MoreGull
MoreGull OP t1_ja8xo9y wrote
Reply to comment by spacetimeguy in The Case for Callisto by MoreGull
Solar energy would still work on Callisto, though, like you say, it would be weak. But all the hydrogen fuel you need is right there on the surface...
MoreGull OP t1_ja8xcet wrote
Reply to comment by 3SquirrelsinaCoat in The Case for Callisto by MoreGull
Economics are the only realistic reason. Imagine a huge deposit of uranium is discovered near the surface on Callisto, easily mined. That would create an industry around the effort, which, due to distance, would create colonization.
Economics, mining specifically, are the only reason we will spread out into the solar system. Other than a scientific probe here and there....
MoreGull OP t1_ja8tvdu wrote
Reply to comment by chirop1 in The Case for Callisto by MoreGull
Indeed. I think that's its main role for us, other than dedicated scientific pursuits.
MoreGull OP t1_ja8q1zp wrote
Reply to The Case for Callisto by MoreGull
I mention Callisto specifically as I think it is a far better prospect than Mars. And the only advantage the Moon has is proximity to Earth.
MoreGull OP t1_ja8pj5u wrote
Reply to comment by anotheroutlaw in The Case for Callisto by MoreGull
I think we could do it right now if we committed ourselves as a species. Which we won't, and aren't even remotely close to, so.... I'd say it entirely hinges on commercializing space. When it becomes profitable to engage in space based endeavors is when colonization of other places enters the realm of realistic.
MoreGull OP t1_ja8nimj wrote
Reply to comment by UmbralRaptor in The Case for Callisto by MoreGull
No doubt. Any talk of colonization assumes a highly functioning orbital economy well in place around Earth.
MoreGull t1_ja34krw wrote
Reply to comment by Orphanpuncher0 in Where? by Technical-Role-4346
Just north of Bath?
MoreGull t1_ja34gyw wrote
Reply to My favorite Maine license plate. by RealMainer
Stealth mode engaged
MoreGull t1_ja31ifv wrote
Reply to comment by Nixon4Prez in TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds by PianoCharged
The OG "World Builder". Dude literally invented a mythology just to satisfy his linguistic interests.
MoreGull t1_j25oc2c wrote
Reply to comment by kiechbepho in TIL: Weezer's first gig was opening for Keanu Reeves' band Dogstar by quegrawks
*air guitar motions
MoreGull t1_j25oaho wrote
Reply to comment by neo101b in TIL: Weezer's first gig was opening for Keanu Reeves' band Dogstar by quegrawks
A music video?! On a computer???! Now I've seen everything!
MoreGull t1_j20xacg wrote
Reply to comment by Time-Garbage- in Earth was brought to life by ancient water-rich asteroids from the outer Solar System by marketrent
It is awesome. Even more so, the asteroid that made that crater wasn't that big. 160 feet across.
MoreGull t1_itifg8k wrote
Reply to TIL that the famous author Thomas Pynchon has avoided publicity during his fifty-year career to the point that almost all known photos of him are from the 1950s. However, he voiced himself in two episodes of The Simpsons, where his dialogue consisted entirely of puns on the titles of his books. by IHad360K_KarmaDammit
There's a connection there. Shake some trees boys, let's get people talking....
MoreGull t1_it0o9da wrote
Reply to comment by Zenguro in Curiosity Mars Rover Reaches Long-Awaited Salty Region by Pluto_and_Charon
Dang! You can zoom in very closely too in this amazing photo. Funny to say, but it truly looks alien and familiar at the same time.
MoreGull OP t1_ja92egl wrote
Reply to The Case for Callisto by MoreGull
3 year trip to Callisto orbit, 2 years on site, 3 years back.... You think people would sign up for a 10 year plus committment?