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http://www.markuskayser.com/work/solarsinter/ How's that? Most of the machines I'd take with me exist as terrestrial machines, they'd just need shrinking, robotization, and replacement of diesel engines to work well. Landing them isn't really that hard either. These are much harder machines than mo...

Saqirik! Although from intial observations it appears the new b'ak'tun will be cold, dark, and rainy. I haven't noticed anything untoward so far...except that my BalämOS system displays the current date as "18 September, 1618". I should probably get that fixed, but it's hard to find a programmer wh...

I'll also point out that if it's commonly well known that senior staff members have firearms, a psychopath will simply clear out that part of a school first. Given how much of an advantage the psycho would have (he knows exactly what's going on, and doesn't have to worry about killing friends) I'm ...

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http://www.popularmechanics.com/science ... =pm_latest

3d printing using simulated regolith.

Interesting idea, how much work would it take to intercept an asteroid (or a couple) and realign / modify their orbits to make the more economical to mine? Here's a paper on just that. http://kiss.caltech.edu/study/asteroid/asteroid_final_report.pdf For the "moon base", the only economical benefit ...

So far no one has asked for access to revise the spreadsheet. Is no one interested in that? As of yet, I haven't seen the need to. Quick search finds a website suggesting at least one meter of regolith for shielding, NASA would probably demand 5. What are the chances of collapse of piling 5 meters ...

Which doesn't change the fact that your trillion dollar estimate was pulled out of exactly where I said it was. My trillion dollar estimate is still in force. You are the one who is equivocating. The original discussion in another thread was specifically concerning a COLONY not a BASE. You and othe...

The $88B price tag is not unrealistic for a base unless one expects NASA to be heading the project. Heh. So you've moved on from your original unsupported claim to a new one. They could never come in under that number. The 88 billion is using NASA resources. If you'd read the PDF, you'd know that. ...

If all you want to know is where do people get hundred billion dollar estimates, they pull them out of their behinds. Bullshit. There have been dozens of careful studies done, several lasting decades. You don't know anything about this subject. Instead of sharing your ignorance, I suggest you look ...

What a total red herring... Unfortunately the psych/social troubles at the root of these killing sprees aren't about to be solved, and none of the pro/anti gun conflict will do much if anything to resolve them. There hasn't been a lot of research into this subject, what with school shooters being h...

Loose the aquaponics, if we got to that point I'd be fabbing that stuff in situ, moving the fabbers for that is a whole nother ball game, but I'd be trying to do it over time. You do point out I'm still too low on the power, even after quadrupling it. With planned two week missions to begin with, y...

http://www.ecbcs.org/docs/Annex_39_Report_Subtask-B.pdf Vaccum panels use an areogel core so they do not have a thermal conductivity of zero. Even if they did, supports would still conduct heat away from the habitat into the surrounding. Also, the chance of a gas leaking into a simple space would ne...

Warning: There are huge error bars on this. Consider this for amusement only. 800 sq ft (76 m^2) per person fits into a 9x9 m area 7 people Just as much common room and storage 1134 sq m perimeter 36 m square 144m 3 m ceilings 1296 m^2 walls 532 m^2 per level Habitats are placed in a grid pattern Wa...

I think you need a lot more solar panel weight. Solar panels weight about 13 kg m^-2 and (on earth) make about 1 kw per 9.5 m^-2. You've got enough for about 308 square meters and 32 kw of power. Is that per trip? Also, I'm not sure if you're considering the long periods of darkness. The first thing...

Hey, paperburn1, see what being smarmy gets you? :) Just kidding. No offense intended. You can certainly compare and contrast them, which is the whole point of analysis. I snipped your paragraphs because they don't contradict what I wrote. I never said it was impossible, just that it took work. You ...