tkdguy Posted March 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 European-Russian mission to search for life on Mars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Spuds in space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Another NASA record set to begin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Pluto's diverse terrain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 How to land a house on Mars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 FWIW: behind the subscriber wall, unfortunately, but the first published papers from the New Horizons encounter at the Pluto system came out in Science late last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 Moonbase by 2022? As long as you don't mind the $10B tag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted March 24, 2016 Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 $10 Billion is peanuts compared to a war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 Yeah, $10B is a rounding error. Do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 Looks perfect for Kickstarter...just need some streach goals.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 SpaceX "Delusional" About Mars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Well, a certain author once said "If a famous scientist tells you something is possable, he is almost certainly right." "But, if that famous scientist tells you something is impossable, he is most often wrong" (A.C. Clark?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Well, a certain author once said "If a famous scientist tells you something is possable, he is almost certainly right." "But, if that famous scientist tells you something is impossable, he is most often wrong" (A.C. Clark?) It is not exactly a science question if htey can do it - it is a business question. Basically the argument is that coorporations and investors only look for short, maybe midterm gain. But going to mars is a possible longterm gain - with equally possible no gain at all. Only governments have the leisure money to spend on "possible longterm effect, with 50% chance of no effect and wasted money". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 It is not exactly a science question if htey can do it - it is a business question. Basically the argument is that coorporations and investors only look for short, maybe midterm gain. But going to mars is a possible longterm gain - with equally possible no gain at all. Only governments have the leisure money to spend on "possible longterm effect, with 50% chance of no effect and wasted money". Hmm, but that person is only known as a scientist...and a very good one. If someone in the business world starts giving opinions on say string theory, I'm not going to think he had a scientific point to make, I'm going to think he is giving an opinion based on his area of knowlage. If he is giving business advice, as you suggest, then I think he should stop, or give some proof of expertise. As for the base argument presented, it makes a large number of assumpions, the USA was colonised by private venture, as well as government supported efforts. I expect that investers have a vast number of motives, unsuprizing as they are all indiviguals... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Hmm, but that person is only known as a scientist...and a very good one. If someone in the business world starts giving opinions on say string theory, I'm not going to think he had a scientific point to make, I'm going to think he is giving an opinion based on his area of knowlage. If he is giving business advice, as you suggest, then I think he should stop, or give some proof of expertise. As for the base argument presented, it makes a large number of assumpions, the USA was colonised by private venture, as well as government supported efforts. I expect that investers have a vast number of motives, unsuprizing as they are all indiviguals... The Author of the Article (wich comments on Neil deGrasse) IS just such a specialist. And he agrees. Thier best bet is making a offer that Nasa will have to finance. 2nd Best bet is for Musk himself to make a Fortune by selling SpaceX stock and personally fund it. SpaceX going investor financed to mars is unlikely. Because Invenstors are investing into future success. And there is no business model that would be reliably worth investing into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 Lava world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 Oxygen star tkdguy and pinecone 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 Oxygen star Wow, another grad school cohort of mine makes the press. And we never gave him s**t for being named "Kepler", either. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 Oxygen star This is spectacularly cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 ...Oxygen...That means the atmosphere's breathable, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 Nile River turns to blood again?! Well, not really, but this satellite image sure makes it look that way. http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/water-in-nile-river-looks-blood-red-in-new-satellite-image/65986/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 Fortunately, it turns out that the Nile had binged on a jar of pickled beets the night before. "I don't know," the second-largest river in Africa was reported to have said. "I was binge-watching Archer. Sometimes, you just get a craving. Plus, there was nothing else in the fridge." L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 ...Oxygen...That means the atmosphere's breathable, right? Breathabiltiy is the least of our worries going there - the pressure and heat alone would kill us long before we can take a deep breath. Unlike many of the less complex chemical processes, humans need every part to be within thier tollerancies. But many the Spaceballs should have looked for a star like this, rather then go for Druidia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 Breathabiltiy is the least of our worries going there - the pressure and heat alone would kill us long before we can take a deep breath. Unlike many of the less complex chemical processes, humans need every part to be within thier tollerancies. But many the Spaceballs should have looked for a star like this, rather then go for Druidia? Hey, if you can't stand the heat, stay out of the stellar furnace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 To be fair, if it's a white dwarf, the furnace shut down long ago. It's just not fully cooled yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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