Space Shuttle Columbia crashed when attempting to land this morning. Crew members are presumed dead. Space travel remains an experimental process and failures...
... needs ... If you've figured out how we can survive without the biosphere, I'd like to know. ... species, on ... Sometimes we adapt the environment to suit...
hey Xaonon, where can i get some? ... try living *without* one. ... within the special limits, of the given species. similarly for interacting groups of...
... Someone's going to say it, so it might as well be me: this disaster only underscores the need for a more reliable, safer method of travel between orbit and...
I am sorry if this seems like Spam. I have been very busy today. I have had too many instant messages on my screen all morning. At one point I had 20 open...
... Easy. Solar cells collect power (and an order of magnitude more efficiently than plants at that); water can be electrolyzed to get oxygen; food can be ...
... What about the psychological aspects of it? How would humans stand up to this sort of environment mentally and emotionally? (I don't know, one way or the...
... People differ. My best friend loves grey weather; I need to see blue sky for about two hours every day, else my mood and efficiency suffer. It remains to...
... What about it? O'Neill cylinders can be made about as cushy as you like. If you prefer something more solid underfoot, you can throw a bubble around an...
... which it's ... efficiently ... can be ... better, but ... Do you seriously think that we will soon be capable of building artificial environments capable...
I'm coming into this discussion in midstream, so forgive any mixups or misunderstandings... On Sunday, February 02, 2003 4:54 PM Ben Sibelman ... Side comment:...
Technotranscendence
neptune@...
Feb 2, 2003 10:05 pm
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... Why not? There's plenty of resources out there, and enough sunlight to power our equipment. The asteroids should last us a few hundred years at the...
Thanks, Xaonon. I was about to unsubscribe when I read this message. At least someone here has a sense of humor. I think I'll stick around at least through...
... Please go tera-destruct some other planet and leave this one for the rest of us. But before you do that, I suggest a cheaper initial alternative test...
Sci-Fi Today was the first Google recognized news service to suggest the space elevator as a viable alternative to the space shuttle in wake of Saturday's...
... Be fair, the context is "if a situation were to develop in which it's either us or the biosphere"; I read that to mean that either humanity (or at least...
I hope the moderator doesn't mind this message. I am currently working on a sci fi project and website and I need other people to contribute to it. If nothing...
... Is there a copy of this available for download somewhere, or is it a strictly meatspace item? -- Xaonon, EAC Chief of Mad Scientists and informal BAAWA, aa...
I've been reading the latest flurry of postings and I'm not certain who said what, but I'm going to address some of the questions, claims, assumptions, etc. In...
Someone wrote: [A planetary ecosystem is a luxury, not a necessity.] <> All planets have an "ecosystem". You can alter an ecosystem, kill some or all life...
... Since the media lives for talking heads, who are the potential talking heads for SE? Jerry -- Jerry Irvine, Box 1242, Claremont, California 91711 USA ...
Jerry Irvine
01rocket@...
Feb 3, 2003 2:10 pm
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Failure feeds eventual success and from the space shuttle disaster we'll see important space tech advances. If anything the shuttle crash will expedite, not...
Thank you. It's all very well to talk as if macrotechnologies that will save humanity will become feasible before a crisis occurs, but the fact is that we...
i'm glad to hear some concern for our fellow earth-passengers- although my concern with our bio-sphere was mainly from the 'bird in the hand' P.O.V. our...
I too think that, NASA and the other space agencies, have to find more reliable and more efficient methods of space travelling. Of course this a very sad day,...
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