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SpaceX's Next Rocket is Coming Together (Literally) | |
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| Neil WeakLegs User ID: 77444390 United States09/27/2019 09:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Neil WeakLegs 77675510 Fair enough, but then he says "There are many places to go beyond belief." How does he know that these places exist and that they are beyond the belief of the audience? It's one thing to believe something, it's another to investigate it and find the truth. (Note: The quote I provided above contains an extra word. It should be "one of truth's" without the word "the" before truth.) He was not talking about general investigation. Armstrong was very specific. "There are great ideas undiscovered, breakthroughs available to those who can remove one of truth's protective layers. There are many places to go beyond belief." He was saying that there are (not might be) many places to go and the breakthrough is available to those who can remove one (that is one specific) protective layer. That's not how I read it. I read it as a message to school kids (which it was) about how you can make breakthrough discoveries if you remove one of truth's protective layers, in other words, find hidden truth that wasn't known before. That's what science does. I would agree with you if he said something like, "We must remove layers of ignorance, superstition, and misunderstanding to arrive at the truth". But, he specifically said that the layers were "protecting" the truth. To "protect" something is not a passive act. The truth was not just unnoticed; it was being "protected", and by removing one specific layer of protection, a "breakthrough" would occur and the result would be "many places to go". |
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| Fortepsai User ID: 77750110  United Kingdom09/27/2019 11:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The main problem for people traveling in space is not just a rocket engine but also when you travel outside of the planet magnetosphere the radiation is much much bigger and then you will have to have a much thicker shield on your ship to protect people from radiation, Science is ahead of our bodies of our biology, before we find out the ways, how to eliminate weaknesses of our bodies, traveling in space will be just a and stay just a dream . Extinction Is the Rule; Survival Is the Exception |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77027273 United States09/27/2019 11:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The main problem for people traveling in space is not just a rocket engine but also when you travel outside of the planet magnetosphere the radiation is much much bigger and then you will have to have a much thicker shield on your ship to protect people from radiation, Science is ahead of our bodies of our biology, before we find out the ways, how to eliminate weaknesses of our bodies, traveling in space will be just a and stay just a dream . Quoting: Fortepsai It amazes me in this day and age of space flight, that anyone still thinks we haven't known for quite some time how to deal with the dangers of space flight and come up with the means to protect man from those dangers. |
Astroshill (OP)Senior Forum Moderator 09/27/2019 11:27 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Astroshill It's one thing to believe something, it's another to investigate it and find the truth. (Note: The quote I provided above contains an extra word. It should be "one of truth's" without the word "the" before truth.) He was not talking about general investigation. Armstrong was very specific. "There are great ideas undiscovered, breakthroughs available to those who can remove one of truth's protective layers. There are many places to go beyond belief." He was saying that there are (not might be) many places to go and the breakthrough is available to those who can remove one (that is one specific) protective layer. That's not how I read it. I read it as a message to school kids (which it was) about how you can make breakthrough discoveries if you remove one of truth's protective layers, in other words, find hidden truth that wasn't known before. That's what science does. I would agree with you if he said something like, "We must remove layers of ignorance, superstition, and misunderstanding to arrive at the truth". But, he specifically said that the layers were "protecting" the truth. To "protect" something is not a passive act. The truth was not just unnoticed; it was being "protected", and by removing one specific layer of protection, a "breakthrough" would occur and the result would be "many places to go". Protective layers can be passive. You're over-thinking it.  |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 73771916 United States09/28/2019 12:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Im shocked the space agencies and schools havent said more about shielding.its actually easier than thought.a sheet of plastic.the radiation is mostly not radioactive.what is radioactive gets stopped by hydrogen in a matrix of carbon.plastic sheeting. If its truly radioactive,aluminum has a two minute half life,thus very little damage from that angle. |
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| Astroshill (OP) Senior Forum Moderator 09/28/2019 09:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We spend Billions of Dollars to find life on other planets Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77738997 and Trillions of Dollars killing life on this planet.  SpaceX is a private company and they are funding this rocket's development entirely themselves. Just wanted to make that clear. Also, they seem to be doing it far cheaper and making more progress than the government's SLS rocket, which was supposed to be an "easy kitbash" of old Shuttle era hardware. |
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| Astroshill (OP) Senior Forum Moderator 09/28/2019 10:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | He could go full Bezos. [link to cdn.vox-cdn.com (secure)] That has to be one of the most phallic rockets I've ever seen. |
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| Astroshill (OP) Senior Forum Moderator 09/28/2019 10:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I love all this spacex news and I support the efforts. But I haven’t seen a spacex rocket go up in a while, so how does he generate revenue to pay for the mars rockets? Quoting: MyPillow SpaceX has had 10 launches this year so far, they're still very much on top of the commercial launch market. They have brought the business back to the US. They also have a private investor who is investing a lot of money in exchange for a flight around the moon on board Starship. |
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