Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!news.glorb.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 17:26:13 -0500 Message-ID: <595C1605.13C@ix.netcom.com> Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2017 15:26:13 -0700 From: The Starmaker Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: sci.physics 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> <595c04be$0$41894$c3e8da3$3a1a2348@news.astraweb.com> <5idt2e-r5h.ln1@mail.specsol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 170704-2, 07/04/2017), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Lines: 69 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.219.229.47 X-Trace: sv3-wTHy5UXWCQPtt1o5y1F2/s/NOZfbc6jcwahOqbovugvvt2ss3fdntMm9+9yMIsvaekPr76yl1lxp14P!uKynUsIhLijwQik1EH+C03rDpXV/aP38ZSTwittQ8DTC817mHpiLB4zAP54E5iUJMYZzbFZJ7x/9!KELS0x9CRQ== 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: 4219 Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:638823 jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: > > benj wrote: > > On 7/3/2017 8:40 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: > >> In sci.physics 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. > >> > >> There are no working, practical, helium-3 reactor power plants. > >> > >> 3D printers take special material to print and can not print more than > >> one material at a time. > > > > > > Of course they can. You must be a technician and the usual engineer that > > hang around here. > > Where's the 3D printer that prints steel and teflon? > > >> 3D printers can't make things like electronics or even electrical components > >> like wire, switches, motors, and relays. > > > > Jim you are as dumb as a fence post. These days 3D printers that print > > in metal are common. Try doing a few searches on the computer befor > > opening your yap and embarrassing yourself and our country. > > Where's the 3D printer that prints #22 7 strand, tinned copper wire with > insulation? > > -- > Jim Pennino where is the 3d printer that printed this earth?