But seriously, if the world spent all its combined military,war, police and incarceration budgets on space, we'd probably already be on the brink of our first interstellar missions to seek habitable planets that can be reached within an average human's lifespan.
I love the attitude, but even if we threw $10 trillion/year at it there are some obstacles we have to face. A lot of the experiments done on ISS aren't cost-prohibitive but time-prohibitive. What happens to bone density? Cancer rates? Mood? Libido (something we would likely want once we reached our destination)? There's a lot to deal that requires time to study. Additionally, in order to reach beyond the Oort Cloud we need to have refueling stops, aka South Pacific Islands in the 1880s, for food, water, discarding trash, etc. Those would likely be on Mars, Europa, Titan, and probably Neptune. So we'd need to travel out to those spots with materials, build stations, and service them with either people or robots. Which leads to problem three: we won't survive beyond the Oort Cloud without AI. We know very little about what lies in between stars, and the hazards of true deep space are an open-ended question. So I think we would definitely be a lot further ahead than we are, but not nearly as far as we need to start doing true exploration.
There is a supervolcano caldera just East of Yosemite, though it is not as strong as the Yellowstone. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Valley_Caldera
Try as you might, the Galaxy will survive. Gonna survive the supervolcano explosion. Gonna survive nuclear war. Gonna survive the zombie apocalypse.
The Galaxy might, but Tony Precourt wants to destroy the Crew... Feel awful for Columbus soccer fans https://t.co/LbKXYzRQob— Subscribe to GrantWahl.com (@GrantWahl) October 17, 2017
Scott Kelley stayed on ISS for a year. His return didn't go well, just like many others before him. Gamma radiation is a huge issue, that is largely abosrbed/devolved by our atmosphere. There's not much theory that would support a solution in regards to travel for a great amount of time in an atmosphere-free environment and sexually reproduce without greatly accelerating mutations. Also, it wreaks havoc on complex systems. A multi-generational transport from this solar system to another would result in a breakdown of life-support systems critical to survival. If there were $trillions to throw around, I'd rather it largely focus on studying our Earth along with continued building of giant telescopes and launching of exploratory satellites to push the boundaries of our understanding. It seems infinitely more likely to me that we find a way to survive on our own planet than on another. If life from this planet, originally human in form, makes it "alive" to another planet even within our solar system, that life form would almost certainly diverge from human evolution and become an entirely new species, and rather abruptly too. We'd likely evaluate it, even if life persisted, as a failure.
Speaking of Puerto Rico, did y'all catch a load of the press avail of Trump and the PR governor? 10 out of 10, baby! Today, it is 9 months since inauguration.
The Weather Channel Keeps An Eye On Puerto Rico. Even if the rest of us are obsessing over national anthems, gold star families, and the fate of Leeds United. Right before I post this I want you all to know the advert on the top of the page is for Viva paper towels
Trump administration tried to blame Puerto Rico government. As if they'd go out of their way to find some nonexistent company in bumfcuk Montana, that just happens to be in Zinke's backyard. The Trump cult narrative on the internet these days is that Puerto Ricans deserve this because of sub par building codes and emergency preparedness. But if anyone tries to create those codes and agencies during normal times, they'd scream that government is taking over their freedoms. You just can't win with these people.
Puerto Rico deserved all of this because Trump interpreted a call for help as a personnel insult and decided to teach them not to dis the trumpster. Simple as that.
You're finally starting to understand the "heads I win, tails you lose" Con philosophy. Trump may be the most Republican of em all in that respect. That's been his whole life.
The 600 approx bed hospital ship "Comfort" has been moored in San Juan for over a month seeing an average of 9 people per day. Someone, obviously not form FEMA suggested this week that the ship move into the dock...!!! Heavens to Betsy. Is that possible. At the dock this week the ship is being utilized at 60% occupancy. An improvement yes, too late for many.
More confirmations are coming out about the numbers that had been rumored and underrepresented for weeks.
It takes 27K in federal aid to buy 1 vote in a swing state by the incumbent party. PR has no votes, so Trump does not care. The Economist | But who did they vote for? http://www.economist.com/news/unite...longstanding-pattern-counties-voted?frsc=dg|e
He shoulda spent more money fixing up the place so fewer of them relocate to Florida and vote Democratic next year.
I was wrong and many of you were right. FEMA ********ed yp big time. This is a devastating report by @PatriciaMazzei @agustin_NYT on the perils of FEMA not being prepared, and vendors, no matter how incompetent, paying the price. FEMA Contract Called for 30 Million Meals for Puerto Ricans. 50,000 Were Delivered. https://t.co/KLzLOZq4gc— Liz Robbins (@bylizrobbins) February 6, 2018