NationStates

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 8:03 pm**

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vl6jn-DdafM
So NASA put out this statement that they are going to put permenant colonies on the moon by 2024 and honestly this is probably the biggest thing to happen with space since the Apollo missions. The video even goes into detail about how they’re going to support the colonistson the moon with a new rocket and a permanent space station orbiting the moon. I however did notice a lack of solutions to the problem of food which is slightly worrying. I myself am probably more excited for this than like anything else ever. What do you guys think? Do you think that this type of space exploration is worth the massive risks?

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 8:05 pm**

Finally we shall defeat The Clangers and take our rightful place as Lords of the Moon.

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 8:07 pm**

Gordfield wrote:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vl6jn-DdafM
So uh NASA put out this recently and honestly this is probably the biggest thing to happen with space since the Apollo missions. I myself am probably more excited for this than like anything else ever. What do you guys think? Do you think that this type of space exploration is worth the massive risks?

I think you should say what you’re talking about instead of posting a YT link and expecting people to watch it.

I also think NASA should change it’s acronym to North American Space Agency, but oh well.

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 8:08 pm**

Dooom35796821595 wrote:
Gordfield wrote:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vl6jn-DdafM
So uh NASA put out this recently and honestly this is probably the biggest thing to happen with space since the Apollo missions. I myself am probably more excited for this than like anything else ever. What do you guys think? Do you think that this type of space exploration is worth the massive risks?

I think you should say what you’re talking about instead of posting a YT link and expecting people to watch it.

I also think NASA should change it’s acronym to North American Space Agency, but oh well.

Alright fair I’ll edit the post to add that

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 8:11 pm**

Gordfield wrote:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vl6jn-DdafM
So uh NASA put out this recently and honestly this is probably the biggest thing to happen with space since the Apollo missions. I myself am probably more excited for this than like anything else ever. What do you guys think? Do you think that this type of space exploration is worth the massive risks?

How about you describe what's in the video for those who can't or don't care to watch a video?

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 8:12 pm**

NASA projects have spawned countless commercial products and technologies, many of which I can't imagine living without. I'm all for any project they can think of, as long as it sharpens the cutting edge.

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 8:14 pm**

We can colonize the moon and force all the aliens to convert to Garfieldism and force them all to eat lasagna.

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 8:15 pm**

Happy nerd noises

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 8:15 pm**

Farnhamia wrote:
Gordfield wrote:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vl6jn-DdafM
So uh NASA put out this recently and honestly this is probably the biggest thing to happen with space since the Apollo missions. I myself am probably more excited for this than like anything else ever. What do you guys think? Do you think that this type of space exploration is worth the massive risks?

How about you describe what's in the video for those who can't or don't care to watch a video?

Yeah someone else already pointed that out

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 8:16 pm**

Gordfield wrote:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vl6jn-DdafM
So NASA put out this statement that they are going to put permenant colonies on the moon by 2024 and honestly this is probably the biggest thing to happen with space since the Apollo missions. The video even goes into detail about how they’re going to support the colonistson the moon with a new rocket and a permanent space station orbiting the moon. I however did notice a lack of solutions to the problem of food which is slightly worrying. I myself am probably more excited for this than like anything else ever. What do you guys think? Do you think that this type of space exploration is worth the massive risks?

I believe and hope this time NASA is going to actually do it.

The massive risks are absolutly worth it. No risk, no win.

First steps are always the most difficult and losses are to be expected.

But it is necessary.

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 8:17 pm**

NASA’s Space Launch System is coming along nicely and they are realy taking this effort very seriously. With that said, if memory serves Pence said that we should have “boots on the moon by 2024” that isn’t the same thing as a colony. I think it is within our capacity to eventually have a permenant settlement on the moon however, I doubt it will be as soon as 2024.

Based on a press release in April it looks like the plan is to:

1. Test the SLS in a non manned mission (2021ish)
2. Test the SLS in a manned orbit of the moon (2022 ish)
3. Mission to moon (2024)
4. Deep space tests of the SLS/moon temporary colony/Gateway to deep space space station (next decade or two)
5. Mars? (Eventually)

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 8:21 pm**

Randall Munroe wrote:The universe is probably littered with the one-planet graves of cultures which made the sensible economic decision that there's no good reason to go into space - each discovered, studied, and remembered by the ones who made the irrational decision.

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 8:21 pm**

I wait with anticipation for the funding to get slashed.

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 8:22 pm**

Kowani wrote:I wait with anticipation for the funding to get slashed.

They need to build the Space Force™ first.

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 8:25 pm**

Libertas Omnium Maximus wrote:NASA’s Space Launch System is coming along nicely and they are realy taking this effort very seriously. With that said, if memory serves Pence said that we should have “boots on the moon by 2024” that isn’t the same thing as a colony. I think it is within our capacity to eventually have a permenant settlement on the moon however, I doubt it will be as soon as 2024.

Based on a press release in April it looks like the plan is to:

1. Test the SLS in a non manned mission (2021isg)
2. Test the SLS in a manned orbit of the moon (2022 ish)
3. Mission to moon (2024)

The statements in the video make is seem like when they go there in 2024 they will stay but I don’t know. Whatever they do I’d just like it to be as early as is safe

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 8:31 pm**

Bombadil wrote:
Kowani wrote:I wait with anticipation for the funding to get slashed.

They need to build the Space Force™ first.

Space Force needs as well the infrastructure of a permanent Moonbase.

John Madden Moonbase soon.

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 8:34 pm**

Nakena wrote:
Bombadil wrote:
They need to build the Space Force™ first.

Space Force needs as well the infrastructure of a permanent Moonbase.

John Madden Moonbase soon.

I think we should call it King's Landing.

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 8:58 pm**

Bombadil wrote:
Nakena wrote:
Space Force needs as well the infrastructure of a permanent Moonbase.

John Madden Moonbase soon.

I think we should call it King's Landing.

If we're going with tragic place names from HBO shows, why not just call it Chernobyl.

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 9:08 pm**

Neanderthaland wrote:
Bombadil wrote:
I think we should call it King's Landing.

If we're going with tragic place names from HBO shows, why not just call it Chernobyl.

..because the space ship is the fiery dragon landing to help its masters set up a Space Empire that will last 300 years of constant inbreeding.

So it is foretold.

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 9:09 pm**

Bombadil wrote:
Nakena wrote:
Space Force needs as well the infrastructure of a permanent Moonbase.

John Madden Moonbase soon.

I think we should call it King's Landing.

F
Did I miss Trump’s coronation?

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 10:05 pm**

This would be awesome if NASA actually does it.
But cost overruns, mission creep, excessive risk adversion and countless delays will probably mean we never get there.

NASA is a pale shadow of what it was unfortunately.

It cannot even put a man in space anymore.

It has to contract it out. Right now to the Russians.
Soon to US private companies.
But if it cannot even put a man in orbit I see little hope for the moon.

NASA needs a complete restructuring and change of organizational culture. And that is not easy.

Posted: **Tue May 21, 2019 10:08 pm**

Dooom35796821595 wrote:
Gordfield wrote:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vl6jn-DdafM
So uh NASA put out this recently and honestly this is probably the biggest thing to happen with space since the Apollo missions. I myself am probably more excited for this than like anything else ever. What do you guys think? Do you think that this type of space exploration is worth the massive risks?

I think you should say what you’re talking about instead of posting a YT link and expecting people to watch it.

I also think NASA should change it’s acronym to North American Space Agency, but oh well.

Canada and Greenland are much more likely to work with ESA.

Posted: **Wed May 22, 2019 1:02 am**

Risottia wrote:
Dooom35796821595 wrote:
I think you should say what you’re talking about instead of posting a YT link and expecting people to watch it.

I also think NASA should change it’s acronym to North American Space Agency, but oh well.

Canada and Greenland are much more likely to work with ESA.

The CSA's closest working relationship is with NASA.

Posted: **Wed May 22, 2019 1:03 am**

Dooom35796821595 wrote:
Gordfield wrote:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vl6jn-DdafM
So uh NASA put out this recently and honestly this is probably the biggest thing to happen with space since the Apollo missions. I myself am probably more excited for this than like anything else ever. What do you guys think? Do you think that this type of space exploration is worth the massive risks?

I think you should say what you’re talking about instead of posting a YT link and expecting people to watch it.

I also think NASA should change it’s acronym to North American Space Agency, but oh well.

Which wouldn't make a whole lot of sense considering Canada maintains its own separate and fairly reasonable space agency.

Posted: **Wed May 22, 2019 1:06 am**

Absolutely baloney you cannot colonize moon without oxygen and food