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Anonymous Mon Sep 2 18:27:06 2013 No.6005427 [Reply] [Original]

ok so I admit I'm a filthy casual, and I don't frequent this board, but HOLY FUCK
how have we NOT BEEN BACK TO THE MOON!!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 18:28:35 2013 No.6005429 Why would we go back?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 18:32:05 2013 No.6005438 >>6005429 what the fuck. why wouldn't we. as if there aren't numerous things to study on the moon.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 18:35:06 2013 No.6005442 Back? We've never been there.

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>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 18:37:35 2013 No.6005449 >>6005438 There's more things to study on Earth.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 18:39:06 2013 No.6005455 >>6005438 name some and why they can't be done with robots, with telescopes or with orbiters. tell me why they are so important. convince me why they are worth the money and risk. Use serious examples.

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Anonymous Mon Sep 2 18:43:12 2013 No.6005468

>>6005455

I'll take a stab at that challenge, even though I'm not the guy you're replying to.

I'd say a moon base is a pretty important step in our expansion to the cosmos. The materials present on the moon would allow us to construct spacecraft there, thus saving on fuel expense.

The Valkyrie project calls for large amounts of solar powered particle accelerators on the moon by 2075. Those PAs will be used to create anti-matter as fuel for Valkyrie. It's actually a pretty fascinating read.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 18:50:43 2013 No.6005480 >>6005468 >moonbase >>>/x/

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 18:54:49 2013 No.6005488 >>6005480 What's paranormal about humans eventually settling the moon? lol

Anonymous Mon Sep 2 18:55:12 2013 No.6005489

>>6005468
> materials?
no Helium-3 yet.
is there lots of easy access aluminum there?
> anti-matter
so you want to go there...before we have any sort of engine that can use the stuff on the moon...

the only thing the moon has right now is no atmosphere and a sixth of the gravity so less rocket fuel will be needed.
Right now we are working on solutions that will work on Earth with the materials we do have.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 19:25:43 2013 No.6005558 >>6005427 we have, we just noticed that sending humans was massively more expensive than sending probes.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 20:32:12 2013 No.6005672 >>6005489 The reference to anti-matter was toward an actual NASA program code named "Valkyrie". You should look it up.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 20:38:11 2013 No.6005682 >>6005672 I found no such thing. Please provide a NASA link.

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