I think we need to colonize Saturn's rings - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: In Vacuo Veritas
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 24, 2018, 04:03:08 pm
content: In order to protect the species from Comet Doom, and put our eggs in different baskets, I propose we detonate a few nuclear bombs in Saturn's rings so we can mine the ice there.Once we have set up a robust Saturn cloud colony, I have a theory based on fecal cerebral incontinence that by simply wishing hard enough it will become true.I'll add some artist's impressions, some vaguely scientific terms, maybe some dog whistles and get all the nerds whipped up into a frenzy.Who's with me?Star Trek is REAL TO ME!!!

author: schmitt trigger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 24, 2018, 04:17:42 pm
content: I actually like Pluto better, to enjoy some quiet and solitude.And as the Solar-system's highest elevation point (well, at least for some of the time) you have a vantage point of the Solar system.

author: In Vacuo Veritas
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 24, 2018, 04:32:25 pm
content: Quote from: schmitt trigger on July 24, 2018, 04:17:42 pmPluto is not even a planet. Try to pay attention, I am charting the future of the human species here, this isn't something to be taken lightly or trivial. It makes me feel important to discuss such pressing matters.

author: schmitt trigger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 24, 2018, 04:39:15 pm
content: I truly apologize for my deep ignorance. Indeed, Pluto has been demoted to a Proto planet!However, the view of Charon and the other moonlets would prove to be irresistible!I still vote Pluto.

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 24, 2018, 04:40:08 pm
content: Quote from: In Vacuo Veritas on July 24, 2018, 04:03:08 pmFew moments after the major detonations at the rings ... "Houston, expecting major storm of debris & splinters with sized of an island each are heading toward you ... over & out "

author: metrologist
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 24, 2018, 04:46:06 pm
content: mission accomplished

author: In Vacuo Veritas
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 24, 2018, 04:52:55 pm
content: Good, I'll set up the GoFundMe.I'll save the human race even if I have to write a sci-fi novel to do it!

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 24, 2018, 04:54:50 pm
content: Quote from: In Vacuo Veritas on July 24, 2018, 04:03:08 pmKnowing full well which thread you are coming from, this is lame.

author: In Vacuo Veritas
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 24, 2018, 05:13:56 pm
content: Quote from: ebastler on July 24, 2018, 04:54:50 pmFine, stay on Earth with your silly 101 KPa pressure, your 20C temperature, your 1G gravity field, your silly liquid water and food and trees.Some of us are above that silly materialism and are plotting the Holy Space Destiny of Humanity in the Galaxy, if not the entireuniverse. Computers got better, soanythingis possible.

author: Gregg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 24, 2018, 07:15:17 pm
content: Quote from: In Vacuo Veritas on July 24, 2018, 05:13:56 pmPlease go quietly and take as many religious leaders, politicians, lawyers, marketing wankers and other career criminals with you.They’ll none of them be missed.

author: BillB
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 24, 2018, 07:19:35 pm
content: Have you considered colonizing Uranus?

author: In Vacuo Veritas
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 24, 2018, 07:20:37 pm
content: Quote from: BillB on July 24, 2018, 07:19:35 pmDinosaurs made the same joke. Where are they now?

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 25, 2018, 12:29:21 am
content: Waiting for you?

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 25, 2018, 12:44:05 am
content: Quote from: schmitt trigger on July 24, 2018, 04:39:15 pmPluto looks like it's name sake, it wins.

author: TheNewLab
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2018, 08:46:28 am
content: so long as some idiot does not nuke our planet, it will happen.Today (er,yesterday) BBC and others announced water below the surface of Mars. several kilometers big.How long I do not know, but one thing needs to happen on earth and that is longer average lifespan. perhaps even push it with us having cyborg-like features. say 150 yrs ave, and 200 with stem cell regeneration and a collection a 3D printer part replacements for our bodies?We need longer just for the education required today. Not just science and tech, we also need to become expert at social and psychological concerns, advanced training in creating harmonious societies and assorted community structures, etc.I know a University professor that has noticed that her students take serious interest of what will be happening 100 years from now. They all expect to be alive then...so,it will happen

author: In Vacuo Veritas
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2018, 02:37:06 pm
content: Quote from: TheNewLab on July 27, 2018, 08:46:28 am

author: a59d1
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2018, 01:39:39 pm
content: I vote for IVV to be sent to the gulag. Clearly they will find life more enjoyable there, as everything is well-defined and nothing interesting is possible.Oh, wait - In Vacuo Veritas is (or claims to be) Canadian. Problem solved.

author: Jwalling
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 28, 2018, 05:03:24 pm
content: Do whatever you want. Just stay away from Europa. Attempt no landing there.

author: BrianHG
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2018, 06:47:58 pm
content: @In Vacuo Veritas, just join Isaac Arthur's web channel. Though he has a few videos dealing with FTL technology, everything else he deals with in space and our future deals with what we can truly accomplish and in what amount of time and where in space we can get with current knowledge today, using real numbers and physical facts.You will see how small and puny Star Trek is compared to the kind of civilizations we can create and where we can actually travel and how commerce and interaction would operate over such large distances and times. I expect a thanks after the first 50 episodes or so... It's gonna take a month solid straight of watching to get through them. Hint, stick with episodes with at least 100k views...Isaac Arthur's Channel :https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g/videos?view=0&flow=grid&sort=daStart from the beginning, or around year 2 as his quality, subscribers and supporters begin to increase radically...

author: mtdoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2018, 06:58:54 pm
content: Take it easy on the dreamers, IVV. They can’t drink reality from a fire hose.Let them dream..

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 29, 2018, 11:20:13 am
content: There are mountains in the rings of Saturn. Probably make a great tourist destination.https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/resources/5115/the-tallest-peaks/Unless they are very large condo apartments. In which case it already is a tourist destination.

author: schmitt trigger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 30, 2018, 02:18:55 pm
content: TH:What an extraordinary photo! Thanks for sharing.Speaking now in jest:I have changed my mind. I don't want to retire to Pluto anymore. Saturn looks to be far more interesting!