Comments on: Weekend spaciness

By: IVAN3MAN

IVAN3MAN — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:11:24 +0000

To all those who have complimented me on providing links to those pictures of Phobos: You’re welcome! Click on my name yet again for a stereo picture (red/blue 3D glasses required) of Phobos, and click on that picture to “embiggen” it.

By: MarkH

MarkH — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:32:26 +0000

What’s even fiunnier about #4
Google Spock and (6,66)0,00 matches come up.
Cool pic of phobos Ivan

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:52:39 +0000

I usually get the “Did you mean…” question when I misspell something.

BTW, BA, I answered B) on the the skepchick quiz:)

By: firemancarl

firemancarl — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:15:48 +0000

Wow, that was damn funny! Khan!!!

By: Frank Palazzolo

Frank Palazzolo — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:48:48 +0000

If you liked #4, I direct you to http://www.khaaan.com/

By: Gary Ansorge

Gary Ansorge — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:18:40 +0000

Ah, Phobos, all loose rock and gravel. Now, there’s a ready source of raw material. Just scoop it up, melt and mold,,,into nearly any kind of construct.

I think remotely operated ‘bots from an outpost on Phobos would be a much more rational approach to a Mars expedition. Build radiation proof huts on Phobos with lots of solar power available and you could take all the time you want to explore the surface. Much easier than dealing with all that wind and dust on the martian surface. Same idea applies for mining the moon for material to build Solar power sats. With two construction modules, tethered together one kilometer apart and rotating about their common center, we could have sufficient G force to prevent physical decline. What I don’t have is the distance for a lunar stationary site. It has to be close enough to enable rapid feedback from the ‘bots. At any rate, a construction shack in orbit eliminates the problem with lunar dust.

Ah, well, just some random thoughts.

GAry 7

By: MichaelL

MichaelL — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:10:56 +0000

HA! I, also had to Google ‘Spock’