Why not try making bases on the Moon instead of directly trying to go on Mars? Wouldn't it make things easier and less dangerous?
>>8117512
We choose to go to Mars in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win.
>>8117519
/thread
>>8117519
and the others, too!
>>8117519
yeah, we are hedonist and do what we expect to please us.
We would still have to move everything that is to make a part of that ship, as well as everything that is needed to put that ship together and make it stand upright, to the moon.
We also got to make sure so that a big amount of people can be moved to the moon, fed and housed, then work for some time to put the ship together.
This most likely not by trained astronauts but by normal workers.
https://youtu.be/j2Mu8qfVb5I
>>8117512
Neither will happen so why not choose the bigger bullshit to get som votes from nerds like you?
>>8117519
We could do something hard AND usedul by building the first Bernal Sphere at Earth-Moon L5.
>>8117704
>Mars
>not venus
lol
Moon mass driver when?
>>8117512
That's a good question, It would be easier because it is nearest to Earth and we had already been there.
>>8117704
>Robert Zubrin
Jesus Christ it's like the Joker with a PHD in in aerospace engineering. In an alternate universe this is Elon Musks arch nemesis.
>>8117512
You wouldn't gain all that much, the moon is still pretty massive and you couldn't take advantage of the oberth effect as well as a launch from Earth would.
>>8117704
He really let himself go
>>8117767
800 DEGREES
Why not try making bases in Antarctica before going to the Moon? Hell even invading Greenland or Canada would make more sense. How is Denmark or Canada going to defend themselves?
>>8118070
We make bases in deserts. Next question.
>>8118072
we got one in Antarctica too, it's been abandoned for a few years due to lack of funding tho. Dessert one is more popular.
What is the point of making a base on the Moon?
>>8117512
Because there's no reason to do any of these other than to live off of funding. Just like all that LHC bullshit.
>>8118119
Harvesting Helium-3 was attractive in the late 80s/early 90s when we were still thinking of fission powered space vehicles. Now, there's really no point, other that to say we did it. We can say we did it with Mars and that is a greater, better leap in this particular stage of stellar travel.
