Mars Too Small to Be Habitable, New Study Suggests

[Revoltingest]

What about Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk. Maybe two day free shipping is the best means.

We'll see just how successful they'll be.
I think they underestimate the challenge's difficulty & risks.
And over-estimate the benefits.

 

[Revoltingest]

Most space exploration could be carried out by robot probes.

I agree.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

We'll see just how successful they'll be.
I think they underestimate the challenge's difficulty & risks.
And over-estimate the benefits.

Then there is the restocking fee.

Unmanned probes can get us much, if not all of the information we need much safer and much cheaper than manned missions. Still, there is always the desire to have a real person at the cutting edge. The worth of that may be in keeping governments and the public engaged and on board.

 

[Revoltingest]

Then there is the restocking fee.

Unmanned probes can get us much, if not all of the information we need much safer and much cheaper than manned missions. Still, there is always the desire to have a real person at the cutting edge. The worth of that may be in keeping governments and the public engaged and on board.

But sending people up there has the risk of the public
crying over the dying. Look what happened when the
last shuttle blew up.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

But sending people up there has the risk of the public
crying over the dying. Look what happened when the
last shuttle blew up.

Which is why I support the unmanned missions.

 

[Revoltingest]

Which is why I support the unmanned missions.

Same here.
And remote sensing.
Increasing computer capability will greatly benefit
unmanned missions. But humans....there are no
improvements on the horizon. There are no
programs to make them more survivable in space.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Same here.
And remote sensing.
Increasing computer capability will greatly benefit
unmanned missions. But humans....there are no
improvements on the horizon. There are no
programs to make them more survivable in space.

Some pretty big technological break throughs would have to happen.

The only big drawback is that our probes would crash into alien probes and they would repair themselves and bond.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Same here.
And remote sensing.
Increasing computer capability will greatly benefit
unmanned missions. But humans....there are no
improvements on the horizon. There are no
programs to make them more survivable in space.

I recall reading something a long while back regarding self-replicating probes and probes that could be used to harvest mineral resources. It seemed like a pretty interesting idea for exploring and mining without sending out people.

Basically send out a mother probe with the programing to make new versions out of native resources and then send those probes back home for the minerals or send them out to explore from the new location.

 

[Revoltingest]

Some pretty big technological break throughs would have to happen.

The only big drawback is that our probes would crash into alien probes and they would repair themselves and bond.

That never turns out well.

Nerd!

 

[Revoltingest]

I recall reading something a long while back regarding self-replicating probes and probes that could be used to harvest mineral resources. It seemed like a pretty interesting idea for exploring and mining without sending out people.

Basically send out a mother probe with the programing to make new versions out of native resources and then send those probes back home for the minerals or send them out to explore from the new location.

Sounds a long long way off.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Sounds a long long way off.

Purely conceptual now. But who knows what the future might bring.

 

[Revoltingest]

Purely conceptual now. But who knows what the future might bring.

I want replicators.
Imagine just saying the word "bacon", & it appears.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Sounds a long long way off.

It was a concept of John von Neumann. It has formed the basis of a few science fiction stories or as an element of such stories.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

I want replicators.
Imagine just saying the word "bacon", & it appears.

That would be handy for so many things, but spontaneously appearing bacon is tops on the list.

 

[Revoltingest]

It was a concept of John von Neumann. It has formed the basis of a few science fiction stories or as an element of such stories.

I used to read Alfred E von Neuman.

 

[Kooky]

I was already skeptical about its habitability considering its lack of an oxygen-rich atmosphere, magnetic field, water, and ecosphere, the micro dust and frequent sand storms, and its high levels of perchlorate that is toxic to humans.