Recent content by Mental Avenger

I began this project over 12 years ago when discussions regarding establishing colonies on Mars inevitably resulted in "We don't have the technology to do that". I began looking into the relevant technology and what was being done with that technology at that time. Basically, the technology that...

Like so many other NASA and combined space projects, the ISS was a huge waste of time, money, and resources. If all that had been applied to building a proper space station, the basic main framework and several working sections would now be up there. Instead of retiring the ISS and replacing it...

Then there is the question of what an Extra Terrestrial Alien would be. IF there are intelligent ET Aliens, they might be almost unrecognizable as a species, and intercommunication might not even be a possibility. However, most discussions assume and ET Alien like this. Anatomy Of An Alien...

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/communications-technology-and-extraterrestrial-life-the-advice-brookings-gave-nasa-about-the-space-program-in-1960/

The Earth has been impacted by far more meteorites than the Moon, but weather, erosion, and other forces have hidden evidence of their impacts. Over the course of 4 billion years there have probably been many millions of impacts, maybe billions.

About 12 years ago I researched the relevant available information and data, and developed a Proposal to build a viable self-sufficient colony on Mars using current technology. Because of the advancements in technology, that Proposal is even more achievable today. We have the technology, all we...

Atlan0001 is continuing to make derogatory and insulting comments, purporting to know what I think, what I know, and even so far as to what I would or would not do. Therefore there is no point in attempting a reasonable, rational discussion. I have neither the inclination nor the obligation to...

I never said, suggested, insinuated, nor alluded to anything remotely like " extract resources from the Moon" or " Moon dust". That has nothing to do with the question of a test bed for Mars missions. You are ignoring the fact that the Covid and other viruses have RNA with sequences shared by...

I elucidated upon the points in the second post. I got your point. My point is that everything that needs to be tested, except for gravity, can be tested on Earth a great deal safer, faster, and a lot less expensive than on the Moon. For potentially fatal situations, a few minutes on Earth is...

I won't bother to post your entire diatribe, since it is already there for any interested parties to see. It is comforting to know that there is a superior being like you here who is able to tell me what I do not know, what I do not understand, and of what I have a clue. Of course, that is...

Again with the " not nearly big enough". Several years ago I did a little research on the developed land in the USA. Based upon the information I was able to find, all of the land area covered by the boundaries of all the cities and towns, and the areas within all the highway and road...

There have been many articles advocating using the Moon as a test bed for Mars. The fact is that there are more differences between Mars and our Moon, than there are between Mars and some places on Earth. Mars: Gravity is .38 of Earth's, Moon: is .17 of Earth's Mars: thin atmosphere of CO2...

Not big enough? Land surface area of the Earth - 148,326,000 km2 (57.268,900 square miles Land surface area of Mars - 144,800,000 km² (55,907,592 square miles) It would not be possible to terraform Mars. The weaker gravity combined with the lack of a magnetosphere would prevent establishing a...

Mining on the Moon, and shipping the material to Earth would be impractical for many reasons.

I agree that bringing raw materials to Earth from anywhere off-Earth would be impractical. The shipping cost would outweigh almost any material from any source. Not sure why you think Mars is a "sideshow", since it will be the first off-Earth location to establish settlements. Notice I avoid the...