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empty space
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Star Wars
#19320439 - 12/24/13 10:26 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I predict a future in which the United States and China fight over the colonization/harvesting of resources on the Moon & Mars.
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thilfee
Home is where the heart is


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everything is made in china and it's all shit so take away 2/3 of chinas dud battle ships etc and it's the same old story,peasants coming to war with chopsticks and a false sense of security..i'll stay an unsung ally thankyou.
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MisterSandman
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empty space said: I predict a future in which the United States and China fight over the colonization/harvesting of resources on the Moon & Mars.
I highly doubt that.
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Beanhead
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empty space said: I predict a future in which the United States and China fight over the colonization/harvesting of resources on the Moon & Mars.
PLEASE LET MY DREAMS COME TRUE
I wasn't there in the Cold War era but to me that seemed like healthy competition. A common goal where the major economical forces went for and achieved...
Why aren't we getting our resources out of space yet!?
Asteroid mining we're getting there...
also this:
In September 2012, the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) announced the Robotic Asteroid Prospector project, which will examine and evaluate the feasibility of asteroid mining in terms of means, methods, and system
NASA mission (OSIRIS-REx) to return just 60g (two ounces) of material from an asteroid to Earth will cost about $1 billion USD.
On April 24, 2012 a plan was announced by billionaire entrepreneurs to mine asteroids for their resources. The company is called Planetary Resources and its founders include aerospace entrepreneurs Eric Anderson and Peter Diamandis. Advisers include film director and explorer James Cameron and investors include Google's chief executive Larry Page and its executive chairman Eric Schmidt.[They also plan to create a fuel depot in space by 2020 by using water from asteroids, which could be broken down in space to liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen for rocket fuel. From there, it could be shipped to Earth orbit for refueling commercial satellites or spacecraft. The plan has been met with skepticism by some scientists who do not see it as cost-effective, even though platinum and gold are worth nearly £35 per gram ($1,600 per ounce). Planetary Resources admit that, in order to be successful, they will need to develop technologies that bring the cost of space flight down.
Another similar venture, called Deep Space Industries, was started by David Gump, who had founded other space companies. The company hopes to begin prospecting for asteroids suitable for mining by 2015 and by 2016 return asteroid samples to Earth. By 2023 Deep Space Industries plans to begin mining for asteroids.
Edited by Beanhead (12/24/13 10:41 AM)
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thilfee
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personally i don't think they ever landed on the moon simply because 400klm out from earth is where the radiation from the sun nukes everything,earths magnetic shield defends us from that so how did an aluminium tin can survive that i wonder...
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Gilgamesh18
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Re: Star Wars [Re: thilfee]
#19320581 - 12/24/13 11:08 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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To many simpleminded people think space is impossible while failing to realize the same thing was said about flight crossing the atlantic and I am sure leaving africa. Exploration is in our blood and I believe our future lies in the heavens.
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thilfee
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God help the heavens then..
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Gilgamesh18
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Re: Star Wars [Re: thilfee]
#19320591 - 12/24/13 11:10 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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thilfee said: God help the heavens then..
God help us if we stay here and stagnate on earth...
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robbyberto
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I believe that culture must evolve to the point where humanity will work together, in unison, for us to survive this century. By the time that our technology is to the point where the situation you described is possible it will not be an issue.
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thilfee
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Gilgamesh18 said:
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thilfee said: God help the heavens then..
God help us if we stay here and stagnate on earth...
what great joys humanity shall bestow upon the distant stars..something tells me we're here to stagnate lol
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thilfee
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robbyberto said: I believe that culture must evolve to the point where humanity will work together, in unison, for us to survive this century. By the time that our technology is to the point where the situation you described is possible it will not be an issue.
so..do you think they got past the radiation belt in a tin can in the 60's?
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Seriously_trippin
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What resources exactly are you talking about?
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Re: Star Wars [Re: thilfee] 1
#19321473 - 12/24/13 02:26 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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thilfee said:
so..do you think they got past the radiation belt in a tin can in the 60's?
The Apollo missions didn't take place in tin cans dude. You need to read more before you start spewing nonsense. You're making yourself look stupid.
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Re: Star Wars [Re: Enlil]
#19321723 - 12/24/13 03:16 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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doge in game
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