Space

By special request of KaiYves, during our sojourn on the “Muse Academy” blog.

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38 Responses to Space

  1. ΡÖŞΏĈ says:

    Terraforming. What does everyone think of it?

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  2. The Man For Aeiou says:

    It’s a good book. *Laughs*
    No, Real, I think it’s highly impossible.

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  3. ΡÖŞΏĈ says:

    2- *laughs* Thank you.
    Highly impossible? Improbable, yes, but think about how Earth looked a few billion years ago.
    Or do you mean practically impossible as opposed to theoretically? In that case, I’d have to say I agree. The costs would be astronomical, and the rewards, if any, would be millions of years in the future. I don’t think that human beings are capable of that kind of organization.

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  4. ΡÖŞΏĈ says:

    And cooperation.

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  5. The Man For Aeiou says:

    3- Yeah. It’s possible, but not for Humans to do. You can do it in theory.

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  6. ΡÖŞΏĈ says:

    OK, that topic’s pretty much done for, unless someone happens by with a different view.
    What’s everybody’s take on human colonization of other planets? (terraforming optional)

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  7. The Man For Aeiou says:

    Good.

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  8. ΡÖŞΏĈ says:

    7- “Good that terraforming’s optional”, or “colonization of other planets is a good topic”?

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  9. The Man For Aeiou says:

    8- no, Human Colonization is good.

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  10.  ¡Red-tailed HAWK!  [9,237 piepoints ©, 16 spdzk points and 22 KAG points] �|� says:

    If humans think they are smart enough to fix another planet for themselves to live on (otherwise known as ruining the place) and to move there, they are plenty smart enough to fix up their own planet to working order. We have no business ruining other planets for our own greed; it’s bad enough what we’ve done to our own.

    Red-tailed HAWK :D :D :D

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  11. The Man For Aeiou says:

    10- I see it as a way to stop overpopulation.

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  12.  ¡Red-tailed HAWK!  [9,237 piepoints ©, 16 spdzk points and 22 KAG points] �|� says:

    11-Is it easier to fly to another planet, turn it inside out to make it faintly livable, move all our stuff and people up there, and set up new cities and farms and factories and stores or is it easier to face the fact that we have an overpopulation problem and deal with it here? If we are smart and rich enough to do the former, then we are smart and rich enough to realize we are really smart and rich enough to deal with the problem here :D *Dizziness from long sentence :D :D :D *

    I don’t know if that made sense, but hopefully it did…

    Also, is ruining another planet just because we don’t want to deal with overpopulation okay? And who do we send up there? Poor people in other countries who have no control over what happens? I’m not trying to be mean, I’m just seeing if your plan accounts for these major issues…

    Red-tailed HAWK :D :D :D

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  13. Koko's Apprentice says:

    I think human colonization is a good idea, as long as we don’t try to share the planet with some aliens. Then we would be ruining their planet as well as our own.

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  14. KaiYves says:

    Thanks, GAPAs!
    6- Colonization is important because we have no idea what may happen in the future. If a big asteroid hits Earth again, we’re toast. No more humans…
    But if you are a multi-planet civilization, you are safer in that respect. If Earth is hit by a big asteroid, your settlements on the Moon, Mars, Ceres, etc. are still fine and there will still be humans.

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  15. The Man For Aeiou says:

    12- Lets look at it like this:
    We have 6 Billion people. If we send 1/3 to the moon, 1/3 to mars and 1/3 stays on earth, then The 1/3 on earth (Made of up of poor, middle, and upper classes.) with be in charge of helping clean it up. the 2/3 in space will settle those planets, and lead research efforts.
    Look, The Problem of Global Warming is caused by Overpopulation.

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  16. ΡÖŞΏĈ says:

    15- Partly so. However, although I think that colonization is a good thing to do in the long term, I also think that we should clean up our act down here first.

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  17. The Man For Aeiou says:

    16- Agreed.

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  18. MissSwann, who just got back from DC!!!! says:

    I have a bad association with space. My evil science teacher taught it all last year. Yes, all of last year.

    16- Wholly agreed.

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  19. Kiki the Great says:

    16- Most definitely.

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  20. Cat's Meow says:

    In my science class we were supposed to learn about space. And weather, for that matter. But our science teacher taught us something different, which I can’t even remember right now.

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  21. KaiYves says:

    Does anybody else follow missions in their free time?

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  22.  ¡Red-tailed HAWK!  [9,237 piepoints ©, 16 spdzk points and 22 KAG points] �|� says:

    Folks, I don’t think it necessary to point out that PC just restated what I said. Just so I get my full credit and all ;)

    Red-tailed HAWK :D :D :D

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  23. Alice says:

    2- I’m glad you think so. The science is rather messed up, however.

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  24. Gaea says:

    1- Geuseundheit! (or however you spell it)
    I think the best parts of space are the black holes and the space-time continum. General Relativity’s pretty cool, too.
    Does that count as space?

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  25. KaiYves says:

    24- I guess so. I can grasp Relativity, but String Theory is just beyond me.
    What’s your favorite planet? I’d say either Mars or Saturn.

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  26. The Man For Aeiou says:

    25- String theory is currently being rethought.

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  27. speller73, Lady of the 4 spdzk points says:

    21 – Occasionally. Mostly I don’t have free time.

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  28. KaiYves says:

    See my last post on Hare-athon for the motivation behind this song:
    To the tune of The Beatles’ Can’t Buy Me Love:
    We’d show you Saturn’s rings my friend
    If it makes you feel alright
    We’d flyby anything my friend
    If our purse wasn’t so light
    We give all we have to give but there’s not much we can do
    We’re always hard-pressed for money
    ‘Cause NASA don’t get no love

    Don’t get no love
    NASA dpn’t get no love
    Don’t get no love
    Don’t get no love, get no loe

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  29. KaiYves says:

    Excuse any gramatical errors in the last post, the comments box shrank to nothing and I was typing blind.

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  30. Kokonilly [1 spdzk point and 100 piepoints] says:

    28 – *laughs* Good one.

    26 – We watched a video in science last year. It mentioned the string theory, and everybody went around saying “spaghettification” all day long. I luuuurve that word.

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  31. KaiYves says:

    Spirit has been saved!
    O Most Excelent Day!

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  32. The Man For Aeiou says:

    30- Hmm. I wonder if any string theorist’s are People Of the FSM.

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  33. Kokonilly [1 spdzk point and 100 piepoints] says:

    32 – I don’t know. Maybe… that would be weird!!!

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  34. KaiYves says:

    Four hours until Endeavour touches down.
    All looks well.

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  35. Princess_Magnolia says:

    This is an extremely short, dead thread. A short, dead thread. A short … OK, I’m stopping now. In fact, I’m going to hit comment even though this is a PoPo, and risk being zapped or yelled at by PoPoPolice. Oh dear. This has become a very pointless post. How to save it? Ah yes, say something about space – I HOPE THERE IS LIFE ON THAT NEW PLANET THAT IS 42 LIGHT YEARS FROM EARTH AND I’M SURE THAT KAIYVES WELL TELL US IF THERE IS …

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  36. Princess_Magnolia says:

    Hold on, didn’t LBK post here?? Recently? Did she get retrozapped? *confusion*

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  37. Luna the Lovely says:

    Hang on a sec……Why is this old Space thread still open? Don’t we have a new one that people have been posting on recently? (I just got sent here by the random link button)

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  38. Hm. That is confusing. I’ll close this one.

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