Space exploration, what's the point?
Register | Edit Profile | Subscriptions | Forum Rules | Log In | RSS Feed
 jimruss  Sidcup 27 Sep 17 6.19pm |
  |
|---|---|
|
Discuss
|
|
 Alert a moderator to this post |
  |
| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 27 Sep 17 6.25pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Because it's there.
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
Kermit8  Hevon 27 Sep 17 6.38pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Totally agree Jim. Going to the moon was great as is satellite technology but beyond that what's the bloody point plus it is very expensive. We aren't going to escape to another planet when we finally finish fvcking this one up. That's it. Game over. Spend the dosh on the bettering lives on earth. Give some to Parish for January.
Big chest and massive boobs |
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
johnno42000  27 Sep 17 7.02pm |
|
|---|---|
|
To boldly go where no man has gone before.
'Lies to the masses as are like fly's to mollasses...they want more and more and more' |
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| Canterbury Palace Whitstable 27 Sep 17 7.11pm |
|
|---|---|
|
If you are seriously questioning whether there is any point in space exploration, I suggest you research a little film called Total Recall in which there is an alien with three tits.
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold... |
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| hedgehog50 Croydon 27 Sep 17 7.15pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Us Palace fans should be used to pointlessness.
We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell] |
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| Ouzo Dan 27 Sep 17 7.21pm |
|
|---|---|
|
If you knew how many household items you have that enrich your life off the back of NASA & space travel you wouldn't be asking that question. The day the human race stops looking up is the day the human race throws the towel in.
Sex Panther 60% of the time it works every time |
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
eagleman13  On The Road To Hell & Alicante 27 Sep 17 7.22pm |
 |
|---|---|
|
This is the new scouting system we have to get round the 'transfer windows' every season. Well......You never know whos out there
I'm a blind man, i'm a blind man, now my room is cold, |
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| Part Time James 27 Sep 17 7.24pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Might be some fit birds
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| davenotamonkey 27 Sep 17 7.38pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Originally posted by Kermit8
Totally agree Jim. Going to the moon was great as is satellite technology but beyond that what's the bloody point plus it is very expensive. We aren't going to escape to another planet when we finally finish fvcking this one up. That's it. Game over. Spend the dosh on the bettering lives on earth. Give some to Parish for January. As myopic as your inwards-looking EUphilia, I see. Firstly, the asteroid belt has huge volumes of rare-earth metals and volatiles. These are vital for producing (among many other things) catalysts and advanced electronics, and can be extracted to greatly increase access to mineral reserves (without, for example "fvcking up the planet"). Secondly, there is absolutely no reason why we "aren't going to escape to another planet". With respect to longevity of the human race, it is utterly essential we do so. Efficient in-situ resource utilisation is vital to this effort. Again, use of the moon (1/6th of our gravity) and asteroids opens up very viable manufacturing options that don't require us hauling everything up from here. The lunar surface is a rich source of captured Helium-3, providing a long-term fusion-based fuel supply. Even solar power becomes worth it. Thirdly, no one can possibly anticipate the spin-off technologies and advances that arise from manned spaceflight and the challenges it poses. Need a solution for all that radiation during the Earth-Mars stretch? Maybe that's where your advanced cancer drug comes from. Effects of radiation on the body? Better do more work on bioinformatics to understand genetic mutations from radiation. Suddenly you've identified new triggers for Alzheimer's. Need to develop closed-loop agroponics for that Martian colony? Oh, that can help increase farming yields during famines on Earth. I could go on, and there are thousands of other entirely unthought-of applications. Finally, to advance human knowledge. I consider that "bettering lives". Gain an insight into how our solar system formed, better understand the planets. Search for life within the Solar System. Search for life outside the Solar System. Understand how life came to be on Earth. Large astronomical facilities unrestricted by the atmosphere of the Earth, to probe the night sky. Fundamental experiments in Physics, to test the very nature of matter and energy. There is very much a point. Edited by davenotamonkey (27 Sep 2017 7.39pm)
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| Kermit8 Hevon 27 Sep 17 7.44pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Originally posted by davenotamonkey
As myopic as your inwards-looking EUphilia, I see. Firstly, the asteroid belt has huge volumes of rare-earth metals and volatiles. These are vital for producing (among many other things) catalysts and advanced electronics, and can be extracted to greatly increase access to mineral reserves (without, for example "fvcking up the planet" Secondly, there is absolutely no reason why we "aren't going to escape to another planet". With respect to longevity of the human race, it is utterly essential we do so. Efficient in-situ resource utilisation is vital to this effort. Again, use of the moon (1/6th of our gravity) and asteroids opens up very viable manufacturing options that don't require us hauling everything up from here. The lunar surface is a rich source of captured Helium-3, providing a long-term fusion-based fuel supply. Even solar power becomes worth it. Thirdly, no one can possibly anticipate the spin-off technologies and advances that arise from manned spaceflight and the challenges it poses. Need a solution for all that radiation during the Earth-Mars stretch? Maybe that's where your advanced cancer drug comes from. Effects of radiation on the body? Better do more work on bioinformatics to understand genetic mutations from radiation. Suddenly you've identified new triggers for Alzheimer's. Need to develop closed-loop agroponics for that Martian colony? Oh, that can help increase farming yields during famines on Earth. I could go on, and there are thousands of other entirely unthought-of applications. Finally, to advance human knowledge. I consider that "bettering lives". Gain an insight into how our solar system formed, better understand the planets. Search for life within the Solar System. Search for life outside the Solar System. Understand how life came to be on Earth. Large astronomical facilities unrestricted by the atmosphere of the Earth, to probe the night sky. Fundamental experiments in Physics, to test the very nature of matter and energy. There is very much a point. Edited by davenotamonkey (27 Sep 2017 7.39pm) Sure it's all very interesting Dave that above post in reply to my facetious one. Maybe i'll read it one day.
Big chest and massive boobs |
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| wordup 27 Sep 17 7.44pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Originally posted by Canterbury Palace
If you are seriously questioning whether there is any point in space exploration, I suggest you research a little film called Total Recall in which there is an alien with three tits. Hahaha! Brilliant.
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
Login / Register
All images and text on this site are copyright © 1999-2023 The Holmesdale Online, unless otherwise stated.
Web Design by Guntrisoft Ltd.