Why is it so hard to land on the moon? How much trash is on the moon? And how many humans could the world support? All these moon related questions (and a whole lot more) are answered by our intrepid science reporters, Jeanna and Mindy.. .
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.The second wave of space race - first one being between Soviet union and US, amongst China, India and to a lesser extent north Korea and Iran, the ultimate game is to achieve ISBM technology. Don't be fool, China, India, north Korea and Iran are not launching satellites in order to benefit humanity scientifically
Lt-JW
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Apr 5, 2020
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Exactly right from what I can see LT. And the US is late to the party, in spite of a formidable lead at one time. What the Russians and the Chinese learned collaborating with us on the Space Station, gave them what they needed to take the next step. And there is plenty of evidence that China in particular, is now dominating the shell of orbit around the Earth. When they begin shooting down our satellites, we'll have hard evidence, but by that time, they'll have overwatch presence, and it will be very difficult to launch and set up a counterpresence.
That is a very plausible yet undesirable scenario. But Chinese are not as technologically advanced as they want us to believe. Their so called 5th generation fighter jets J20 are a bad pirated copy of F22 and F35 with soviet era engines of Su27 bolted on them:
The only way we can stop them from taking over is to end industrial espionage. Something that Trump has been very actively working on.
@Lt-JW, True. So you are probably also aware of the Soviet's intentionally designing their aircraft with hardened electronics that are EMP-proof. No printed circuits. They still use tubes. Some people laugh at it as backward technology. It makes them heavy and burn a lot of fuel, so easy to defeat in a dogfight, because a MIG-29 can only remain in combat for about 3 minutes. However, an EMP defeats every one of our aircraft and leaves the MIG-29s, and the Chinese versions airborne.
Think of the most inconvenient, costly and dangerous camping trip you ever had, and multiply that by 1,000,000 and that might approximate the hassle of life on the moon. No rational person who understands economics and the dangers could possibly think that is any kind of solution.
And with all developing nations now below replacement procreation numbers, it won't be necessary anyway. Unless China and India grow faster than they are today, The World will probably never again see 7 billion people.
TimTuolomne
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Apr 4, 2020
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Interestingly enough, they don't talk about mining water on the moon. They factor in the cost of transporting water to the moon, but not the availability of using what's already there.
The discovery of just how plentiful water is in the solar system is a game changer and offers a fundementally different view of it.
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