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31. "There is no gravity. The earth sucks."

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #29)

Thu May 3, 2018, 02:19 PM

May 2018

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NASA Completes early tests of mini nuclear fission Reactor which could Power human Settlements on Ma [View all] Calista241 May 2018 OP

Historically, exploration was for economic gain bucolic_frolic May 2018 #1

The real economic gain is down here LunaSea May 2018 #3

Thanks bucolic_frolic May 2018 #8

You're welcome LunaSea May 2018 #11

Aaaaand argument destroyed. byronius May 2018 #15

Guess that shows not all of us.. MicaelS May 2018 #20

A blind, dogmatic adherence to bias is not as specific to religion as we may like to believe. LanternWaste May 2018 #33

OK, we get it. You don't want to listen or debate. No problem. But you are still WRONG. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #38

Thank you DavidDvorkin May 2018 #25

To seek out new life, Bayard May 2018 #10

Really? This'll be the new Tang. Hortensis May 2018 #19

Heating homes problem not lack of resources; due to roadblocking decent mild socialism. Trumpers Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #21

+ 1,000 suffragette May 2018 #37

If price inflation is the cost of advancing human civilization, so be it. We can handle it. Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #43

trying to get to Mars heaven05 May 2018 #2

Yeah, no lack of imagination for ideas of what to do next. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #22

Ad astra per aspera. ChazInAz May 2018 #26

Absolutely. A million & one ideas for what to do next AND simultaneously. Newton had imagination. nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #28

the stars do heaven05 May 2018 #48

Helim-3 Mining! Blue_Adept May 2018 #47

Has anyone at NASA Cold War Spook May 2018 #4

Since they wrote many of the papers and provided most of the subject material for these studies, Calista241 May 2018 #5

Do you really believe they are unfamiliar Codeine May 2018 #6

Either they are ignorant of it, Cold War Spook May 2018 #12

Also Mars Cold War Spook May 2018 #14

No and no. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #17

There are dangers. ChazInAz May 2018 #27

This is not about what dangers people are willing to face, Cold War Spook May 2018 #32

NASA has made tremendous strides in protecting humans from the dangers of microgravity. lagomorph777 May 2018 #36

And they did it all at 1 G Cold War Spook May 2018 #42

Which side of the Cold War were you on? lagomorph777 May 2018 #46

Is this a serious question? IronLionZion May 2018 #7

Actually LunaSea May 2018 #13

Yes, NASA has bothered to read. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #18

Explorers were quite familiar with the results of diseases on long ocean voyages csziggy May 2018 #30

It's amazing how humans settled nearly the entire inhabitable planet... hunter May 2018 #39

True - and it is appalling that the Columbus "discovery" is still taught csziggy May 2018 #40

Have you researched your own query, or simply looking to advertise your cleverness LanternWaste May 2018 #34

Can't believe the shit in this thread. MicaelS May 2018 #9

One wonders who wants the US space program to fade away and die. byronius May 2018 #16

Hell, even the Luddites believed in science LanternWaste May 2018 #35

The Anti-Science Brigade has always been here. Codeine May 2018 #45

Up until now I was reticent to believe "fake news" was infecting everything... Moostache May 2018 #23

It's an interesting machine using heat pipes and a Stirling engine. hunter May 2018 #24

Distinct possibility that *permanent* habitation on those worlds may lengthen life. Gravity sucks. Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #29

"There is no gravity. The earth sucks." DavidDvorkin May 2018 #31

The Earth's magnetic field and atmosphere shield us from intense radiation. hunter May 2018 #41

Those are all good points. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #44