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Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon

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  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon "Robert Clark" <rgregoryclark@gmSPAMBLOACKail.com> - 2016-04-03 12:52 -0400
    Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-03 17:07 +0000
      Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-04-04 15:20 +0000
        Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-04 18:35 +0000
          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2016-04-04 12:14 -0700
          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-04 12:58 -0700
          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Jack Ryan <mixmaster@remailer.cpunk.us> - 2016-04-05 03:50 -0400
            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-05 18:20 +0000
              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-05 16:14 -0700
                Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-04-05 18:47 -0500
                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-06 00:00 -0700
                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Jeff Findley <jfindley@cinci.nospam.rr.com> - 2016-04-07 06:10 -0400
                    Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-07 18:51 +0000
                      Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-04-08 14:23 -0500
                        Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-08 13:25 -0700
                          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-04-09 09:57 -0500
                            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 10:20 -0700
                Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-06 00:28 +0000
                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon "Robert Clark" <rgregoryclark@gmSPAMBLOACKail.com> - 2016-04-05 22:14 -0400
                    Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-06 03:38 +0000
                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-06 00:07 -0700
                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Jeff Findley <jfindley@cinci.nospam.rr.com> - 2016-04-07 06:24 -0400
                    Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-07 19:03 +0000
              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-04-05 19:53 -0600
                Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-06 03:42 +0000
                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-04-05 23:06 -0600
                    Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-06 18:05 +0000
                      Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-06 12:34 -0700
                        Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2016-04-07 19:18 +0000
                          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-07 13:04 -0700
                            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2016-04-07 21:07 +0000
                              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-08 00:03 -0700
                                Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2016-04-08 17:50 +0000
                                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-08 13:03 -0700
                                    Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2016-04-08 21:47 +0000
                                      Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-08 21:24 -0700
                                        Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2016-04-09 13:55 +0000
                                          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-04-09 10:08 -0500
                                          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 08:51 -0700
                                            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-09 18:07 +0000
                                              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 12:49 -0700
                                                Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-09 20:16 +0000
                                                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 19:07 -0700
                                                    Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-10 06:16 +0000
                                                      Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-10 06:46 -0700
                                                        Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-10 16:23 +0000
                                                          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-10 15:19 -0700
                                                            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-10 22:49 +0000
                                                              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-10 20:02 -0700
                                                                Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-11 04:05 +0000
                                                                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-11 01:41 -0700
                                                                    Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-11 18:18 +0000
                                                                      Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-11 19:20 -0700
                                            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2016-04-10 12:06 +0000
                                              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-10 06:57 -0700
                                                Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2016-04-10 14:17 +0000
                                                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-10 08:26 -0700
                                                    Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2016-04-10 16:40 +0000
                                                      Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-10 15:38 -0700
                                                        Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2016-04-11 19:06 +0000
                                                          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-11 19:50 +0000
                                                            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-11 20:02 -0700
                                                              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-12 17:16 +0000
                                                          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-11 19:54 -0700
                                                            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-12 17:18 +0000
                          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-07 20:26 +0000
                            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-04-07 14:46 -0700
                              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-07 22:52 +0000
                              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-04-07 21:25 -0400
                            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-07 23:49 -0700
                              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-08 18:24 +0000
                                Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-08 13:10 -0700
                                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-08 22:40 +0000
                                    Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-08 21:55 -0700
                                      Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-09 06:11 +0000
                                        Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 07:49 -0700
                                          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-09 18:21 +0000
                                            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 12:57 -0700
                                              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-09 20:29 +0000
                                                Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 19:30 -0700
                                    Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-04-09 00:01 -0600
                                Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Thomas Womack <twomack@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2016-04-09 09:21 +0100
                                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-09 18:24 +0000
                          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-04-09 15:49 +0000
                            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 09:01 -0700
                              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 14:22 -0400
                              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-09 18:26 +0000
                            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 10:45 -0700
                              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-09 19:08 +0000
                                Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 13:22 -0700
                                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-09 20:41 +0000
                                    Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 19:50 -0700
              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-04-06 17:39 +0000
                Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-06 18:08 +0000
                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-06 12:36 -0700
                    Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-07 19:06 +0000
                      Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-07 12:59 -0700
                        Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-07 20:28 +0000
                          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-07 23:52 -0700
                            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-08 18:26 +0000
                              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-08 13:14 -0700
                                Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-08 22:42 +0000
                                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-08 21:57 -0700
                                    Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-09 06:14 +0000
                                      Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 07:52 -0700
                                        Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-04-09 10:09 -0500
                                        Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-09 18:31 +0000
                                          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 13:00 -0700
                                            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-09 20:34 +0000
                                              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 19:42 -0700
                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-04-07 15:55 +0000
                    Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-07 19:14 +0000
                      Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-04-09 14:54 +0000
                        Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-09 18:36 +0000
                          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 13:00 -0700
                            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-09 20:36 +0000
                              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 19:44 -0700
                                Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-10 06:19 +0000
                                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-10 06:47 -0700
                          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-04-09 18:17 -0600
                            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-10 00:37 +0000
                          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-04-10 16:50 +0000
                            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-10 17:13 +0000
                              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-04-11 16:41 +0000
                                Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-11 18:21 +0000
                                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-04-12 15:48 +0000
                                    Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-12 17:21 +0000
          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-04-05 17:42 +0000
            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-05 18:32 +0000
              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-04-05 15:09 -0400
                Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-04-05 18:54 -0500
                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-04-05 19:57 -0600
              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-04-06 17:56 +0000
                Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-06 18:35 +0000
                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-04-06 15:43 -0400
                    Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-06 20:08 +0000
                      Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-06 16:35 -0700
                        Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-06 23:49 +0000
                          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-06 19:28 -0700
                            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-07 03:51 +0000
                              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-06 22:06 -0700
                                Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-07 06:17 +0000
                                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-07 12:32 -0700
                                    Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-07 20:33 +0000
                                      Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-08 00:01 -0700
                                        Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-08 18:32 +0000
                                          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-08 13:16 -0700
                                            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-08 22:52 +0000
                                              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-08 21:59 -0700
                                                Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-09 06:18 +0000
                                                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 07:57 -0700
                                                    Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-09 18:45 +0000
                                                      Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 13:05 -0700
                                                        Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-09 20:54 +0000
                                                          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 20:01 -0700
                                                            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-10 16:42 +0000
                                                              Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-10 16:12 -0700
                                                                Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-11 01:10 +0000
                                                                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-10 20:22 -0700
                                                                    Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-11 06:09 +0000
                                                                      Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-11 07:36 -0700
                                                                        Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-11 18:26 +0000
                                                                          Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-11 19:24 -0700
                                                                            Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-12 17:24 +0000
                      Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-04-07 04:43 -0700
                  Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-06 12:51 -0700
                    Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-06 22:06 +0000
                      Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> - 2016-04-06 17:11 -0700
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#568214

FromFred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com>
Date2016-04-06 00:07 -0700
Message-ID<l4d9gbd9lgupq29j4muavomosib6gecl06@4ax.com>
In reply to#568157
jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:

>In sci.physics Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> wrote:
>> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>> 
>>>In sci.physics Jack Ryan <mixmaster@remailer.cpunk.us> wrote:
>>>> In article <1poatc-pc1.ln1@mail.specsol.com>
>>>> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> In sci.physics Doc O'Leary <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> wrote:
>>>>> > For your reference, records indicate that
>>>>> > jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> In sci.physics Robert Clark <rgregoryclark@gmspambloackail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >> > Actually we could start building it as soon as the Falcon Heavy becomes
>>>>> >> > operational:
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > NASA scientists say we could colonise the Moon by 2022... for just $10
>>>>> >> > billion.
>>>>> >> > What are we waiting for?
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> $10 billion without a better purpose?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Some might argue that blowing up shit in the Middle East is not a
>>>>> > better purpose.  A more pointed question would be whether or not that
>>>>> > budget and timeline is actually accurate, or if it won?t be more like
>>>>> > $200 billion spent and a wait until 2035.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> Some rational reason to "colonise" the moon, which will never happen
>>>>> >> as no Moon colony could ever be self supporting.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > History has shown a pretty big halo effect for such projects, so I
>>>>> > would expect quite a bit of indirect economic value in new Moon and
>>>>> > Mars missions.  But I would agree that NASA would do well to make a
>>>>> > more direct case for why a Moon colony would be a valuable resource
>>>>> > to have.
>>>>>
>>>>> All historical colonizations have been to places with air, water, and
>>>>> growing things where one could be dropped nude and survive. ....
>>>> 
>>>> Iceland? Greenland? Northern Newfundland?
>>>> 
>>>> Hell, for much of Europe surviving after being dropped nude in the 
>>>> Winter is not likely.
>>>> 
>>>> If the Pilgrims had landed at Plymouth bare assed in the Winter 
>>>> they would probably not have survived long.
>>>> 
>>>> You might want to amend your statement about all historical 
>>>> colonies.
>>>>
>>>
>>>OK, dropped in with nothing more than a heavy winter coat.
>>>
>> 
>> Colonies with insufficient support from 'back home' tended to
>> disappear.  You talk like all colonization attempts are easily
>> successful.  There are enough failed colonies to prove that to be
>> bullshit.
>>
>
>I never said anything like that.
>

Of course you did.

>
>However, support from 'back home' wasn't oxygen, food, water, and
>repair parts for high tech equipment.
>

Lots of that last one so that they could do those first three.  Just
like what a modern colony would require.

>
>For the most part it was luxury items such as good china before such
>manufacturing could be established in the colonies.
>

You mean that 'high tech equipment.  That wasn't 'luxuries' and
colonies that didn't get it tended to fail.

>
>In return the colonies, depending on where they were, sent back things
>like spices, precious metals, furs, and timber.
>

Mostly Spanish and French colonies were like that.  There's a reason
why those tended to fail and North American is largely derived from
English colonies which didn't behave that way.

Pleased to see that Jimp the Chimp hasn't changed over the years....


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#568523

FromJeff Findley <jfindley@cinci.nospam.rr.com>
Date2016-04-07 06:24 -0400
Message-ID<MPG.316fff733ac66c419899a8@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#568157
In article <nq1etc-hec.ln1@mail.specsol.com>, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com 
says...
> > Colonies with insufficient support from 'back home' tended to
> > disappear.  You talk like all colonization attempts are easily
> > successful.  There are enough failed colonies to prove that to be
> > bullshit.
> 
> I never said anything like that.
> 
> However, support from 'back home' wasn't oxygen, food, water, and
> repair parts for high tech equipment.

Water is available on both the moon and Mars at at least one of the 
poles on each.  Oxygen is also available on both the moon and Mars; it 
just needs to be extracted.  Food can therefore be grown.

Repair parts for high tech equipment is exactly the sort of thing that 
Fred is talking about when he says "support".  For early earth colonies, 
things which are difficult to manufacture locally, like anything made of 
metal, had to be shipped in, unless there was a readily available source 
of metal at the colony and all of the tools to smelt and then process 
and work with it.

> For the most part it was luxury items such as good china before such
> manufacturing could be established in the colonies.
> 
> In return the colonies, depending on where they were, sent back things
> like spices, precious metals, furs, and timber.
> 

Agreed that this pattern would often continue with even well established 
colonies.  The colony would mostly ship back raw materials, or goods 
easily manufactured locally, and the "old world" would send the colony 
finished "hard" goods. 

> There is nothing off the Earth so valuable it would be worth the
> shipping cost in fuel to send it back to Earth.

Depends.  If the fuel is largely made locally (on the moon or Mars), the 
cost is local too.  It may be more difficult to extract, but the supply 
(the entire planet or moon) versus demand (a fledgling colony) would be 
quite favorable.
 
> >>No successful colony in history required anything beyond 10th Century
> >>technology to survive.
> >>
> > 
> > Bullshit.  Lots of colonies in the New World succeeded only by the
> > skin of their teeth and lots of them failed and they all had the best
> > technology available at the time.
>  
> And that technology, except for a very few things like muskets, dates
> back to at least the 10th Century.

Most certainly, but even that early tech (e.g. metal knives, axes, and 
etc) would be quite difficult to manufacture at many early colonies 
which may lack readily available raw materials (e.g. iron ore right on 
the surface).
 
> And, BTW, the indigious populations where most colonies where established
> were surviving just fine on Stone Age technology long before the Europeans
> appeared.
 
"Just fine" is a stretch, depending on the technological level of the 
indigenous populations.  (Primitive) technologies like farming and 
domestication and selective breeding of animals *greatly* increased the 
potential population density of even indigenous populations.  

Jeff
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#568639

Fromjimp@specsol.spam.sux.com
Date2016-04-07 19:03 +0000
Message-ID<tgnitc-mir.ln1@mail.specsol.com>
In reply to#568523
In sci.physics Jeff Findley <jfindley@cinci.nospam.rr.com> wrote:
> In article <nq1etc-hec.ln1@mail.specsol.com>, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com 
> says...
>> > Colonies with insufficient support from 'back home' tended to
>> > disappear.  You talk like all colonization attempts are easily
>> > successful.  There are enough failed colonies to prove that to be
>> > bullshit.
>> 
>> I never said anything like that.
>> 
>> However, support from 'back home' wasn't oxygen, food, water, and
>> repair parts for high tech equipment.
> 
> Water is available on both the moon and Mars at at least one of the 
> poles on each.  Oxygen is also available on both the moon and Mars; it 
> just needs to be extracted.  Food can therefore be grown.

Sure, all this is theoretically posible at a horrendous cost that no
one will ever want to finance.

> Repair parts for high tech equipment is exactly the sort of thing that 
> Fred is talking about when he says "support".  For early earth colonies, 
> things which are difficult to manufacture locally, like anything made of 
> metal, had to be shipped in, unless there was a readily available source 
> of metal at the colony and all of the tools to smelt and then process 
> and work with it.

Repair parts take more than metal. Concider all the bits and pieces
needed to make something as simple as a relay to control a blower
motor. You need several different kinds of metal and alloys as well
as wire and insulators.

>> For the most part it was luxury items such as good china before such
>> manufacturing could be established in the colonies.
>> 
>> In return the colonies, depending on where they were, sent back things
>> like spices, precious metals, furs, and timber.
>> 
> 
> Agreed that this pattern would often continue with even well established 
> colonies.  The colony would mostly ship back raw materials, or goods 
> easily manufactured locally, and the "old world" would send the colony 
> finished "hard" goods. 
> 
>> There is nothing off the Earth so valuable it would be worth the
>> shipping cost in fuel to send it back to Earth.
> 
> Depends.  If the fuel is largely made locally (on the moon or Mars), the 
> cost is local too.  It may be more difficult to extract, but the supply 
> (the entire planet or moon) versus demand (a fledgling colony) would be 
> quite favorable.

Cost is cost no matter where it comes from and again, there is nothing
off the Earth so valuable it would be worth the shipping cost.

>> >>No successful colony in history required anything beyond 10th Century
>> >>technology to survive.
>> >>
>> > 
>> > Bullshit.  Lots of colonies in the New World succeeded only by the
>> > skin of their teeth and lots of them failed and they all had the best
>> > technology available at the time.
>>  
>> And that technology, except for a very few things like muskets, dates
>> back to at least the 10th Century.
> 
> Most certainly, but even that early tech (e.g. metal knives, axes, and 
> etc) would be quite difficult to manufacture at many early colonies 
> which may lack readily available raw materials (e.g. iron ore right on 
> the surface).

Totally misses the point; the colonies could buy such things until
local production was establishe with things like timber, fur, and
spices.

>> And, BTW, the indigious populations where most colonies where established
>> were surviving just fine on Stone Age technology long before the Europeans
>> appeared.
>  
> "Just fine" is a stretch, depending on the technological level of the 
> indigenous populations.  (Primitive) technologies like farming and 
> domestication and selective breeding of animals *greatly* increased the 
> potential population density of even indigenous populations.  

Point missed yet again. The indigenous populations were able to live,
in some cases for thousands of years, without any resupply from Europe.


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Jim Pennino

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#568170

FromGreg Goss <gossg@gossg.org>
Date2016-04-05 19:53 -0600
Message-ID<dmj8haFnrsnU2@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#568068
jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:

>No successful colony in history required anything beyond 10th Century
>technology to survive.

Try reading "Collapse" some time.  Greenland, f'rex.  A fair number of
the Pacific islands.
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#568185

Fromjimp@specsol.spam.sux.com
Date2016-04-06 03:42 +0000
Message-ID<q5detc-5hd.ln1@mail.specsol.com>
In reply to#568170
In sci.physics Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> wrote:
> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
> 
>>No successful colony in history required anything beyond 10th Century
>>technology to survive.
> 
> Try reading "Collapse" some time.  Greenland, f'rex.  A fair number of
> the Pacific islands.

Greenland has been populated to varying degrees for over 4,000 years.

All but the smallest Pacific islands were populated by people with Stone
Age technology.


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#568194

FromGreg Goss <gossg@gossg.org>
Date2016-04-05 23:06 -0600
Message-ID<dmjjq0Fqd26U1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#568185
jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:

>In sci.physics Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> wrote:
>> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>> 
>>>No successful colony in history required anything beyond 10th Century
>>>technology to survive.
>> 
>> Try reading "Collapse" some time.  Greenland, f'rex.  A fair number of
>> the Pacific islands.
>
>Greenland has been populated to varying degrees for over 4,000 years.

But the Viking colony failed.

>All but the smallest Pacific islands were populated by people with Stone
>Age technology.

And a fair number of those colonies failed.
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#568341

Fromjimp@specsol.spam.sux.com
Date2016-04-06 18:05 +0000
Message-ID<dnvftc-moi.ln1@mail.specsol.com>
In reply to#568194
In sci.physics Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> wrote:
> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
> 
>>In sci.physics Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> wrote:
>>> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>>> 
>>>>No successful colony in history required anything beyond 10th Century
>>>>technology to survive.
>>> 
>>> Try reading "Collapse" some time.  Greenland, f'rex.  A fair number of
>>> the Pacific islands.
>>
>>Greenland has been populated to varying degrees for over 4,000 years.
> 
> But the Viking colony failed.

Which one over the over 4,000 years of habitation?

>>All but the smallest Pacific islands were populated by people with Stone
>>Age technology.
> 
> And a fair number of those colonies failed.

No colony on Earth ever failed for lack of oxygen.

Very few failed for lack of water.

A fair number in less warm climates failed for lack of storing food for
the winter.

A few failed due to hostile indigenous people.

All this is irrelevant.

Attempting to compare any colony on the Earth to a colony off the Earth
is starry eyed nonsense.


-- 
Jim Pennino

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#568362

FromFred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com>
Date2016-04-06 12:34 -0700
Message-ID<jnnagbhj5de3chapk06jgrn50te0tlseu9@4ax.com>
In reply to#568341
jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:

>
>No colony on Earth ever failed for lack of oxygen.
>
>Very few failed for lack of water.
>
>A fair number in less warm climates failed for lack of storing food for
>the winter.
>
>A few failed due to hostile indigenous people.
>

So now you care what you die from?  We've found water both on the Moon
and on Mars.  Oxygen isn't that difficult a problem, either, given an
oven to bake it out of rocks.

>
>All this is irrelevant.
>
>Attempting to compare any colony on the Earth to a colony off the Earth
>is starry eyed nonsense.
>

Colonies always need supply and support initially.  Colonies off the
Earth will be no different.


-- 
"Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar
 territory."
                                      --G. Behn

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#568643

FromThomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de>
Date2016-04-07 19:18 +0000
Message-ID<ne6bpd$k90$1@newsreader4.netcologne.de>
In reply to#568362
Fred J  McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> schrieb:

> Colonies always need supply and support initially.  Colonies off the
> Earth will be no different.

The main problem I see for space coloies is the complexity of the
technology that is needed for survival, if spare parts cannot be
imported.

Take a simple O-ring used as a seal as as an example.

Currently, this is made from an elastomer.  If it needs to
withstand oil, you will probably need NBR, a rubber made from
1-3-Butadiene and Acrylonitrile.

So, you need 1-3-Butadiene.

You can get that from a C4 stream coming from a steam cracker, which
needs a hydrocarbon feedstock and is an enormously complex chemical
plant, requiring catalysts and dozens of distillation columns.
To separate it from the other C4 products, you usually use a sulfuric
acid extraction.  A steam cracker also produces dozens of other
products, which you will have to dispose of (wasteful) or 
use (for what?)

Hmm... maybe not that, dehydrogenation of n-Butane may be better.
Dehydrogenation catalyst needed, typically Platinum.  To get
n-Butane, you need a steam cracker.

Or maybe dehydrogenate Ethanol (a catalytic reaction, of course).

OK, let's assume we have Butadiene.  Next, we need acrylonitrile,
which is made from Propylene and Ammonia.

Propylene you get from that steam cracker (see above).  Ammonia
manufacture is a high-pressure process requiring nitrogen and
hydrogen.  Nitrogen on the Moon will be hard to get, on Mars
it could be done.

Because NBR is made by emulsion polymerization, you need emulsifiers
(and water).  Emulsifiers are basically soap, so please set up
your soap factory somewhere.

Now you've got the basic polymer, please also set up your plants for
making all the additives which make it into a usable rubber.

And set up the plants for making the catalysts that the different
processes above require.

You can't really use the latex produced in the polymerizaion, so
please use your ready-made plant for precipitation and washing of
the latex and drying (which could involve both a screw and a dryer).
Think of a way to deal with the huge amount of waste water this
will generate, and don't forget the Polyethylene film to wrap
it in.

Now you've got your rubber bale, but it is not yet an O-Ring.
You need to compound and vulcanize it.

Just grabbing a random recipe from the net, please also have
ready your Zinc Oxide, Magnesium oxide, Stearic acid, Styrenated
Phenol, Benzothiazol Disulfide (an accelerator), Tetramethyl
Thiuram Disulfide (another accelerator), Carbon Black, Sulfur and
Dioctyl phtalate.  Also put some old motor oil in, and Add a few
anti-aging and anti-oxydizing chemicals while you're at it.

And this is just to make one simple everyday part that you
could order for a few cents on Earth.

So, is there a way around this?  You can try to restrict yourself
to the materials that you really, really need.  This will mean
that your solutions will be much worse than what you could get on
Earth by just ordering the products you needed.  I am not sure
that this will be easy given the harshness of your environment,
where your solutions should be good if you want to survive.

So, a self-sufficient space colony would have to be quite
large to support something like our technological base.

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#568665

FromFred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com>
Date2016-04-07 13:04 -0700
Message-ID<p4fdgbd35tfptkdmt71p337b7klalq3khc@4ax.com>
In reply to#568643
Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:

>Fred J  McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> schrieb:
>
>> Colonies always need supply and support initially.  Colonies off the
>> Earth will be no different.
>
>The main problem I see for space coloies is the complexity of the
>technology that is needed for survival, if spare parts cannot be
>imported.
>

Baby steps, Tom.  Baby steps.

>
>Take a simple O-ring used as a seal as as an example.
>
>Currently, this is made from an elastomer.  If it needs to
>withstand oil, you will probably need NBR, a rubber made from
>1-3-Butadiene and Acrylonitrile.
>
>So, you need 1-3-Butadiene.
>

<snip petrochemical description>

Or instead of cracking down complex hydrocarbons you don't have, you
build up what you need out of the pieces.  Please read up on in situ
resource utilization.


-- 
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable 
 man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, 
 all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
                                      --George Bernard Shaw

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#568703

FromThomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de>
Date2016-04-07 21:07 +0000
Message-ID<ne6i6a$nua$1@newsreader4.netcologne.de>
In reply to#568665
Fred J  McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> schrieb:
> Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:
>
>>Take a simple O-ring used as a seal as as an example.
>>
>>Currently, this is made from an elastomer.  If it needs to
>>withstand oil, you will probably need NBR, a rubber made from
>>1-3-Butadiene and Acrylonitrile.
>>
>>So, you need 1-3-Butadiene.

><snip petrochemical description>
>
> Or instead of cracking down complex hydrocarbons you don't have, you
> build up what you need out of the pieces.  Please read up on in situ
> resource utilization.

What in situ resources could I use on the Moon (or Mars) to make an
O-ring capable of withstanding oil?

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#568831

FromFred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com>
Date2016-04-08 00:03 -0700
Message-ID<urlegb1dhlhgu1e19cl6a17cvlro16bhr6@4ax.com>
In reply to#568703
Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:

>Fred J  McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> schrieb:
>> Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:
>>
>>>Take a simple O-ring used as a seal as as an example.
>>>
>>>Currently, this is made from an elastomer.  If it needs to
>>>withstand oil, you will probably need NBR, a rubber made from
>>>1-3-Butadiene and Acrylonitrile.
>>>
>>>So, you need 1-3-Butadiene.
>
>><snip petrochemical description>
>>
>> Or instead of cracking down complex hydrocarbons you don't have, you
>> build up what you need out of the pieces.  Please read up on in situ
>> resource utilization.
>
>What in situ resources could I use on the Moon (or Mars) to make an
>O-ring capable of withstanding oil?
>

Chemistry is chemistry.  Please go follow the link on in situ organic
chemicals I gave the Chimp.


-- 
"Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar
 territory."
                                      --G. Behn

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#569000

FromThomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de>
Date2016-04-08 17:50 +0000
Message-ID<ne8r1e$7gv$1@newsreader4.netcologne.de>
In reply to#568831
Fred J  McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> schrieb:
> Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:
>
>>Fred J  McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> schrieb:

[Making an NBR O-ring]

>>> Or instead of cracking down complex hydrocarbons you don't have, you
>>> build up what you need out of the pieces.  Please read up on in situ
>>> resource utilization.
>>
>>What in situ resources could I use on the Moon (or Mars) to make an
>>O-ring capable of withstanding oil?
>>

> Chemistry is chemistry.

I agree with you there.

> Please go follow the link on in situ organic chemicals I gave the Chimp.

I'm not sure what link you refer to.

Can you give a quick outline how to do all the chemicals I mentioned
in my article?

We don't have to do this the exact way we do it on Earth.  However,
the complexidy will not be less with a different raw material base.

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#569064

FromFred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com>
Date2016-04-08 13:03 -0700
Message-ID<ee3ggbp12f1btaph1eqi5vdt0icfdtd7bp@4ax.com>
In reply to#569000
Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:

>Fred J  McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> schrieb:
>> Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:
>>
>>>Fred J  McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> schrieb:
>
>[Making an NBR O-ring]
>
>>>> Or instead of cracking down complex hydrocarbons you don't have, you
>>>> build up what you need out of the pieces.  Please read up on in situ
>>>> resource utilization.
>>>
>>>What in situ resources could I use on the Moon (or Mars) to make an
>>>O-ring capable of withstanding oil?
>>>
>
>> Chemistry is chemistry.
>
>I agree with you there.
>
>> Please go follow the link on in situ organic chemicals I gave the Chimp.
>
>I'm not sure what link you refer to.
>

http://chapters.marssociety.org/winnipeg/plastics.html

>
>Can you give a quick outline how to do all the chemicals I mentioned
>in my article?
>
>We don't have to do this the exact way we do it on Earth.  However,
>the complexidy will not be less with a different raw material base.
>

This will be more complicated and more 'expensive' than on Earth,
since you don't have the complex hydrocarbon feedstock on Mars.  But,
as the link points out, "You can make every plastic available on Earth
from resources on Mars. Most plastics are hydrocarbon polymers, made
from water and air using electricity. Other plastics require chlorine
from salt, or nitrogen from air. Fluoropolymers are extremely strong,
durable, endure temperatures much colder than the coldest day at the
south pole of Mars in winter, immune to any form of acid or alkali
you'll find in the soil, highly resistant to strong UV, and light.
Common fluoropolymers are Teflon and Goretex, but they all require
fluorine. Unfortunately we haven't found fluorine on Mars yet. We can
look at other plastics until we find it."


-- 
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable 
 man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, 
 all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
                                      --George Bernard Shaw

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#569088

FromThomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de>
Date2016-04-08 21:47 +0000
Message-ID<ne98sv$hhg$1@newsreader4.netcologne.de>
In reply to#569064
Fred J  McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> schrieb:

> This will be more complicated and more 'expensive' than on Earth,
> since you don't have the complex hydrocarbon feedstock on Mars.  But,
> as the link points out, "You can make every plastic available on Earth
> from resources on Mars.

Sure.

The main question is how much complexity this entails, and how
many people and what sort of technological organization this needs
for a colony to work.

Suppose that the US could (at least in principle) be self-sufficient
in chemical goods.

Look at

http://selectusa.commerce.gov/industry-snapshots/chemical-industry-united-states

The industry’s more than 10,000 firms produce more than 70,000 products.
In 2012, the U.S. chemicals industry had sales of $769.4 billion and
directly employed more than 784,000 workers, with additional indirect
employment by industry suppliers of more than 2.7 million.

Here are some employment figures from http://www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iag325.htm :

Chemical equipment operators and tenders 54,020

Chemical technicians 20,350

Chemists 27,350

Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 55,330

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 49,710

So, divide this by a factor of 10 or 50 for making fewer products
and for having no competition.  This would still mean that
several thousand of people would be needed.

So, a few thousand people would be required at least for this.

Pharmaceutical industry in the US employs a few more people than
chemical industy (which, of course, they heavily rely on).

And so on...

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#569133

FromFred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com>
Date2016-04-08 21:24 -0700
Message-ID<7r0hgb9atljgmlmnbv9puperdn14g5targ@4ax.com>
In reply to#569088
Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:

>Fred J  McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> schrieb:
>
>> This will be more complicated and more 'expensive' than on Earth,
>> since you don't have the complex hydrocarbon feedstock on Mars.  But,
>> as the link points out, "You can make every plastic available on Earth
>> from resources on Mars.
>
>Sure.
>
>The main question is how much complexity this entails, and how
>many people and what sort of technological organization this needs
>for a colony to work.
>

<snip irrelevancies>

So what you've shown is that it's exactly what I claim; incremental
growth as you go.  You're not independent on Day 1.  You get that way
as you grow and add capability.  If it's cheaper to ship, you ship. If
it's cheaper to make, you make.  Industry makes these decisions all
the time here on Earth.  Why would Mars be different?


-- 
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable 
 man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, 
 all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
                                      --George Bernard Shaw

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#569213

FromThomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de>
Date2016-04-09 13:55 +0000
Message-ID<neb1kr$jok$1@newsreader4.netcologne.de>
In reply to#569133
Fred J  McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> schrieb:
> Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:
>
>>Fred J  McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> schrieb:
>>
>>> This will be more complicated and more 'expensive' than on Earth,
>>> since you don't have the complex hydrocarbon feedstock on Mars.  But,
>>> as the link points out, "You can make every plastic available on Earth
>>> from resources on Mars.
>>
>>Sure.
>>
>>The main question is how much complexity this entails, and how
>>many people and what sort of technological organization this needs
>>for a colony to work.
>>
>
><snip irrelevancies>

Not quite irrelevant, it shows that you need thousands of people
working in the proposed Mars chemical industry alone to be able
to make simple parts we take for granted here.

> So what you've shown is that it's exactly what I claim; incremental
> growth as you go.  You're not independent on Day 1.  You get that way
> as you grow and add capability.  If it's cheaper to ship, you ship. If
> it's cheaper to make, you make.  Industry makes these decisions all
> the time here on Earth.  Why would Mars be different?

I would tend to concur in principle.  In practice, the size of
population you need to be even approach self-sustainability is
quite large.

The example above is for the chemical industry only.  Multiply this
by a none-too-small factor for other relevant industries (metals,
electrical, computers etc).  Other people will have to grow food,
repair habitats, build machine tools, make drugs, mine resources,
make (pharmaceutical) drugs, be doctors, teachers, nurses,
hairdressers, make implements for daily life, ...

You'll need a at least few hundred thousand people to get a mostly
self-sufficient colony going, and you will need to supply them
while the aren't yet self-sufficient.

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#569225

FromSergio <invalid@invalid.com>
Date2016-04-09 10:08 -0500
Message-ID<neb5v9$f5e$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#569213
On 4/9/2016 8:55 AM, Thomas Koenig wrote:
> Fred J  McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> schrieb:
>> Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Fred J  McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> schrieb:
>>>
>>>> This will be more complicated and more 'expensive' than on Earth,
>>>> since you don't have the complex hydrocarbon feedstock on Mars.  But,
>>>> as the link points out, "You can make every plastic available on Earth
>>>> from resources on Mars.
>>>
>>> Sure.
>>>
>>> The main question is how much complexity this entails, and how
>>> many people and what sort of technological organization this needs
>>> for a colony to work.
>>>
>>
>> <snip irrelevancies>
>
> Not quite irrelevant, it shows that you need thousands of people
> working in the proposed Mars chemical industry alone to be able
> to make simple parts we take for granted here.
>
>> So what you've shown is that it's exactly what I claim; incremental
>> growth as you go.  You're not independent on Day 1.  You get that way
>> as you grow and add capability.  If it's cheaper to ship, you ship. If
>> it's cheaper to make, you make.  Industry makes these decisions all
>> the time here on Earth.  Why would Mars be different?
>
> I would tend to concur in principle.  In practice, the size of
> population you need to be even approach self-sustainability is
> quite large.
>
> The example above is for the chemical industry only.  Multiply this
> by a none-too-small factor for other relevant industries (metals,
> electrical, computers etc).  Other people will have to grow food,
> repair habitats, build machine tools, make drugs, mine resources,
> make (pharmaceutical) drugs, be doctors, teachers, nurses,
> hairdressers, make implements for daily life, ...
>
> You'll need a at least few hundred thousand people to get a mostly
> self-sufficient colony going, and you will need to supply them
> while the aren't yet self-sufficient.
>


Air, Water ??

     try to think it through.

          man needs 500 liters of O2 per day
     there are 10 men up there, 2 are needed to run the O2 plant, and 2 
are needed to run the Water plant, and 2 are needed to run the N2 plant.

so your O2 flow rate is 5,000 liters per day,
your N2 flow rate is 15,000 liters per day (assume a 25% O2)
and about 7.5 liters of water per day per person

so how many tons rocks do you cook per day ?
How much energy is needed to run the rock cooking plant?
What type of rocks work for O2 that are on the surface ?

where do you get  24 liters of water per day ? (assume a 25% recapture rate)

Biofilm questions: where does the lost water go? will the biofilm cause 
dammage to the electronics?  How much energy is used to keep the 
Humidity down to below 70% ?

how do you reprocess the salt bath used for cooking the rocks ?

What rocks do you cook to get N2 ???

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#569231

FromFred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com>
Date2016-04-09 08:51 -0700
Message-ID<8p6igbp9l689a90nn5j9aokipoauuskk65@4ax.com>
In reply to#569213
Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:

>Fred J  McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> schrieb:
>> Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:
>>
>>>Fred J  McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> schrieb:
>>>
>>>> This will be more complicated and more 'expensive' than on Earth,
>>>> since you don't have the complex hydrocarbon feedstock on Mars.  But,
>>>> as the link points out, "You can make every plastic available on Earth
>>>> from resources on Mars.
>>>
>>>Sure.
>>>
>>>The main question is how much complexity this entails, and how
>>>many people and what sort of technological organization this needs
>>>for a colony to work.
>>>
>>
>><snip irrelevancies>
>
>Not quite irrelevant, it shows that you need thousands of people
>working in the proposed Mars chemical industry alone to be able
>to make simple parts we take for granted here.
>

Or you'd have more automated equipment because people are more
expensive.  Or you teleoperate.  But yes, TOTAL self-sufficiency
(which we don't have in the United States, by the way) takes more than
a dozen people.  Incremental steps...

>> So what you've shown is that it's exactly what I claim; incremental
>> growth as you go.  You're not independent on Day 1.  You get that way
>> as you grow and add capability.  If it's cheaper to ship, you ship. If
>> it's cheaper to make, you make.  Industry makes these decisions all
>> the time here on Earth.  Why would Mars be different?
>
>I would tend to concur in principle.  In practice, the size of
>population you need to be even approach self-sustainability is
>quite large.
>
>The example above is for the chemical industry only.  Multiply this
>by a none-too-small factor for other relevant industries (metals,
>electrical, computers etc).  Other people will have to grow food,
>repair habitats, build machine tools, make drugs, mine resources,
>make (pharmaceutical) drugs, be doctors, teachers, nurses,
>hairdressers, make implements for daily life, ...
>
>You'll need a at least few hundred thousand people to get a mostly
>self-sufficient colony going, and you will need to supply them
>while the aren't yet self-sufficient.
>

How did you arrive at that number of people?  How much did you assume
was automated and/or being produced by something like a 3D printer?
None of this is magical technology.  We use more people-intensive
processes here because people are cheaper.  As people become more
expensive, they tend to be replaced by capital (machinery).  Jimp
thinks you need billions of people (300,000 (Pittsburgh) isn't enough)
and the entire output of planet Earth.  You've settled at around 2/3
the size of Pittsburgh.  I don't claim to know the number, but would
put it up in at least the thousands.  Elon Musk doesn't set a number
where it's magically a 'colony' but projects that Mars population hits
1 million sometime around 2070 (it'll probably be later than that by a
decade or two).  Like any sane approach, he starts with mere handfuls
of people and incrementally grows (unlike the Jimp the Chimp approach
that requires instantaneous millions).

And just how 'self sufficient' does a colony have to be in order to be
a 'colony'?  Remember, we used to ship shirts to China to have them
laundered and still ship scrap (plastic and steel) there to get it
recycled and shipped back to us.  Jimp the Chimp insists that it's not
a colony unless it is totally self-sufficient at a quality of life
similar to a rich suburb in Connecticut with a population of billions.
I think the bar is much lower both in quality of life and numbers; a
relatively small population (hundreds) that can manage survival
through an extended interruption in resupply is a 'colony' for me.  My
definition is closer to the classical Earthbound definition, where
colonies failed due to interruptions in supplies from back home.


-- 
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable 
 man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, 
 all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
                                      --George Bernard Shaw

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#569243

Fromjimp@specsol.spam.sux.com
Date2016-04-09 18:07 +0000
Message-ID<c0tntc-2gf.ln1@mail.specsol.com>
In reply to#569231
In sci.physics Fred J. McCall <fjmccall@gmail.com> wrote:

> And just how 'self sufficient' does a colony have to be in order to be
> a 'colony'?  Remember, we used to ship shirts to China to have them
> laundered and still ship scrap (plastic and steel) there to get it
> recycled and shipped back to us.  Jimp the Chimp insists that it's not
> a colony unless it is totally self-sufficient at a quality of life
> similar to a rich suburb in Connecticut with a population of billions.
> I think the bar is much lower both in quality of life and numbers; a
> relatively small population (hundreds) that can manage survival
> through an extended interruption in resupply is a 'colony' for me.  My
> definition is closer to the classical Earthbound definition, where
> colonies failed due to interruptions in supplies from back home.
 
There go those voices in your head again, space cadet.

A colony is not a true colony unless it has families with kids that 
voluntarily joined the colony and intend to spend their lives there.

A colony is not self sufficient until the members can survive without
resupply.

Survival in the New World meant you had to build shelter, find water,
and plant crops.

The things that usually caused failure in the New World were lack of proper
attention to the above, disease, attacks by indigenous people, who by the
way were not resupplied by Europe, and attacks from other European nation
states.


-- 
Jim Pennino

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