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What is the point of going to Mars or the Moon?
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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What is the point of going to Mars or the Moon?
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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What is the point of going to Mars or the Moon?
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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What is the point of going to Mars or the Moon?
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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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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