Space: The Next Frontier

MalicE

MalicE

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So between SpaceX and Blue Origin it seems we might just be colonising space sooner than we thought.


The question on my mind is, do we want to? Can it really be a way of life?
I mean, I'm no doctor of scientific science stuff, but can humans even live in space?
Isn't long term zero gravity like bad for the human body?
And what about "space madness"? (not 100% sure that is actually a thing. might just be madeup Hollywood bullshit)

And why would we even want to go live and work in space in the first place?
 
MalicE said:
So between SpaceX and Blue Origin it seems we might just be colonising space sooner than we thought.
The question on my mind is, do we want to? Can it really be a way of life?
I mean, I'm no doctor of scientific science stuff, but can humans even live in space?
Isn't long term zero gravity like bad for the human body?
And what about "space madness"? (not 100% sure that is actually a thing. might just be madeup Hollywood bullshit)

And why would we even want to go live and work in space in the first place?
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I love this kind of stuff! I would only like to go into space for like a space holiday... Not to live permanently... but the way movies have conditioned us is pretty interesting... like you made me immediately think, what if another planet has higher gravity than here? is that even possible? And lol @"spaceMadness"...
 
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Tom said:
I love this kind of stuff! I would only like to go into space for like a space holiday... Not to live permanently... but the way movies have conditioned us is pretty interesting... like you made me immediately think, what if another planet has higher gravity than here? is that even possible? And lol @"spaceMadness"...
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yeah holidy sure! I'm all for that!

but these people are talking about "millions of people living and working in space"... don't see the point

as for planets with higher gravity; AFAIK it is possible to live on them, but as generation go by the average height of people will become shorter. opposite applies for planets with lower gravity.
 
i think we running out of space and resources here on earth. and pushing the tech will also bring better use of the remaining resources we have.
 
MalicE said:
yeah holidy sure! I'm all for that!

but these people are talking about "millions of people living and working in space"... don't see the point

as for planets with higher gravity; AFAIK it is possible to live on them, but as generation go by the average height of people will become shorter. opposite applies for planets with lower gravity.
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You see i dont even know if shit like this is true? Could we eventually have 3 different planets, with small medium and tall humans? The thought of it is pretty crazy... I mean surely people living at a higher gravity would have stronger muscle mass? Stuff like this blows my mind...
 
Weasley said:
i think we running out of space and resources here on earth. and pushing the tech will also bring better use of the remaining resources we have.
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Yeah but there are NO resources in space


Tom said:
You see i dont even know if shit like this is true? Could we eventually have 3 different planets, with small medium and tall humans? The thought of it is pretty crazy... I mean surely people living at a higher gravity would have stronger muscle mass? Stuff like this blows my mind...
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yeah then you have a John Carter situation :p
 
MalicE said:
So between SpaceX and Blue Origin it seems we might just be colonising space sooner than we thought.

The question on my mind is, do we want to? Can it really be a way of life?
I mean, I'm no doctor of scientific science stuff, but can humans even live in space?
Isn't long term zero gravity like bad for the human body?
And what about "space madness"? (not 100% sure that is actually a thing. might just be madeup Hollywood bullshit)

And why would we even want to go live and work in space in the first place?
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Artificial gravity can be done , I know low gravity over time does effect the body astronauts have to exercise or suffer bone density loss and muscle atrophy.

I think the next big issue is cosmic radiation , So if you knock those two down I think it might be viable.
 
B1nary said:
Artificial gravity can be done , I know low gravity over time does effect the body astronauts have to exercise or suffer bone density loss and muscle atrophy.

I think the next big issue is cosmic radiation , So if you knock those two down I think it might be viable.
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AH HA! Space madness!
 
Found this rather interesting...


Astronomers discover largest solar system
Astronomers have discovered the largest known solar system, consisting of a large planet that takes nearly a million years to orbit its star.
The gas giant is one trillion kilometres away, making its orbit 140 times wider than Pluto's path around our Sun.
Only a handful of extremely wide pairs of this kind have been found in recent years.
Details appear in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
The planet, known as 2MASS J2126-8140, is between 12 and 15 times the mass of Jupiter.
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I wonder how many hundred-thousand light seconds of travel that would be eh [MENTION=5134]MalicE[/MENTION] ;)
 
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