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A magic Space Station that flies too...
Imagine if this could be done in the next 30 years, we'd have not only
established a foothold at a single location like the Moon or Mars... but the whole solar system could become within reach! http://uk.geocities.com/aa_spaceagen...arth-ring.html And the stars too... Kill all birds with just one stone... or one asteroid for that matter! Other than simply the long timescales necessary for such a project, I don't see any reason why we can't or should not do this... Abdul Ahad |
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That is the most interesting idea ive ever read... I wonder what the cost of
doing that would be though... To much. Do you think it would avoid radiation problems.??? because of the thick surface area etc. "AA Institute" wrote in message om... Imagine if this could be done in the next 30 years, we'd have not only established a foothold at a single location like the Moon or Mars... but the whole solar system could become within reach! http://uk.geocities.com/aa_spaceagen...arth-ring.html And the stars too... Kill all birds with just one stone... or one asteroid for that matter! Other than simply the long timescales necessary for such a project, I don't see any reason why we can't or should not do this... Abdul Ahad |
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"Micky" wrote in message
... Do you think it would avoid radiation problems.??? because of the thick surface area etc. One doesn't really need anything beyond 2 meters of shielding, even for life-time exposures. -- Regards, Mike Combs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Member of the National Non-sequitur Society. We may not make much sense, but we do like pizza. |
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I disagree. If you are going to be travelling on a one way trip. And totally
independant posibly not returning to earth in hundreds of years I think you do..... "Mike Combs" wrote in message ... "Micky" wrote in message ... Do you think it would avoid radiation problems.??? because of the thick surface area etc. One doesn't really need anything beyond 2 meters of shielding, even for life-time exposures. -- Regards, Mike Combs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Member of the National Non-sequitur Society. We may not make much sense, but we do like pizza. |
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"Micky" wrote in message
... I disagree. If you are going to be travelling on a one way trip. And totally independant posibly not returning to earth in hundreds of years I think you do..... "Mike Combs" wrote One doesn't really need anything beyond 2 meters of shielding, even for life-time exposures. You are basing your opinion, as far as I can tell, on what you "think". I'm basing my opinion on peer-reviewed NASA studies: http://lifesci3.arc.nasa.gov/SpaceSe.../5appendE.html -- Regards, Mike Combs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Member of the National Non-sequitur Society. We may not make much sense, but we do like pizza. |
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You are basing your opinion, as far as I can tell, on what you "think". I can't imagine a better thing for any person to base their opinions on. |
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Micky wrote:
I disagree. If you are going to be travelling on a one way trip. And totally independant posibly not returning to earth in hundreds of years I think you do..... More mass means more energy to get to useful speeds, or lower speeds, with more cosmic ray exposure. (at least on the outside of this thing). Does it really have to have interior radiation levels lower than is typical at sea level on Earth, where humans have survived for 'hundreds' of years quite well? You will not, after all, be passing near espically nasty sources like flare stars or black holes... -- You know what to remove, to reply.... |
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Does it really have to have interior radiation levels lower than is
typical at sea level on Earth, where humans have survived for 'hundreds' of years quite well? Actually, human communities have lived for "centuries" at approx. 5000m in the Andes and Himalayas, where cosmic rems are even higher. So that may be an acceptable baseline for deep-space travel. |
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"Micky" wrote in message ...
That is the most interesting idea ive ever read... I wonder what the cost of doing that would be though... To much. Do you think it would avoid radiation problems.??? because of the thick surface area etc. An asteroid exterior, by its very nature, is designed with *protection* of human and life support cargos in mind. It's rock/metal composition offers the ultimate in strength and *durability* against not just radiation but all the cosmic elements likely to be encountered on voyages spanning thousands of years. I do not see cost as the bottleneck to this or any other project, I see the prohibition on launching *nuclear* reactors and warheads into space as the ultimate constraining force to all human progression in the present era. Technically, a state of *WAR* exists between the inhabitants of planet Earth fighting to expand out into the cosmos and the surrounding cosmic adversities levelled at humanity to keep it cocooned in on one planet where it was born! (Now you're gonna say I sound like a philosopher!!!) In such a state of *WAR*, we should not have to wait 13 months to orbit a probe around the Moon (e.g. Europe's SMART-1 arriving at lunar orbit next month) or waiting several years to reach one small asteroid using some puny ion-propulsion gismo! No, this is no time to be relying on solar-electric propulsion. That to me is like fighting someone with match sticks... who's using guns against you! What we need are some heavy duty NUCLEAR blasters that get us to nearby solar system bodies in weeks! Get countries like Iran, North Korea and any other "axis of evils" who stand in the way of human progression under manners, and we can safely lift the ban on nuclear launches to outer space. Then we're in a position to start carving out bases on the Moon, blasting asteroids to Earth to build STARSHIPS, blasting astronauts to Mars and beyond...in no time at all. Abdul Ahad |
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