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why aren't we fucking around in space right now? when will we get there?

>> No.999232

ISS

>> No.999233

agefds

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999240

go away, /b/

>> No.999234

>>999229
nigga you best be trippin

>> No.999237

they be

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999258

bump. is our technology even close to being ready?

>> No.999284

We are in space. We always have been in space.

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999299

bump...

>> No.999306

>>999284

you know what i mean asshat

>> No.999309

it takes many pounds of thrust to get your ass into space

>> No.999324

>>999309
no shit, but we have money, we can do it. stop being /b/

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999350

what the fuck! is this cuz of the 1m?

>> No.999372

>>999324
that lunar mission is retarded though. our manned flight capabilities aren't being developed much, just tweaked. we could spend less money and gain a lot more from robotic missions.

>> No.999380

You are in space already. you are on a ship called earth.

floating on a think crust under an ocean of molten rock shooting around the sun in an intergalactic asteroid shooting range.

>> No.999408

>>999380
>>999380
>>999380
>>999380
>>999380
SHUT THE FUCK UP

>>999372
right, but what i'm saying is why the fuck haven't we at least TRIED to set up a base on the moon?

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999462

bump.....

>> No.999470

the only real valuable resource on the moon is helium-3, and that's only valuable if we get fusion reactors working. the startup cost to make a habitable base just isn't worth it right now

>> No.999477

We need to stop fucking around with space and work on harvesting the vast natural resources in our ocean right now.

>> No.999485

>>999470
you're right about the value part, but what i'm saying is it'd help us in the long run to get started early, because we're eventually going to need to get off of earth, and being familiar with technology needed to live outside of earth would greatly help us in the long run

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>>999477
and then go to space?

>> No.999597

ugh. someone who isn't /b/ and also smart please post

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>>999597
What? In the gay Hitler thread?

>> No.999630

>>999597
we are in space. read a newspaper.

and the reason why we aren't running around on the moon is because the public doesn't give a shit and NASA gets barely any funding.

>> No.999667

>>999630
that's the thing that pisses me off. how can nasa not be at or near the top of our fucking list?

also
>>999606
yes

>> No.999693

>>999667
people are stupid and would rather watch TMZ. its sad, but its reality

>> No.999689

1mil get

>> No.999718

>>999229
>>999258
The tech is ready, there is no real reason why we don't have profitable space based operations now other than "The people with the cash just don't feel like it right now."

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>>999718
i hate the government for this reason more than i could possibly love it for any other. we're so god damned lazy. if we actually pushed to our potential we could be in other star systems by now.

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>>999597
oh sorry, i came in on the /b/ raid, but that failed so now i'm /sci/encing
me
>>999309
>>999372
>>999470
i think the ocean person has a point. the manned space tech is at a standstill and it would be more productive to develop parallel technologies like deep sea stations

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999883

oh boy, here comes the get...

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>>999816
yes, but what long term advantage to deep sea bases have compared to deep space ones?

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1000035

also, i'm going to try to get the get with gay hitler :)

>> No.1000129

well, that failed. bump

>> No.1000226

bump while everyone gets over the get

>> No.1000296

bump

>> No.1000349

fuck you guys, i'm going home

>> No.1000353

>exploring space
>iPod

Which one will the masses choose?

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>>999945
it's not quite as long term, but there is a lot of deep sea exploration to be done and the technology to live at the bottom of the ocean would be very similar to that of living on the moon.

if you had people living on the moon what would you have them do besides set up shop?

>> No.1000460

Still it's expensive to haul a hundred tons of material into space, or say, onto the moon needed for a rudimentary moon base.
But we could "cheat" and send robots first, that could win minerals from the regolith with solar/nuclear power and store those, or even begin to build a base, complete with lunar space elevator, to test the concept. They wouldn't need fancy stuff like self replication, just cobble together some hollow space and fill it with oxygen.

>> No.1000491

>>1000419

collect minerals and data.
Set up a telescope with a ridiculously large mirror.
Discover possibilities of harvesting energy and sending it back to earth.

You know, the Voyager missions didn't have any specifics either.

>> No.1000521

>>1000353

Don't make me sad over the inability of our people to think, hence think in long terms.
Also, we burn our wealth with war 1984 style, so it should be:
War
or
Space exploration

>> No.1000876

>>1000491
yeah, but voyager was a relatively cheap probe. remote control robots can work 24/7 on the moon and don't need all the extra baggage life needs.

>> No.1000953

>>1000876

And they should, yes, but a constant human presence on the moon would be nice, since we could gather data about living in artificial environments and we'd have a relatively cheap way of repairing these robots.

>> No.1000960

When China sends a man to Mars
Then the US will be like
"Wtf is this bullshit?! Americuh is supposed to be number 1!
We'll send a Man to Neptune!"

>> No.1000991

>>1000960
Oh its comming...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Mars_exploration_program
While we're dealing with all the economical bullshit Russia and China are plotting for our destruction

>> No.1001127

>>1000991
lol russia. they're fucked