OT: future of a manned space exploration.

Baron Munchausen · #1 September 18th, 2003, 07:07 PM

Mistake, ignore.

[ September 18, 2003, 18:09: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]

mottlee · #2 September 20th, 2003, 06:41 PM

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Originally posted by oleg:

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
There is a hush hush military space program in the US that gets something like 10x the funding of NASA...

Stargate ?

Now wouldn't that be a kick in the pants!!! a TV show that had a "Real" project in it

narf poit chez BOOM · #3 September 20th, 2003, 10:23 PM

how would the media miss a g'ould? mothership landing on that waddaya callit hollow mountain base?

Fyron · #4 September 20th, 2003, 10:50 PM

I do not recall a Goa'uld mothership ever landing on the Earth in Stargate...

Jack Simth · #5 September 21st, 2003, 12:26 AM

There was one incident, but it was an alternate reality thing, and didn't happen in the show's home dimension.

narf poit chez BOOM · #6 September 21st, 2003, 12:38 AM

but, they indicated that they knew it was going to happen because something simalair had happened in the home dimension - although if it did, i missed it.

Narrew · #7 September 21st, 2003, 12:59 AM

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Originally posted by Parasite:

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Originally posted by Narrew:
... go to Mars, and claim it as their own ...

Unfortunately the USA has signed a treaty (The Moon treaty ) that disallows claiming space objects for goverments or private industries. Many think this is causing companies not to try to go to space to get resources (the obvious reason after lebensraum). The emphasis is all on Space Tourism, Satillite Graveyards, and such.

Whats this lebensraum your talking about?

Also, I am not a rocket scientist, nor a lawyer, but wth good is a treaty if they aint up there, I mean, lets say again for argument, that a HUGE corporation decided to make space exploration a reality. Said Corp mines an asteroid, brings back material, before arrival they get wind of a court order to confiscate it on return, so they land in a 3rd world country that never signed the treaty, has an agreement with the Corp that the country will get an import fee to build up that country and they will support that Corp. So now what?

I just cant see what anyone could do, with things the way they are now, there is no super power in space, I dont consider that space station nothing more than a novelty item. So couldn't someone just thumb their noses at anyone that tried to impose that treaty. If a company had the resources to colonize mars, what would keep them from claiming it all if no one else could get there (I mean, corporations are greedy aren't they?).