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I think i figured out why i am the way i am.
bamccaig
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July 2006
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If piccolo is really building a spaceship I'd love to know what his budget is. AFAIK, NASA's space shuttle's cost around $1.7 billion USD. I've seen cheaper rockets designed to take men into space (albeit, none of them have launched yet AFAIK), but if you're actually planning to travel to another planet and colonize it you'll need a lot more than today's most advanced space shuttle, let alone a cheap rocket... :-/ I'd estimate costs in the trillions of dollars and it might not even be feasible with today's technology.

Neil Black
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October 2006
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it might not even be feasible with today's technology.

It's completely possible, but I doubt it'll happen soon because of the costs involved.

Vanneto
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May 2007

Its not completely possible. Its not even remotely possible yet. Its more complicated then putting a man/men or women in a spaceship and launching them to another planet.

There are factors such as housing, solar radiation, psychological stress, etc. to consider. Even with the money, its far from "completely" possible.

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Neil Black
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October 2006
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It could be done with current technology. It will be much cheaper, easier, and safer with future technology, but that doesn't rule out our current technology. We can debate this if you like, but this really isn't the thread for it.

Edgar Reynaldo
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May 2007
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Vanneto
Member #8,643
May 2007

The moon cannot be compared to Mars. Mars is farther away then the moon, plus, if people go to mars, they would be there for some time, not just get there go back. Its presents a very difficult challenge.

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Jonatan Hedborg
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July 2004
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Is building a station on the moon or mars such a stretch?

A station, maybe not... But colonization? yes.

Neil Black
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October 2006
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Its presents a very difficult challenge.

But not an impossible challenge. If you really want to debate this then make a new thread for it.

Kikaru
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August 2006
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People seem to have some obsession with "technology". "Technology" is just how we measure what we know and how we apply it. It is nothing more than applying the way things work.

That said, when I was a little kid, I worked on ideas for mechs. Now, I work on ideas for ultrasonic sniper rifles. Imagination persists. :)

bamccaig
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July 2006
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Thread Topic said:

I think i figured out why i am the way i am.

"The Way I Am" 8-)

Neil Black said:

If you really want to debate this then make a new thread for it.

Is It Feasible To Colonize Another Planet With Today's Technology?

piccolo
Member #3,163
January 2003
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Are you really trying to design or build a space ship in real life? One that will carry people or one of those smarter, smaller lightweight things that use solar power and slowly rise out of the atmosphere?

its a space ship not using the current technology meaning no rockets

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If you are thinking in terms of planets, micro robots aren't really that small!

micro robots were to be used in the medical feild. and in that picture i also said that it would be easer to clone a virus for the purpuss heal then making a micro robots. with the stuff i researched back then.

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alethiophile
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December 2007
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How would you propel it with no rockets?

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Vanneto
Member #8,643
May 2007

Bullcrap? That would be the best solution, he has lots of it to spare! ;D

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Jonatan Hedborg
Member #4,886
July 2004
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You said it... *cough*

piccolo
Member #3,163
January 2003
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i planed to make a new propeltion system. i plan to move with current forces

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How would you propel it with no rockets?

This sounds like:
example: helicopter

how will it fly with out wings

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Vanneto
Member #8,643
May 2007

Free Energy!? :o

Did you finish it? Could we have just a fraction of that? Common!! You get it for free! Give us some of that electricity!

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alethiophile
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December 2007
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i plan to move with current forces

How will that work? The propulsion system is the heart of a spaceship; if you can't get it to work it's worthless.

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C++: An octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog.
I am the Lightning-Struck Penguin of Doom.

Audric
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January 2001

Powered by Ego.

Jonatan Hedborg
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July 2004
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current forces

???

All propulsion works by pushing something in the opposite direction that you want to travel. There are more effective means of doing this than rockets, I'm sure. I do however doubt we will have star-trek technology in our lifetimes, if ever.

alethiophile
Member #9,349
December 2007
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Solar sailing seems promising, though it is somewhat dependent on being near a star.

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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
C++: An octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog.
I am the Lightning-Struck Penguin of Doom.

Rampage
Member #3,035
December 2002
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Don't you guys make fun of piccolo, or he won't select you for his colony.

Seriously, I think of him as the new Alex Chiu.

-R

alethiophile
Member #9,349
December 2007
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That guy loses just for having such an annoying website.

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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
C++: An octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog.
I am the Lightning-Struck Penguin of Doom.

piccolo
Member #3,163
January 2003
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a simple example would be 2 magnets the repel each other.

one magnets is the ship the other is the area behind the ship.

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GullRaDriel
Member #3,861
September 2003
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Piccolo have a super uber giga brain. He can control everything with his own ass head. ;D

"Code is like shit - it only smells if it is not yours"
Allegro Wiki, full of examples and articles !!

Vanneto
Member #8,643
May 2007

You can even make one yourself! The Immortality device! Golly gee! (!) :o

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