We stopped dreaming [Re: Konyap]
#18937864 - 10/05/13 08:44 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Illyabo said: What if we like built giant ships in space though and they could travel faster then the speed of light?
We'd have access to sooo much shit, like planets made of diamond or filled with fuel.
Most of those can be found in our solar system.
which planets in our solar system are made of diamond 
besides there is nothing special about diamonds, just that women want them for no fucking apparent reason other than jeweler commercials make them feel like if men don't get them one they don't love them or some crock of shit.
they are responsible for your computer chips and circuits fucktard
i think
pretty sure it's silicon. like...silicon valley?
fucktard 
but apparently there are diamond based supercomputers in R&D.
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r00tuuu123
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Ugh is everyone but me dosing tonight? Break out the tinfoil hats
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Re: We stopped dreaming [Re: r00tuuu123]
#18937869 - 10/05/13 08:46 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'm fucking high as shit, but no fintoil here
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Konichiwaffle
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You're not getting the point.
Some metals are indeed abundant on Earth, but it's the form they come in that is rare and much desired. It takes a lot of resources to refine certain elements.
And to that extent, when we talk about energy, we might NEED to mine other planets to fulfill the consumption of energy it takes to travel through space.
So far, nuclear energy seems to be the prime candidate. And uranium, hydrogen isotopes, and other elements used for nuclear power, are rare on earth, and decay quite rapidly. On other planets, due to atmospheric pressure, chemistry, and gravitation, these resources would be much more common.
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JesusIsLord said: besides there is nothing special about diamonds, just that women want them for no fucking apparent reason other than jeweler commercials make them feel like if men don't get them one they don't love them or some crock of shit.
Now there's a conspiracy I can get behind. Fuck DeBeers and their overvalued sparkles.
Straight up. Can't even imagine how much money men fork over for a fucking objectively worthless rock.
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Specialized applications include use in laboratories as containment for high pressure experiments (see diamond anvil cell), high-performance bearings, and limited use in specialized windows.[76] With the continuing advances being made in the production of synthetic diamonds, future applications are becoming feasible. The high thermal conductivity of diamond makes it suitable as a heat sink for integrated circuits in electronics.[79]
Diamond may be usable as a semiconductor suitable to build integrated circuits[
they're used as a point on some machine for electronics somewhere, they're the hardest form of carbon generally
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JesusIsLord
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Konichiwaffle said: You're not getting the point.
Some metals are indeed abundant on Earth, but it's the form they come in that is rare and much desired. It takes a lot of resources to refine certain elements.
And to that extent, when we talk about energy, we might NEED to mine other planets to fulfill the consumption of energy it takes to travel through space.
So far, nuclear energy seems to be the prime candidate. And uranium, hydrogen isotopes, and other elements used for nuclear power, are rare on earth, and decay quite rapidly. On other planets, due to atmospheric pressure, chemistry, and gravitation, these resources would be much more common.
I'm assuming you are arguing it would not take as much energy to refine these ideal resources on other planets we might find. Why do you think this is so? I'm betting that most planets are similar to earth in the respect that everything is generally a soup of compounds with very few isolated and abundant elements. But, that is pure speculation. I wouldn't mind being wrong
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Re: We stopped dreaming [Re: Konyap]
#18937921 - 10/05/13 08:59 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Illyabo said: Specialized applications include use in laboratories as containment for high pressure experiments (see diamond anvil cell), high-performance bearings, and limited use in specialized windows.[76] With the continuing advances being made in the production of synthetic diamonds, future applications are becoming feasible. The high thermal conductivity of diamond makes it suitable as a heat sink for integrated circuits in electronics.[79]
Diamond may be usable as a semiconductor suitable to build integrated circuits[
they're used as a point on some machine for electronics somewhere, they're the hardest form of carbon generally
well sure it has some uses, but flying deep into space to mine it? no, it's just not necessary. it is a very abundant allotrope of carbon right here on earth. it is just artificially scarce to make stupid ass men fork over asstons of cash for it.
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jil I love you dawg cuz tacos man. fucking tacos. are so good
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sVs said: jil I love you dawg cuz tacos man. fucking tacos. are so good

dude, 'twas National Taco day yesterday. I dun celebrated the shit out of it
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dude yeah I've got a pile of fresh ones. and this is like edible orgasm with every bite.
shiiiiiit nigga.
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It's fucking sad. We get a lot of useful shit from NASA research.. Fucking Obama being a bitch about obamacare.
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