China to land on moon

[tedrbr]

Originally posted by john9001
the US went to the moon, the report-----there's nothing there.

Which report sez that?

Except for the 3He (helium-3), titanium, oxides, iron, aluminum, low-g environment, high vacuum environment ("clean room"), material for mass shielding,.... some other stuff.  Nice locations for optical and radio telescopes.  Environment pretty resistant to damage from "hot lab" accidents.  Lacking hydrocarbons and many other volatiles.  

Be a bit of a "moon rush" if we ever get fusion figured out as a power source.  3He one of the favored fuels for that process, and Luna is closer than Mercury and the gas giants to access 3He in fuel quantities.

Ultimate KKV (kinetic kill vehicle) launch platform.  Lot's of rocks around.  Take a rock, give it a push at the big blue ball in the lunar sky.  A little while later.....boom.  Earth has a new crater.  You say China is interested in the Moon?

[storch]

Originally posted by Dichotomy
I'm tellin you they found the grey base and robot heads...

think I'm lying?

http://www.unknowncountry.com/



Storch why are we chatting on the board instead of you humiliating me in the air?

oh ya... it's not 8:00 yet... you up tonight?

I'll be along shortly but will probably visit the MWA.

[Dichotomy]

cool

[Russian]

Originally posted by tedrbr


Be a bit of a "moon rush" if we ever get fusion figured out as a power source.  3He one of the favored fuels for that process, and Luna is closer than Mercury and the gas giants to access 3He in fuel quantities.

Ultimate KKV (kinetic kill vehicle) launch platform.  Lot's of rocks around.  Take a rock, give it a push at the big blue ball in the lunar sky.  A little while later.....boom.  Earth has a new crater.  You say China is interested in the Moon?

Fusion has a long way to go....and if China starts throwing rocks from Moon, US can throw things with bigger boom than just kinetics.

[Shifty]

Hey Dichotomy.
Clean out your PM basket so I can reply to the one you sent me.

[Dichotomy]

Originally posted by Shifty
Hey Dichotomy.
Clean out your PM basket so I can reply to the one you sent me.

shifty... done.. weird though there was only one in there.. I'm going to pm you my private email addy

[eskimo2]

Maybe in 30 years they can invent the Intardnet.

[FiLtH]

Didnt we post a no trespassing sign?

[mandingo]

why not just film it on a hollywood set like we did?

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by FiLtH
Didnt we post a no trespassing sign?

By planting a flag on it wasnt it claimed in the name of the United States?
that would make it property of the US

Maybe we can rent it to the Chineese

[1K3]

Originally posted by mandingo
why not just film it on a hollywood set like we did?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdMvQTNLaUE&mode=related&search=

[rpm]

I smell a sequel!!!

[Masherbrum]

We've already been there, they can have sloppy seconds.    But I DON'T see this panning out.

[Xargos]

Originally posted by tedrbr
Which report sez that?

Except for the 3He (helium-3), titanium, oxides, iron, aluminum, low-g environment, high vacuum environment ("clean room"), material for mass shielding,.... some other stuff.  Nice locations for optical and radio telescopes.  Environment pretty resistant to damage from "hot lab" accidents.  Lacking hydrocarbons and many other volatiles.  

Be a bit of a "moon rush" if we ever get fusion figured out as a power source.  3He one of the favored fuels for that process, and Luna is closer than Mercury and the gas giants to access 3He in fuel quantities.

Ultimate KKV (kinetic kill vehicle) launch platform.  Lot's of rocks around.  Take a rock, give it a push at the big blue ball in the lunar sky.  A little while later.....boom.  Earth has a new crater.  You say China is interested in the Moon?

Makes me wonder...

[Shifty]

Originally posted by Dichotomy
shifty... done.. weird though there was only one in there.. I'm going to pm you my private email addy

You probably need to clean out sent items in there as well.