Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.glorb.com!peer02.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2017 01:26:01 -0500 Message-ID: <595B34F7.4472@ix.netcom.com> Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2017 23:25:59 -0700 From: The Starmaker Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity,rec.arts.sf.written,alt.astronomy Subject: Re: NASA unveils plan to test asteroid defense technique References: <59593D89.1E56@ix.netcom.com> <59594B34.46AE@ix.netcom.com> <59595B94.5F9@ix.netcom.com> <595A72D0.4761@ix.netcom.com> <4613438.6fTUFtlzNn@PointedEars.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 170703-2, 07/03/2017), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Lines: 70 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.219.229.47 X-Trace: sv3-HHCWcW3YY54zJjP/V5EW3UOwimGx5vBbSp1swrcrzEdeGt0mZtYrPxoqoAmt1tWh4O5r+k7v2SbQCTq!zBR4TNpYbEt1qjtxdj5i0fUcuylyI26sn6FTxQx3WskgKbRTDDRWvLPvSZUaYMzmLAA6J16ebi+g!oJxzR/0Od1M= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3406 X-Received-Bytes: 3497 X-Received-Body-CRC: 1476515859 Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:638735 sci.physics.relativity:423914 rec.arts.sf.written:474318 alt.astronomy:291887 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: > > Sегg io wrote: > > > You go to the Moon. > > > > (no air, no water, no food, no cosmic ray protection, no laundry.) > > Air can be produced, e.g. by plants, like on the ISS. > > There is strong evidence to suggest that there is water on the Moon all over > the place, in minerals and as pellets and sheets of water ice (likely > brought in by meteoroid and asteroid impacts). > > Space suits already have limited cosmic ray protection. Space suits that > are now being developed for Mars will work fine on the Moon, too, with minor > modifications. > > Laundry is not a problem once you have air and water, however it will be > more efficient to wear hydrophobic clothes that makes laundry unnecessary; > there are already examples of that in serial production, like t-shirts that > cannot get dirty. > > > You get to stay inside a CAN for your entire time. > > That was not true then (where do you think do the Moon rocks on Earth come > from?) and is certainly not true now. > > Besides, if you build a moon-dome to live in, you can extend that dome over > time. > > > You gotta take EVERYTHING WITH YOU. > > No, there are natural resources there that can be used. For example, if the > moonship had a fusion reactor, you could fuel it with the helium-3 that you > mine there. The reactor could power machines like 3D printers. Printed > parts can be used to build small machines. Small machines can be used to > build bigger machines. This is already being tested, on Earth, right now. > > Learn *before* you post. And stop the *mindless* crossposting. And get a > real name. > > -- > PointedEars Is PointedEars a real name? Does your mailbox at home read...PointedEars, apartment 3? From the Gas Comnay to PointedEars. "Hi, which apartment does PointedEars live in????" Who? PointedEars! Are you fukin nuts?? No. What does he look like? I don't know...maybe he's got....