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"maff" |
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16 Jun 2006 05:05:01 AM |
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Wish you were here? |
Wish you were here?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1798811,00.html
The Earth is now so dangerous that humans must find a new home if the
species is to survive. That was Stephen Hawking's message earlier this
week. But where should we go? Alok Jha weighs up the options, from the
mountains of Mars to the acid clouds of Venus
Friday June 16, 2006
The Guardian
The Moon
Pros
=B7 Great views of Earth, and it will take just three days to get there
in the new crew exploration vehicle currently being designed by Nasa.
=B7 It's made from the same stuff as Earth (it was knocked out of our
planet in a violent asteroid collision billions of years ago) and is
full of useful minerals that could be used to build shelters, help make
fuel and oxygen, and generally sustain life. One useful Moon mineral is
ilmenite, which could provide colonists with oxygen, hydrogen and
helium.
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| User: "quibbler" |
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| Title: Re: Wish you were here? |
16 Jun 2006 04:31:50 PM |
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In article <1150452301.687737.99190@r2g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
maff91@yahoo.com says...
Wish you were here?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1798811,00.html
The Earth is now so dangerous that humans must find a new home if the
species is to survive. That was Stephen Hawking's message earlier this
week. But where should we go? Alok Jha weighs up the options, from the
mountains of Mars to the acid clouds of Venus
The article's pretty ***** poor, unfortunately. BTW, he didn't propose
the acid clouds of Venus, though he ludicrously suggested living on
balloons in the Jovian atmosphere. How about the fucking radiation that
this failed star emits? He considers radiation on Europa, but not within
the jovian atmosphere. The article gives amazingly short shrift to space
colonies and neglects to consider asteroid belt settlement, plus a host
of other scenarios. In any event, there's no particular reason that the
same technologies used to make these other worlds habitable could not be
used on Earth. There are many untapped habitation regions, including the
seas, for example.
--
Quibbler (quibbler247atyahoo.com)
"It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the
threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, 'mad cow'
disease, and many others, but I think a case can be
made that faith is one of the world's great evils,
comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to
eradicate." -- Richard Dawkins
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| User: "Jeff White" |
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| Title: Re: Wish you were here? |
17 Jun 2006 05:06:15 AM |
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"quibbler" <quibbler247@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1efcd1303505705d989a4e@news.readfreenews.net...
In article <1150452301.687737.99190@r2g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
maff91@yahoo.com says...
Wish you were here?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1798811,00.html
The Earth is now so dangerous that humans must find a new home if
the
species is to survive. That was Stephen Hawking's message earlier
this
week. But where should we go? Alok Jha weighs up the options, from
the
mountains of Mars to the acid clouds of Venus
The article's pretty ***** poor, unfortunately. BTW, he didn't
propose
the acid clouds of Venus, though he ludicrously suggested living on
balloons in the Jovian atmosphere. How about the fucking radiation
that
this failed star emits? He considers radiation on Europa, but not
within
the jovian atmosphere. The article gives amazingly short shrift to
space
colonies and neglects to consider asteroid belt settlement, plus a
host
of other scenarios. In any event, there's no particular reason that
the
same technologies used to make these other worlds habitable could
not be
used on Earth. There are many untapped habitation regions,
including the
seas, for example.
i'll take my chances in the ocean before i take my chances on the
moon, thanks.
--
Quibbler (quibbler247atyahoo.com)
"It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the
threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, 'mad cow'
disease, and many others, but I think a case can be
made that faith is one of the world's great evils,
comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to
eradicate." -- Richard Dawkins
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