Message from @Revan
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Either way, I think it probably takes roughly the same technology to colonize mars as the moon. But the moon doesn't seem to have much value compared to mars.
the moon has rocks that have to be melted to filter out the minerals, little to no chemical energy, no water, and a whole lot of depression
This is why I'm not discussing it all that much.
@Dionara Pretty sure the answer to that for all of us would be "No, I don't have a degree and I haven't taken classes on the subject"
RIP
I need to talk to a scientist.
Lemme get on reddit.
I have a degree from Kerbal space camp.
I was the only survivor
Nuclear power I'm an armchair expert via my brother, who studied Nuclear Engineering for his B.S.
Nice
the surface is basically unform, and completely useless for growing things
Now I'm becoming a bit less of an armchair expert in Materials Science via my brother since he's studying that for his Ph.D.
I find Mat.Sci. harder to understand than nuclear power
I wonder if comets are a viable use for space travel. Just land on one and have it take you places.
@CreativeRealms I believe NASA has proposed that for research expeditions
It’s pretty logical. Also you could mine them and build ships out of it (maybe).
First you have to stay on one.
Also, are the structural stable enough to ride?
Basically, get out of Earth orbit, land on a comet, and use that to get closer to your objective before leaving again
Just don't get too close to a star or your ride melts
@Grenade123 In theory, any comet should be structurally stable enough to ride. The only trick would be attaching to it for the ride
Oh, and picking one big enough
I think we need to get a science channel in here
I think we need to get some more scientists in here too
I would love that
That way we aren't just speculating on everything
Hey, if politicians can make legislation on this stuff being less informed than us, why can't we speculate?
About the only things I can speak with authority on are programming and nuclear power (again, thanks to my "armchair expert" status)
And even in programming, I acknowledge there are languages I know basically nothing about
My armchair experience comes from way too much science and discovery channel.
I don't really have the authority to speak on anything.
And personal interest in the topics
@Revan what's your native programming languages?
We can combine stuff you know about with stuff you don’t know about. Nuclear powered rocket ships.
There is a drive idea based around firing nukes to use as propulsion
The university I went to for Computer Science started with C and C++, then moved on to Java. Since graduating, I've worked mainly with Java and Javascript (I'm most qualified as a web developer nowadays)
I also know enough of the following to be "dangerous": Lisp, Erlang, Ada, FORTRAN
Oh, and Groovy and Kotlin
Oof Fortran