Space

[NSX-R-SSJ20K]

I been watching alot of Gundam recently and i have been wondering if we'll ever make it into space. What i mean by that is set up colony's and such.

Some people thought we'd be all space age now but we are not. With the recent shuttle disasters it just goes to show research in space technology by Nasa hasn't been progressing like it should've (meaning no disrespect to the people lost in the incident).

I was thinking that people on the Earth may become jealous of those in space or the other way round resulting in fear of one another leading to war but thats extreme.

Anyone want to add what they think of space?

[YogsVR4]

We've been in space for quite some time. Aside from the moon landings, voyager and pioneer are on their way out of solar system and heading for deep space. Quite the journey for those machines.

I would like to see an effort made to get to Mars (which seems like the next step for manned missions). While the shuttle is an amazing engineering feet as well as the space lab, I don't think its the right thing to be doing. Its to damn close to the Earth. We should be setting up shop on the Moon as our next jumping off point.

I do hope I live to see the day we make a manned walk on Mars. It would quite amazing.

[Damien]

I don't know...I do see us getting to the Gundam levels actually. It'll be generations from now though. Also, seeing what history shows, we're not due for some major sudden changes for awhile. I believe for now, we'll progress slowly but surely. But, perhaps in our lifetimes, the change will hit and man shall have so many advancements taking us to where we couldn't imagine, or we could, but that's not the point...

[2strokebloke]

I don't know if I'd be jealous of space dwellers, after all, who's in a freezing cold vacume being bombarded by gamma radiation?

We'll get there someday... pre-supposing we don't destroy eachother before then.

[texan]

I don't know if there's much point in it, I mean we don't call it space for nothing. There's literally almost nothing out there, so the speeds you have to travel just to reach a target destination are ludicrous along with the time frame for doing so.

Then there's the whole problem of our bodies, and that they don't seem at all designed for life in space. From bone density to psycological issues, space is just about the least inviting place for humans to go.

[NSX-R-SSJ20K]

I was thinking along the lines of Gundam with massive colonies and mining space materials i'm sure some substances won't be in abundance on earth anymore and at the rate of expansion of the human race space will be an issue.

Who thinks we should colonize the moon :o

[sugarcaddy]

I think the whole problem with being in space is that the profit to risk margin is too wide. Intill someone (not NASA) comes up with a way for cheap reliable (ie safe) mode of trasportation to and from a space port or the moon, no one is willing to take the chance and loose billions of dollars that it takes to make these things.
The tech is there, we need privite interprise to step up and make the hotels of the future in space where the profit is worth the risk, then you will have the basis for people to go to space and to go forward to the moon or mars or elseware.

Scott

[sarujin]

Well have any of you people read the Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson? Its alittle out of date, and there are a few weird parts to it.

But it gives quite an interesting future for us. Basicly we send one manned mission to Mars. Then 10 years later get 100 of the best scientests, etc we can and construct one massive ship between the US and Russia, & send them to Mars. With the mission of making sure they can live there, and trying to make Mars liveable.

But the biggest hurdle for us colonising space now, is there is not much interest in it. Its not like back in the 60's when 2 countries were racing neck in neck to get to the moon.

Till we get some competition going, we'll never get to mars.

I can only hope the chinese space program, and if they get to the moon. Will start the space race again.

sarujin

[NSX-R-SSJ20K]

i wanna get into space but via a Gundam Wing Zero but i'm still fantasysing about space.

I think that if an Economic Unit was set up in space it would Dublicate itself and reach a large level.

I think it would be a viable solution to have colonies in space lets say if an asteroid was approaching would could evacuate to colonies and ships and stay out of the danger zone.

Also pressuming we have large lasers and such to try and blow up the asteroid



Romanticising about space is healthy isn't it?

[NSX]

Um..right; lol
But its a reality though; blowing each other up in space. I think the day we can colonize the space is the day the entire world stops hating each other...which will be..

[Damien]

Originally posted by NSX
Um..right; lol
But its a reality though; blowing each other up in space. I think the day we can colonize the space is the day the entire world stops hating each other...which will be..

And so the truth was told...yeah, there really be no way a nation as an individual could really colonize space. Considering economic standards now, then the reality of all this...it'd take a, long's not big enough, time to even start atrue project. The world would have to actually be somewhat united to get anywhere.

[NSX]

Originally posted by Damien
The world would have to actually be somewhat united to get anywhere.

Like the world in Star Trek..
One day...

[YogsVR4]

Originally posted by NSX


Like the world in Star Trek..
One day...

Without the campy acting

[THE4TH]

ok .. space is not a vacuume..
the reason air gets sucked out of everything in space is because gas, like say the air we breath , expands.. and it's being bottles up if you will in the ship.. so if ya poke a hole in it.. space doesn't suck it out.. it pushes itself out..
and 2. yeah i think eventually we'll get into a space colony kind of deal but who knows.. space is really confusing.. sometimes i sit in the hot tub and stare off into the sky and just wonder for a while.. and it's a great feeling to know that it's so huge and so much more to find out..
but like someone said with the shuttle crashes and so on, it may not be in the near future.. and like someone also said. until we can find a cheap reliable way to travel into space it won't happen..
well i agree and disagree.. , 1. yes, it should be safe..
but 2. it should not be cheap.. the reason we keep having these accidents is because the people who make the shuttles are contracted because they submitted the lowest bid.. i know it's a lot of money low or not to be puttin up, but can you put a price on life? i know there are some people who do not believe in space travel or that it is worth the time or effort..well i do .. i would love to take a trip into space at some point.. it's funny how big things really are.. and how small we really are.. but anyway .. i would love to learn more about space.. i would love to work for nasa.. not as an astronaut but in any respect..
space interests me.. probably because it is so hard to understand and so much we don't know.. it's no fun spending your life on something that will never change and you know everything about..
some people are afraid of change.. and i welcome it..
thanx for reading.. and the simpsons rule.. !!!

[Steel]

lack of gas (or just about anything) = vacuum