Comments on: Dreamers of a Better Future, Unite! https://lifeboat.com/blog/2008/03/dreamers-of-a-better-future-unite Safeguarding Humanity Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:57:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: robomoon https://lifeboat.com/blog/2008/03/dreamers-of-a-better-future-unite#comment-17393 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:57:56 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=132#comment-17393 Better draw a billion people away from using firewood for household energy needs. Let them make hydrogen with the energy from solar chimney power plants. Something better than traditional electrolysis should be among the pop culture of rocket fuel production, plus an extra bonus: Less deforestation keeps the rainforest alive and offers the chance to make human culture sustainable due to the diversity of life.

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By: Athena https://lifeboat.com/blog/2008/03/dreamers-of-a-better-future-unite#comment-17386 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:52:07 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=132#comment-17386 That’s a very good question, Guanshi. I suspect something immediate, to take people’s attention away from XBox games and keep them riveted long enough. A crewed expedition to Mars comes to mind. Or the discovery of a truly Earth-like planet, in a system relatively near us.

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By: Guanshi Edyo https://lifeboat.com/blog/2008/03/dreamers-of-a-better-future-unite#comment-17383 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:38:42 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=132#comment-17383 The unpopularity of space exploration as a topic in fiction and in the popular imagination is puzzling to me. We are living in a golden age of astronomy — we discover new planets on an almost weekly basis. What has to happen in order for space to regain its place in pop culture?

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By: robomoon https://lifeboat.com/blog/2008/03/dreamers-of-a-better-future-unite#comment-17099 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:16:21 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=132#comment-17099 Stressful occasions would affect a crewmember during a very long space expedition.

Solar radiation which causes cancer and reduced longevity of health. Reduced interaction with earthbound relatives and partners: It’s bringing a state of strange mental performance. Unusual physical and biological conditions in space which are the reason for a slow biological and psychological adaptability after departure on Earth. Distance from an international business environment: No new directly installable components of the ship can be purchased by the crew.

In short, enhancements and augmentations eventually trigger self-destruction of senses and capabilities. Where are earthbound space-hating people?

Has anyone had a stay inside an aircraft in the sky for at least one month? But more than one year in MIR.

Have they sold highly expensive robots that crawl around in fragile airship for security? But some which were crawling around on Mars for space exploration.

Have they created a great fleet of slow aircraft for an intensified observation of ecology? But many space satellites for ground observation.

After all, rockets aren’t big enough to gobble up biospheres like ordinary robot-devotees keep doing burgers.

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