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LastTomorrow 04/28/21 1:10:36 PM #1:	Why are we heading back to the moon first? Was the moon landing fake? Is that why we or anyone else hasn't yet? --- Waffle, waffle, waffle <cite>LastTomorrow posted [p:953325410] in Why is we'... [t:79429779]...</cite> <quote>Why are we heading back to the moon first? Was the moon landing fake? Is that why we or anyone else hasn't yet? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 04/28/21 1:11:44 PM #2:	The shuttle program pretty much ruined everything else. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:953325441] in Why is we'... [t:79429779]...</cite> <quote>The shuttle program pretty much ruined everything else. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
monkmith 04/28/21 1:12:09 PM #3:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Gateway --- Taarsidath-an halsaam. Quando il gioco e finito, il re e il pedone vanno nella stessa scatola <cite>monkmith posted [p:953325463] in Why is we'... [t:79429779]...</cite> <quote>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Gateway </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Compsognathus 04/28/21 1:12:19 PM #4:	Is it even possible to live on the moon for an extended period of time without permanently fucking up your muscles and skeleton? --- Gheb is my other account <cite>Compsognathus posted [p:953325469] in Why is we'... [t:79429779]...</cite> <quote>Is it even possible to live on the moon for an extended period of time without permanently fucking up your muscles and skeleton? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
monkmith 04/28/21 1:13:17 PM #5:	Compsognathus posted... Is it even possible to live on the moon for an extended period of time without permanently fucking up your muscles and skeleton? no. but the same holds pretty true for mars too. we're not meant to live anywhere else but earth, doesn't mean we wont do it eventually. --- Taarsidath-an halsaam. Quando il gioco e finito, il re e il pedone vanno nella stessa scatola <cite>monkmith posted [p:953325501] in Why is we'... [t:79429779]...</cite> <quote>Compsognathus posted... </cite> <quote>Is it even possible to live on the moon for an extended period of time without permanently fucking up your muscles and skeleton?</quote>no. but the same holds pretty true for mars too. we're not meant to live anywhere else but earth, doesn't mean we wont do it eventually. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 04/28/21 1:16:30 PM #6:	Compsognathus posted... Is it even possible to live on the moon for an extended period of time without permanently fucking up your muscles and skeleton? Probably less so than some zero-G orbital station, where people have stayed for about a year. The bigger problem is that the moon is essentially made of asbestos. https://www.universetoday.com/96208/the-moon-is-toxic/ <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:953325623] in Why is we'... [t:79429779]...</cite> <quote>Compsognathus posted... </cite> <quote>Is it even possible to live on the moon for an extended period of time without permanently fucking up your muscles and skeleton?</quote>Probably less so than some zero-G orbital station, where people have stayed for about a year. The bigger problem is that the moon is essentially made of asbestos. https://www.universetoday.com/96208/the-moon-is-toxic/ </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Compsognathus 04/28/21 1:23:28 PM #7:	Questionmarktarius posted... Probably less so than some zero-G orbital station, where people have stayed for about a year. The bigger problem is that the moon is essentially made of asbestos. https://www.universetoday.com/96208/the-moon-is-toxic/ Yeah, I suppose the idea of a colony to me implies that people would be there on an extended period of time in way that most our space expeditions aren't. --- Gheb is my other account <cite>Compsognathus posted [p:953325860] in Why is we'... [t:79429779]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite> <quote>Probably less so than some zero-G orbital station, where people have stayed for about a year. The bigger problem is that the moon is essentially made of asbestos. https://www.universetoday.com/96208/the-moon-is-toxic/</quote>Yeah, I suppose the idea of a colony to me implies that people would be there on an extended period of time in way that most our space expeditions aren't. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CapnMuffin 04/28/21 1:26:51 PM #8:	A futuristic resort on the moon where you could experience the low gravity would be pretty cool. <cite>CapnMuffin posted [p:953325993] in Why is we'... [t:79429779]...</cite> <quote>A futuristic resort on the moon where you could experience the low gravity would be pretty cool. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
monkmith 04/28/21 1:29:17 PM #9:	Questionmarktarius posted... Probably less so than some zero-G orbital station, where people have stayed for about a year. The bigger problem is that the moon is essentially made of asbestos. https://www.universetoday.com/96208/the-moon-is-toxic/ and mars is full of perchlorates in the soil https://www.space.com/21554-mars-toxic-perchlorate-chemicals.html no non-earth planet is going to lack in hazards. trick will be figuring out how to use them. --- Taarsidath-an halsaam. Quando il gioco e finito, il re e il pedone vanno nella stessa scatola <cite>monkmith posted [p:953326066] in Why is we'... [t:79429779]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite> <quote>Probably less so than some zero-G orbital station, where people have stayed for about a year. The bigger problem is that the moon is essentially made of asbestos. https://www.universetoday.com/96208/the-moon-is-toxic/</quote>and mars is full of perchlorates in the soil https://www.space.com/21554-mars-toxic-perchlorate-chemicals.html no non-earth planet is going to lack in hazards. trick will be figuring out how to use them. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 04/28/21 1:35:35 PM #10:	monkmith posted... no non-earth planet is going to lack in hazards. Earth itself doesn't really have a great safety record either. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:953326275] in Why is we'... [t:79429779]...</cite> <quote>monkmith posted... </cite> <quote>no non-earth planet is going to lack in hazards.</quote>Earth itself doesn't really have a great safety record either. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hitokoriX 04/28/21 1:37:08 PM #11:	Questionmarktarius posted... Earth itself doesn't really have a great safety record either. This is a rather simple minded thing to say in comparison to Mars and the moon --- Would you follow a blind man? I would if I was in the dark <cite>hitokoriX posted [p:953326331] in Why is we'... [t:79429779]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite> <quote>Earth itself doesn't really have a great safety record either.</quote> This is a rather simple minded thing to say in comparison to Mars and the moon </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
R1masher 04/28/21 1:37:53 PM #12:	We become a bunch of long bone belters like in The Expanse --- R1R1R1R1R1R1 <cite>R1masher posted [p:953326354] in Why is we'... [t:79429779]...</cite> <quote>We become a bunch of long bone belters like in The Expanse </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CommonStar 04/28/21 1:38:26 PM #13:	Does the moon have water? <cite>CommonStar posted [p:953326378] in Why is we'... [t:79429779]...</cite> <quote>Does the moon have water? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KiwiTerraRizing 04/28/21 1:38:52 PM #14:	The moon is full of GME --- Trucking Legend Don Schneider! <cite>KiwiTerraRizing posted [p:953326397] in Why is we'... [t:79429779]...</cite> <quote>The moon is full of GME </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Guide 04/28/21 1:40:22 PM #15:	Questionmarktarius posted... Earth itself doesn't really have a great safety record either. In a less shitty way than hitokiri puts it: It has the best safety record, because otherwise we wouldn't have made it this far, or at all. Just hosting life is putting Earth's safety in the top .0000000000000000000001% percentile. --- evening main 2.4356848e+91 https://youtu.be/Acn5IptKWQU <cite>Guide posted [p:953326448] in Why is we'... [t:79429779]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite> <quote>Earth itself doesn't really have a great safety record either.</quote> In a less shitty way than hitokiri puts it: It has the best safety record, because otherwise we wouldn't have made it this far, or at all. Just hosting life is putting Earth's safety in the top .0000000000000000000001% percentile. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 04/28/21 1:40:38 PM #16:	CommonStar posted... Does the moon have water? Yes https://moon.nasa.gov/news/155/theres-water-on-the-moon/ <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:953326459] in Why is we'... [t:79429779]...</cite> <quote>CommonStar posted... </cite> <quote>Does the moon have water?</quote>Yes https://moon.nasa.gov/news/155/theres-water-on-the-moon/ </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BB mofo 04/28/21 1:50:27 PM #17:	Compsognathus posted... Is it even possible to live on the moon for an extended period of time without permanently fucking up your muscles and skeleton? Astronauts would be cycled in and out, same as at a space station. They'd go there for a month to work, then return to Earth just as the next batch arrive. --- "But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?" -Mark Twain <cite>BB mofo posted [p:953326792] in Why is we'... [t:79429779]...</cite> <quote>Compsognathus posted... </cite> <quote>Is it even possible to live on the moon for an extended period of time without permanently fucking up your muscles and skeleton?</quote> Astronauts would be cycled in and out, same as at a space station. They'd go there for a month to work, then return to Earth just as the next batch arrive. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Guide 04/28/21 2:04:23 PM #18:	The usual ISS stay is about 6 months, at least the Moon has a bit more gravity to it. --- evening main 2.4356848e+91 https://youtu.be/Acn5IptKWQU <cite>Guide posted [p:953327272] in Why is we'... [t:79429779]...</cite> <quote>The usual ISS stay is about 6 months, at least the Moon has a bit more gravity to it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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