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pskovinsky · 07-18-06, 15:58

Better yet, there is a guy working on inflatable space stations, using old russian ICBM rockets.

That was the best news i'd heard in a loooong time, because it means that capitalism is finally making it to space, and THAT means that cash money will finally be well applied.
NASA has done a ton of good things, and are still doing the best they can, but without another agency challanging them, and forcing them to really push, they have slowed down. It doesn't help that their budgets have been murdered.
If it were up to me, i'd snag 5% of the military spending and dump it into NASA.

So many things we take for granted came from space and related research. Microwave ovens for instance, and a ton of different snazzy plastics.

Orbiting solar panels beaming energy down could go a long way towards replacing aging oil and coal power plants.

If we get far enough, asteroid mining and construction in space would be huge, shipping stuff down to earth is a hell of a lot cheaper then shipping it up, thats for sure. With construction in space that doesn't require a lot of bits shipped up, a much larger space station(or three) could be made, and from there things could move outwards to a base on the moon.

The moon could be strip mined without anybody really caring, as the lunar landscape isn't terribly spoilable :P

Anyway, i'm very happy we're still working on getting out there, the good far outweighs the bad imo.

07-18-06, 15:58	#7 (permalink)
pskovinsky Ex-chat M0d of Doom, y3 Join Date: Nov 1971 Posts: 1,359	Better yet, there is a guy working on inflatable space stations, using old russian ICBM rockets. That was the best news i'd heard in a loooong time, because it means that capitalism is finally making it to space, and THAT means that cash money will finally be well applied. NASA has done a ton of good things, and are still doing the best they can, but without another agency challanging them, and forcing them to really push, they have slowed down. It doesn't help that their budgets have been murdered. If it were up to me, i'd snag 5% of the military spending and dump it into NASA. So many things we take for granted came from space and related research. Microwave ovens for instance, and a ton of different snazzy plastics. Orbiting solar panels beaming energy down could go a long way towards replacing aging oil and coal power plants. If we get far enough, asteroid mining and construction in space would be huge, shipping stuff down to earth is a hell of a lot cheaper then shipping it up, thats for sure. With construction in space that doesn't require a lot of bits shipped up, a much larger space station(or three) could be made, and from there things could move outwards to a base on the moon. The moon could be strip mined without anybody really caring, as the lunar landscape isn't terribly spoilable :P Anyway, i'm very happy we're still working on getting out there, the good far outweighs the bad imo. __________________ In soviet russia, the mushrooms grow you.