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Wouldn't that be too expensive a project to go all the way to moon to exploit these points of temperature difference?
by kingsidharth 16y ago
Wouldn't that be too expensive a project to go all the way to moon to exploit these points of temperature difference?
- maeon3 16y agoThe best hope humans have for space exploration is a space arms race. You want space exploration? Then go to China and get them put some weapons ready for launch on the moon. That will cause US military operations on the moon inside 2 years. And the units will hunger for services. If the US is going to go broke with constant war, we might as well explore the space battlefield while we are at it.
- eru 16y agoSo much for government space exploration. I hope that private initiatives will take over.
- InclinedPlane 16y agoThe best hope humans have for space colonization is increasing the wealth of human civilization (which is already happening at an exponential rate). Over time the relative cost of manned space exploration drops, more so as technology improves. It's just a matter of time until it hits a threshold of self-sustaining criticality (we may already be past that threshold today, but it's a little too soon to tell).
- yters 16y agoI don't get why people care about space exploration. And, a space arms race is only going to see how best to create satellite weapons. There isn't much point to go out further than that, unless we want to drop the moon on someone. Much better is sea exploration: 70% of the earth and much more material for living.
- dwc 16y agoThat's a little backward. If you were going to the moon (either human or robotic) and wanted to operate there for any significant length of time then it becomes desirable to have a source of renewable power on site.