Non - Space Race
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If Homo Sapiens doesn't continue trying new things, we wouldn't have all the things we currently take for granted.
The apothecarist, would still be knocking a hole in your skull, to release the evil spirits when you have a headache.
No vaccines would ever have come about.
Infant mortality would still be 30%.
We wouldn't communicate with one another, across the planet, instantaneously.
Etc.
From a sceptical viewpoint, I am concerned, that whichever country gets to Jupiter/Saturn/Uranus first, will declare it's their colony, simply because Jupiter is the largest pool of raw material in the Solar System.
The apothecarist, would still be knocking a hole in your skull, to release the evil spirits when you have a headache.
No vaccines would ever have come about.
Infant mortality would still be 30%.
We wouldn't communicate with one another, across the planet, instantaneously.
Etc.
From a sceptical viewpoint, I am concerned, that whichever country gets to Jupiter/Saturn/Uranus first, will declare it's their colony, simply because Jupiter is the largest pool of raw material in the Solar System.
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Star Player
I have every episode and feature film, on VHS cassette. Some may scoff but I'll never grow old (mentally). Haven't got Torchy The Battery Boy though
billythekid
UTC Legend
Sky
This could take place between 2033 to 2035, Yuri Borisov said.
Russia and China have been jointly working together on a lunar programme and hope the project will one day allow lunar settlements to be built.
"Today we are seriously considering a project - somewhere at the turn of 2033-2035 - to deliver and install a power unit on the lunar surface together with our Chinese colleagues," Mr Borisov said.
He explained solar panels would not be able to provide enough electricity to power future lunar settlements, while nuclear power could.
"This is a very serious challenge... it should be done in automatic mode, without the presence of humans," he said of the possible plan.
Mr Borisov also discussed Russian plans to build a nuclear-powered cargo spaceship.
He said all the technical questions concerning the project had been solved apart from finding a solution on how to cool the nuclear reactor.
"We are indeed working on a space tugboat. This huge, cyclopean structure that would be able, thanks to a nuclear reactor and a high-power turbines... to transport large cargoes from one orbit to another, collect space debris and engage in many other applications," Mr Borisov said.
Russia's first moon mission in 47 years failed last year after the Luna-25 spacecraft spun out of control and crashed.
Meanwhile China last month said it aimed to put the first Chinese astronaut on the moon before 2030.
Russia considering putting a nuclear power plant on the moon with China
The head of Russia's space agency has said Moscow and Beijing are "seriously considering" putting a nuclear power plant on the moon.This could take place between 2033 to 2035, Yuri Borisov said.
Russia and China have been jointly working together on a lunar programme and hope the project will one day allow lunar settlements to be built.
"Today we are seriously considering a project - somewhere at the turn of 2033-2035 - to deliver and install a power unit on the lunar surface together with our Chinese colleagues," Mr Borisov said.
He explained solar panels would not be able to provide enough electricity to power future lunar settlements, while nuclear power could.
"This is a very serious challenge... it should be done in automatic mode, without the presence of humans," he said of the possible plan.
Mr Borisov also discussed Russian plans to build a nuclear-powered cargo spaceship.
He said all the technical questions concerning the project had been solved apart from finding a solution on how to cool the nuclear reactor.
"We are indeed working on a space tugboat. This huge, cyclopean structure that would be able, thanks to a nuclear reactor and a high-power turbines... to transport large cargoes from one orbit to another, collect space debris and engage in many other applications," Mr Borisov said.
Russia's first moon mission in 47 years failed last year after the Luna-25 spacecraft spun out of control and crashed.
Meanwhile China last month said it aimed to put the first Chinese astronaut on the moon before 2030.
Def_II_Royalz
Star Player
Sounds like someone over there has been watching too much For All Mankind.
northstandmark
UTC Legend
Boffins propose fiber-optic network for the Moon
Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in the US are proposing the deployment of a fiber-optic network on the Moon to probe our natural satellite's interior by detecting seismic waves.
I wonder if they'd still have to periodically turn their ISP router off and back on again when the connection dies.
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TrevorMorganFanClub
Star Player
I'm always sceptical about electrical things being built on the moon due to the excessively long earth cable required.
Ken Baileys Ghost
Plastic
It's the first step in the Russians exploiting the moon's natural wealth.
Large scale cheese mining is their long term ambition.
Kudos
UTC Legend
They didn't find oil
Me too. Same happened to me and mine. Aborted launch due to adverse weather in southern Spain. P'd off doesn't cover it. Oh well, safety first.
