/sci/ - Science & Math

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>'This is the tenth universe I've designed,' Hanuman said. 'It's the best, most fascinating thing I've ever done, this creating of universes.' In fact, he had not created his universe as a finished piece, as one might sculpt a block of diamond or weave a tapestry. Rather, he had created information atoms and rules by which these atoms interacted with their environment, and with each other. This was all that he had done. Other professionals, of course, experimented with artificial life in different ways. Some ecologists liked to shape their universes as they evolved, continually adding new programs and editing out various kinds of informational life. But the cyber-shamans disdained this personal interference as inelegant and lacking in profundity. In this tenth universe of Hanuman's, he had created exactly one hundred and eighty-seven information configurations and had programmed twenty-three laws specifying the ways they might combine with each other. He had done this five hours previously. And then he had let the universal computer run. As he held the black sphere up to his forehead in contemplation of what was occurring inside, it was running still. 'But why this game?' Danlo asked.
>'Why play games ... now?'
>'Do you think this is a game?'
>'You are making models of the universe, yes? Models of different universes ... that might reveal the possibilities of our own.'

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>Rigid capsules or inflatable ones?

Inflatable, though that depends on the manufacturing capacity that you have.

>Methods of radiation shielding?

If you can secure water, it's pretty good. Carbon based shielding is also decent. It's permeable to the really high energy stuff, but at least it doesn't transmute when radiated. So, yeah, Carbon is pretty solid. If you can secure an underground location, though...

>Aboveground, or underground?

Lava tubes :3

>How many launches, using SLS vs. Falcon Heavy?

Falcon is pretty much the best we've got. I'm just hoping Elon Musk doesn't run away with the money... If he's legit then fuck yeah let's do this!

Mars Orbiting Research Base & Spacecraft Assembly

The Von Braun Mars Mission study, back in the day where Collier's said "Man will conquer space SOON".