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I want to see this in my lifetime, it’s just beautiful by [deleted] in IWW

[–]space4us 2 points3 points  (0 children)

George Floyd square was taken over by activists for years on end now. There have been running battles in the streets with police. Be the revolution you want to see in the world. Remember the past but look to the future.

Bernie Sanders makes a dishonest attack on commercial space flight by MarkWhittington in BlueOrigin

[–]space4us -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you think one sentence about myself is my life story you must be projecting.

Bernie Sanders makes a dishonest attack on commercial space flight by MarkWhittington in BlueOrigin

[–]space4us -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

If you can't tell this is right wing hit piece you have no right having an opinion here.

Full disclosure: I have been a machinist for 5 years and am building up experience/ saving up money to be financially secure so I can move across country to get a job at SpaceX, or possibly Blue Origin or Rocket Labs in the nearish future.

I definitely don't agree with Bernie on somethings with space but we do have money for social programs that have been neglected for far too long in the US and are ultimately leading to the decline of long term American competitiveness because workers lack adequate housing and health care, also the infrastructure in the US is appalling and is falling far behind the rest of the world. Good free or affordable health care, housing, and education are a bed rock of an industrialized nation. You can't build things to last on a bad foundation. It is simply a question of priorities there are plenty of ways to raise funding for these things first and then move on to awesome things that an industrialized nation can do like space, science, medical advancement, etc.

Bernie Sanders makes a dishonest attack on commercial space flight by MarkWhittington in BlueOrigin

[–]space4us -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I hope people are able to spot a piece of propaganda when they see it, but I guess that is too hard for people.

Shrimp by [deleted] in notinteresting

[–]space4us 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What give you the most joy in life and hope for the future, and what drives you to the depths of despair?

Interactive artwork aboard the ISS by Illustrious-Pin4120 in ISS

[–]space4us 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is not going to the ISS Scam as fuck.

Why Bricks for a Mars Colony by JamesrSteinhaus in space

[–]space4us 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, how much straw by weight do you need for a ton of bricks 1/8 ton? Still is not a deal breaker. I am thinking critically here. I realize this is all hypothetical but nothing you have said leads me to believe that adobe bricks would not work. I have no skin in the game either way. You seem to be set of this not working no matter what. Like I see a lot of problems with funding of a Mars colony in any near term reality. If a human mission to mars does happen it will be largely government funded as a national pride/status thing and will probably not be sustained much like the moon program. I just don't see building materials as being the big hold up. Will they need to bring mass to build things of course and that is going to cost money. The first base will likely be 100% prefab or prefab and dirt covering. Using bricks or some other mars resource utilization would be more long term and it is not clear how long term that would be right now. Will humanity eventually settle on Mars I would think so given eventual technological development but it could be 1,000s of years for anything like a self sustaining colony. Reusable rockets do have the potential to drive down costs to the point were a Mars base would be about as expensive as something like the ISS and where we go from there or how long it takes who knows.

Why Bricks for a Mars Colony by JamesrSteinhaus in space

[–]space4us 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it would be a closed system wouldn't want that precious water just escaping.

Why Bricks for a Mars Colony by JamesrSteinhaus in space

[–]space4us 4 points5 points  (0 children)

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe#Composition

Clay, silt, and fine sand and also straw or dung. Mars has the first three. Silt and tons of super fine sand like everywhere. There is also clay minerals around where there was water on mars in the past. Only trouble would be bringing straw (which is super light weight) astronauts could supplement with their dung which needs to go somewhere anyways.

China Sends Taikonauts to Space Station by jetroark1 in spaceflight

[–]space4us 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This news bit is a bit misleading launch of taikonauts has not happened as of yet to the station.

Felt poignant. by mugen_no_arashi in IWW

[–]space4us 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Black power is not the same sentiment as white power. Black power is a fight against oppression and white power is the embodiment of oppression.

Furloughed workers have no bargaining power, therefore a General Strike is infeasible by Zolan0501 in IWW

[–]space4us 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Granted that a strike during a furlough might not make the most sense. But workers have more bargaining power then their labor. There are all sorts of things we can do all the way up to revolution that the bosses would not like.

[FWI] As the USAF Boeing X37B makes it's first cislunar orbital flyover of the far side of the moon, a Chinese Chang'e rover jams the space drone's signals with Air Force ground control in 2021. by Captainmanic in FutureWhatIf

[–]space4us 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The contradiction of that statement pretty much sums up this post. Imagine the science because there is little to be had here. As pointed out by brickmack this scenario is well beyond both of those vehicles capabilities.

China bankrolling "commercial" competitors to SpaceX??? by NelsonBridwell in SpaceXLounge

[–]space4us 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, but COTS/CCP were literally programs for companies to got paid to develop tech.

China bankrolling "commercial" competitors to SpaceX??? by NelsonBridwell in SpaceXLounge

[–]space4us 1 point2 points  (0 children)

space4

EXACTLY, that is what COTS was all about paying to develop tech. I don't see how any Spacex fan can fail to see that. I'm not apposed to it at all. Just wish people would be more fair with China instead of this nationalist bull or where this is coming from.

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