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That's true, but stop to consider all the things we ARE doing... * Space Station that lasts 25 years * 3,000 satellites providing Internet Service * Mars rov
by HoldOnAMinute 9mo ago
That's true, but stop to consider all the things we ARE doing...
* Space Station that lasts 25 years
* 3,000 satellites providing Internet Service
* Mars rovers that run for 10+ years
* Flying helicopters on Mars
- antonvs 9mo ago> Space Station that lasts 25 years A small station, hosting a small number of people, orbiting very close to the surface of the Earth. > 3,000 satellites providing Internet Service …very close to the surface of the Earth. > Mars rovers that run for 10+ years On the closest planet to Earth that our equipment can survive on. Notably, we have nothing but melted slag on Venus. > Flying helicopters on Mars On the closest planet to Earth that our equipment can survive on. I don’t mean to detract from the achievements of our space programs. But we have to be realistic: we’re exploring the easiest bits of our local neighborhood, that’s all.
- chasil 9mo agoThe Kurzgesagt video on teraforming Venus is interesting. It only takes a thousand years, assuming perfect execution. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G-WO-z-QuWI https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G-WO-z-QuWI
- coldtea 9mo agoWe call it a "space" station. It's a glorified LEO station.
- theandrewbailey 9mo agoIt's more like a laboratory, and less like a ship/bus/train "station".
- Dylan16807 9mo agoStop to consider them for what purpose? Thinking they're cool? Yeah they're cool. But they have very little to do with interstellar travel, in the way that a canoe has little to do with investigating deep-sea vents.