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Old January 18th 21, 06:38 PM posted to sci.space.policy
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What is the point of going to Mars or the Moon, besides having a look
around? One reason I could think of was for archival purposes, in case
some thing bad happened to the home world (Earth), there could be
re-establishment of civilization. It would be nice to come down like
aliens for afar, enlighten people, and get them rebuilding a few cities.
There are a lot of species with agricultural and farming use, but not
sure if actually need to store seeds/embryos, or the genetic data and
then make them up again with genetic engineering and a restore from digital.

Archival generally doesn't make economic sense, and is best provided by
government. Non-profit might make promises, but doesn't always deliver.
e.g. archive.org lost some data permanently a few years ago.

Also it would be nice to have a feature, visible with the naked eye on
the Moon, that showed a human construction. Should do some figures, but
maybe needing a basic x50 telescope would make the scheme practical.
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Old January 19th 21, 12:13 PM posted to sci.space.policy
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On 18/01/2021 17:38, Dave wrote:
What is the point of going to Mars or the Moon, besides having a look
around?Â* One reason I could think of was for archival purposes, in case
some thing bad happened to the home world (Earth), there could be
re-establishment of civilization.Â* It would be nice to come down like
aliens for afar, enlighten people, and get them rebuilding a few cities.
There are a lot of species with agricultural and farming use, but not
sure if actually need to store seeds/embryos, or the genetic data and
then make them up again with genetic engineering and a restore from
digital.

Archival generally doesn't make economic sense, and is best provided by
government.Â* Non-profit might make promises, but doesn't always deliver.
e.g. archive.org lost some data permanently a few years ago.

Also it would be nice to have a feature, visible with the naked eye on
the Moon, that showed a human construction. Should do some figures, but
maybe needing a basic x50 telescope would make the scheme practical.

This should get hashtag #tagthemoon The advantage here is that viewing
would be one of those things every right thinking person would want to
do once in their lifetime, causing a global consciousness shift.
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Old January 19th 21, 08:03 PM posted to sci.space.policy
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On 19/01/2021 11:13, Dave wrote:
On 18/01/2021 17:38, Dave wrote:
What is the point of going to Mars or the Moon, besides having a look
around?Â* One reason I could think of was for archival purposes, in
case some thing bad happened to the home world (Earth), there could be
re-establishment of civilization.Â* It would be nice to come down like
aliens for afar, enlighten people, and get them rebuilding a few cities.
There are a lot of species with agricultural and farming use, but not
sure if actually need to store seeds/embryos, or the genetic data and
then make them up again with genetic engineering and a restore from
digital.

Archival generally doesn't make economic sense, and is best provided
by government.Â* Non-profit might make promises, but doesn't always
deliver. e.g. archive.org lost some data permanently a few years ago.

Also it would be nice to have a feature, visible with the naked eye on
the Moon, that showed a human construction. Should do some figures,
but maybe needing a basic x50 telescope would make the scheme practical.

This should get hashtag #tagthemoonÂ* The advantage here is that viewing
would be one of those things every right thinking person would want to
do once in their lifetime, causing a global consciousness shift.

In terms of achieving this the main thing is to not to have to take
paint there. If you could plough a visible line in the dust with solar
powered robots, it is completely practical. e.g. Assume visual acuity
is 3mm at 3meters (tested today). So if the moon is 400,000 km away,
need a line 400 km wide. Too big, but with a good x50 telescope, this
might go down to 8km wide, so if you could find a nice big dusty crater
which catches the light in the right way you could definitely make a
surface disturbance 8km wide, and maybe a 64x64 image 512km square.
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Old January 19th 21, 09:00 PM posted to sci.space.policy
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On 1/19/2021 2:03 PM, Dave wrote:
This should get hashtag #tagthemoonÂ* The advantage here is that
viewing would be one of those things every right thinking person would
want to do once in their lifetime, causing a global consciousness shift.


Absolutely, and with proper funding from a well-heeled donor, the right
number of solar-powered robotic excavators working 24/7 during lunar
daylight within a few years we could get the following global symbol of
consciousness visible for all to see with only a 50x telescope:

https://logos-download.com/wp-conten..._logo_coke.png


#tagthemoonwiththerealthing

A different,
Dave
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Old January 20th 21, 05:01 AM posted to sci.space.policy
William Elliot[_4_]
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Default What is the point of going to Mars or the Moon?

On Mon, 18 Jan 2021, Dave wrote:

What is the point of going to Mars or the Moon, besides having a look
around? One reason I could think of was for archival purposes, in
case some thing bad happened to the home world (Earth), there could be
re-establishment of civilization. It would be nice to come down like
aliens for afar, enlighten people, and get them rebuilding a few
cities.


Our cullturn will not survive long enought to personally reach Mars.

There are a lot of species with agricultural and farming use, but not
sure if actually need to store seeds/embryos, or the genetic data and
then make them up again with genetic engineering and a restore from
digital.

Archival generally doesn't make economic sense, and is best provided
by government. Non-profit might make promises, but doesn't always
deliver. e.g. archive.org lost some data permanently a few years ago.

Also it would be nice to have a feature, visible with the naked eye on
the Moon, that showed a human construction. Should do some figures,
but maybe needing a basic x50 telescope would make the scheme
practical.

 




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