Colonization: Is It Possible?

[fred da kiko]

a research and testing organization that had a monopoly on what it was researching and testing. if we wait until the technology is "perfect" before we use it we'll never get anywhere. derp.

so basically you want lots of tiny organization bringing in data that could very well be tampered with? it's basically like a cereal commercial, they say it tastes good and healthy on the commercial, but when you taste it you get sick to the stomach. the difference is with the space industry, instead of getting sick, you explode.

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[Saber15]

Throwing around nuclear bombs like that will throw up stuffloads of dust and reflect heat away from the surface of Mars.

if they're detonated underground, not so much.

[fred da kiko]

if they're detonated underground, not so much.

depends, the holes could cave in, also, when you blow up a bomb, the matter goes somewhere. that means the shockwave would still kick up dust.

[blaman]

so basically you want lots of tiny organization bringing in data that could very well be tampered with? it's basically like a cereal commercial, they say it tastes good and healthy on the commercial, but when you taste it you get sick to the stomach. the difference is with the space industry, instead of getting sick, you explode.

I hope you realize these companies have to go through the same phase of testing that NASA does. They aren't just strapping bottle rockets on to trash cans and selling $50000 one-way tickets to space.
The difference is they have competition. Thus you can expect to see the evolution of space technology progress much quicker.
The space age hasn't truly started until these companies get on their feet and start putting people in space.

[Kalphiter]

Privatizing any government function is a bad idea.

The difference is they have competition. Thus you can expect to see the evolution of space technology progress much quicker.

Space exploration is not necessary to the function of the government.

[fred da kiko]

I hope you realize these companies have to go through the same phase of testing that NASA does. They aren't just strapping bottle rockets on to trash cans and selling $50000 one-way tickets to space.
The difference is they have competition. Thus you can expect to see the evolution of space technology progress much quicker.
The space age hasn't truly started until these companies get on their feet and start putting people in space.

competition for what exactly. so far the only people who can go into space are those extensively trained to be able to cope with it.

[Lørd Tøny]

This is how insignificant we are.

[Kalphiter]

PUNY ARCTURUS

[fred da kiko]

it makes you think. if all of us died today, the rest of the universe wouldn't notice our absence.

[masterockets]

it makes you think. if all of us died today, the rest of the universe wouldn't notice our absence.

But nobody cares about insignificant creatures

[Lørd Tøny]

it makes you think. if all of us died today, the rest of the universe wouldn't notice our absence.

It really depends because I doubt there are other life forms out there.

[fred da kiko]

It really depends because I doubt there are other life forms out there.

explain to me how in our infinite galaxy, how there could be no other lifeform, intelligent or otherwise? if you throw a bag of sand into the air, more than one grain of sand will have the same conditions.

[Maze24]

Well it would take 40 years to get to the nearest star in a practical spaceship, and even that's far fetched

[Jacob/Lee]

Well it would take 40 years to get to the nearest star in a practical spaceship, and even that's far fetched

It would take way more than 40 years to get to Alpha Centauri. That's provided the ship doesn't run out of endurance before then.

[Jenxas]

germs work x2 as fast in space, which would effect major colonization