Moon base GO! :)

Apocrypha · #1 10-22-2010, 07:06 AM

They found ALOT of water on the moon, which is necessary for us to make propellant and oxygen to go farther out into the asteroid belt for mining eventually.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wat...ry?id=11939079

coadie · #2 10-22-2010, 08:11 AM

Water on the moon? Let's not go there. Obama says forgeddaboutit

NASA is told to evangelize better relations with Muslims. A new mission.

Apocrypha · #3 10-22-2010, 08:27 AM

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Water on the moon? Let's not go there. Obama says forgeddaboutit

NASA is told to evangelize better relations with Muslims. A new mission.

I'd rather we went into the asteroid belt to mine it for the next 100,000 years worth of metal.

coadie · #4 10-22-2010, 08:34 AM

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I'd rather we went into the asteroid belt to mine it for the next 100,000 years worth of metal.

We do need rare earth metals. We could mine the asteroids until the eco wackos start picketting.

Apocrypha · #5 10-22-2010, 08:38 AM

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We do need rare earth metals. We could mine the asteroids until the eco wackos start picketting.

I am suprised that the media isnt covering China's export ban on rare earth minerals and how it basically locks down high tech manufacturing globally... I guess that complete domination of modern manufacturing can't compete with Jersey Shore. We are a empire in decline for sure.

coadie · #6 10-22-2010, 08:44 AM

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I am suprised that the media isnt covering China's export ban on rare earth minerals and how it basically locks down high tech manufacturing globally... I guess that complete domination of modern manufacturing can't compete with Jersey Shore. We are a empire in decline for sure.

North America is very plentiful with all the minerals. We just recently shut down some of the last mines.