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π••π•šπ•’π•Ÿπ•–π•’ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ • diaspora
The Earth and our Moon as seen from the highest distance reached by the Orion spacecraft.
This is Orions farthest distance from Earth during the Artemis I mission, approximately 431,000 kilometers from our world 🌍 . This is what the view is like!
Credit: NASA
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V. T. Eric Layton
V. T. Eric Layton • diaspora
Looks kinda' lonely out there.
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Adam Hunt
Adam Hunt • diaspora
Very much so, no one up there!
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Dean Calahan
Dean Calahan • diaspora
Only costs 40 billion or so. Or is that 42 billion? So far!
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Adam Hunt
Adam Hunt • diaspora
There will be a inhabited moon base by the end of the decade; this is just step one.
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AladΓ‘r MΓ©zga
AladΓ‘r MΓ©zga • diaspora
Question is: Who's base will it be?
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Adam Hunt
Adam Hunt • diaspora
Mine!
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V. T. Eric Layton
V. T. Eric Layton • diaspora
2nd Question: just step one to... where? Humans will NEVER get much further than Mars. After that, end of the road.
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Bob Lai
Bob Lai • diaspora
Where?
... to boldly exploit where no man has exploited before!

Seriously. We'll strip mine the asteroids for resources. If Io has petrochemicals (likely), we'll drill there.

But the paradigm will remain the same: work your ass off and die so someone like Bezos, Musk, or Trump can claim they Did It All Through Hard Work.
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V. T. Eric Layton
V. T. Eric Layton • diaspora
And that's pretty much what I think, too, @Bob Lai. πŸ™
@Bob Lai
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Adam Hunt
Adam Hunt • diaspora
If Io has petrochemicals (likely), we’ll drill there.
I think that Titan is a better bet. It has a hydrocarbon atmosphere and lakes of methane. One match and ....
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Clara Listensprechen
Clara Listensprechen friendica
...dud. Combustion requires the presence of oxygen gas.
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Adam Hunt
Adam Hunt • diaspora
LOL, yes you are quite right. But if we flew there we would be definitely bringing oxygen of our own.
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Clara Listensprechen
Clara Listensprechen friendica
Enough, though?
Liquid oxygen is used only in the first stage of lift-off, after all. πŸ˜€
Human beings will be breathing the rest, turning it into carbon dioxide so the oxygen wouldn't be in proper form for combustion; it would extinguish it.
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Adam Hunt
Adam Hunt • diaspora
Sure, if you want a really big bang you will need more O2. So far we sent one non-air-breathing robot.
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Clara Listensprechen
Clara Listensprechen friendica
Works for ME. :-}}
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Adam Hunt
Adam Hunt • diaspora
Not the nicest place for people really, but if all you want to do is resource extraction, robots are a better bet anyway. I wouldn't be first in line to lead an expedition to Titan.
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