Fifty years ago today
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They need to do a moon base as a test for any Mars colonisation. Having a base close like that lets rescue missions be an option.
Apparantly it's also easier to launch to Mars from the Moon.
Reasons for doing it? If we don't become a multi-planetary species, and eventually multi-solar system too, then we have end date for the human species based on the conditions of Earth and the Sun.
So it's not a choice, it's a requirement long term.
Short term, if we could mine the asteroid belt and gases of Jupiter (for example) we exponetially increase the natural resources available for use.
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NASA heading back to Moon soon, and this time to stay
NASA is accelerating plans to return Americans to the Moon, and this time, the US space agency says it will be there to stay.
Apparently Trump wants a landing by 2024 now. It will involve R&D from the private sector. In other news India's unmanned mission to the moon was scrubbed right before launch
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@canefan said in Fifty years ago today:
NASA heading back to Moon soon, and this time to stay
NASA is accelerating plans to return Americans to the Moon, and this time, the US space agency says it will be there to stay.
Apparently Trump wants a landing by 2024 now. It will involve R&D from the private sector. In other news India's unmanned mission to the moon was scrubbed right before launch
SpaceX is on target for that sort of mission for the Falcon Heavy and Starship.
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@Kirwan yeah and it's 100% they've got a shitload of ideas and dev going on for launching from the moon and/or moon orbit. Really keen to hear how they'll make it more efficient by generating fuel and other expendables on the moon, rather than having to ship everything up for assembly etc. That level of set up will really free the shackles and accelerate our space exploration.
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faaake!!
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@ACT-Crusader made in a Hollywood basement
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Come on guys, get creative. This could be the best "discussion over beers" thread in ages.
We need something like the moon landing to focus the human spirit. Don't listen to the naysayers who say it's a waste of money, we need aspirations
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@mariner4life said in Fifty years ago today:
Come on guys, get creative. This could be the best "discussion over beers" thread in ages.
We need something like the moon landing to focus the human spirit. Don't listen to the naysayers who say it's a waste of money, we need aspirations
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@taniwharugby said in Fifty years ago today:
faaake!!
Nearly posted this in the conspiracy thread ...
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@booboo said in Fifty years ago today:
@canefan said in Fifty years ago today:
#capricorn1
Good movie.
But that was Mars IIRC
Yeah. But apart a faked manned mission
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@NTA said in Fifty years ago today:
@mariner4life said in Fifty years ago today:
Come on guys, get creative. This could be the best "discussion over beers" thread in ages.
We need something like the moon landing to focus the human spirit. Don't listen to the naysayers who say it's a waste of money, we need aspirations
What if I let you put solar panels on the moon you blinkered fuck?
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Have a read about Operation Paperclip. The American effort in the space race with Russia was in part due to a number Nazi scientists who were involved in the development of the V2 rocket and then secretly moved to the US after WWII.
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Have a read about the kiwi who was in charge of the rocket propulsion lab that got man on the moon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pickering_(rocket_scientist)
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@jegga said in Fifty years ago today:
Have a read about the kiwi who was in charge of the rocket propulsion lab that got man on the moon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pickering_(rocket_scientist)
There was a doco about him on discovery a while back. A genius
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The majority of roads around North Harbour Industrial Estate in Albany are named after the space programme including William Pickering Drive but also Beatrice Tilsey, Apollo, Orbit, Constellation, Vega, Antares, Triton, Canaveral. Speaking to the developer they were originally going to be fruit to reflect the areas orcharding history but obviously a space nut got involved and full credit to them! Much rather work in Triton than Nashi
Operation Paperclip - Wikipedia
