Anyways I was reading off my science text book.
In a nutshell this is what it said about space exploration being profitable.
Asteroids are very rich in minerals and in the future when the techonology is available we will be able to mine these asteroids for the vaulable minerals. An asteroid has a very low force of gravity so it would be easy to land and take off an asteroid.
Venturing in to space useless?
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We'll have to have peace, universal language, tights for uniforms, and a defense against the Korg!Zoombie wrote:And there are the scientific research possibilities, the exploration, colonization benefit and so on. It might not be the most profitable thing ever at the outset, but in the long run, it might be what's best for the human race and not just the human's wallets.
Unleash we discover something that makes space travels cheap in the future I dont think it would be profitable to bring minerals back to earth, it would be probaly better to use em where we got em (Space Colonies).
And there is no "Fast krogoth strategy", only "Before 3 hours of game krogoth strategy" :)
And there is no "Fast krogoth strategy", only "Before 3 hours of game krogoth strategy" :)
Nasa estimates it could cost 13 million dollars a minute to keep a man on the moon.
However the helium-3 that man then carries onto the rocket is worth trillions of dollars per tonne and could revolutionize are entire energy infrastructure providing vast amounts of clean energy with almost no nuclear waste whatsoever, aswell as making fusions a heck of a lot more viable by vastly reducing neutron radiation that degrades the tokamak walls quickly.
However the helium-3 that man then carries onto the rocket is worth trillions of dollars per tonne and could revolutionize are entire energy infrastructure providing vast amounts of clean energy with almost no nuclear waste whatsoever, aswell as making fusions a heck of a lot more viable by vastly reducing neutron radiation that degrades the tokamak walls quickly.
NASA is also known for being really really bloated and squandering money. I've read a plan to get men on mars and make money out of it for under 10 million dollars. Mostly becuase most of the fuel is synthesized out of the Martian atmosphere using a chemical process that's been around since the 1900. Now let me find the book, A Case for Mars, and I'll put up the formula.AF wrote:Nasa estimates it could cost 13 million dollars a minute to keep a man on the moon.
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The short of the story is at the current point in time there isn't anything incredibly valuable in space that we know of and just need to get out there and bring back... Then again, Columbus didn't sail for America based on a strong idea of the business opportunities it provided...
Humans have a natural tendency to want to explore. Christ, if I were to suddenly learn there was a colonizable planet somewhere in the universe that we somehow got access to, I very well might want to go there.
In the long run there is a fixed amount of resources on earth, and a fixed amount of energy we can possibly extract from the sun, our solar body. The only saving grace we might possibly have once we pass the peak extraction point is that hopefully travel technology has advanced enough to start extracting from a larger field of resources.
Humans have a natural tendency to want to explore. Christ, if I were to suddenly learn there was a colonizable planet somewhere in the universe that we somehow got access to, I very well might want to go there.
In the long run there is a fixed amount of resources on earth, and a fixed amount of energy we can possibly extract from the sun, our solar body. The only saving grace we might possibly have once we pass the peak extraction point is that hopefully travel technology has advanced enough to start extracting from a larger field of resources.
Exactly, he sailed to India for the strong business opportunities. Ever wondered why native Americans are called Indians, and real Indians are called Hindus? And who are Indian Americans?SwiftSpear wrote:Then again, Columbus didn't sail for America based on a strong idea of the business opportunities it provided...
Yeah, he wasnt specting to find a continent blocking his path... :)imbaczek wrote:Exactly, he sailed to India for the strong business opportunities. Ever wondered why native Americans are called Indians, and real Indians are called Hindus? And who are Indian Americans?SwiftSpear wrote:Then again, Columbus didn't sail for America based on a strong idea of the business opportunities it provided...
