“ It is also known based on today's science that 'we' can't make it in outer space nor on most other planets. “ – OM
“Can you provide some supporting information for this statement? AFAIK the only thing stopping us from establishing bases on everything except the gas giants is money. The technology is there it just the funds that aren't.” – Chuck OK, first for the ‘we’ (read: body) part, I’ll post only a few of the Google hits from the first page when one searches for “body decay during space flight”. http://journalofcosmology.com/Mars148.html http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/pdf/educator-microgravity_science_stu.pdf http://www.nutritionjrnl.com/article/S0899-9007(02)00930-9/abstract http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/02144/text/travel/body.htm Now for the ‘outer space’ part... when one Googles “effects of radioactivity in space travel” a few of the first ‘hits’ include: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_adaptation_to_spaceflight http://www.dnaindia.com/health/report_astronauts-could-face-heart-problems-with-deep-space-travel_1529818 http://www.nature.com/embor/journal/v4/n11/full/embor7400016.html http://www.nukes.org/alien/alienlinks.html Now for the last part of my post: “most other planets” (are not able to support human life) One would think that this is obvious just on the surface of it, no? I’m not talking about a movie, I’m talking about actually getting to a planet and then trying to live there. One can search using Google (again) on “how many planets could support human life?” and the answers are everything from ‘none’ to just a handful. I’ll let you do your own research. All I was claiming…and accurately so, was that today, human beings could not survive the long journey to a planet that could support human life. And, that there are so few…if any such planets that to dream about space travel and similar adventuring is pure fantasy. By all means, if it is what turns you on…go for it. Just be advised that such ruminations are not reality today. Oh, and I haven’t even addressed what we both already knew…the funding issue let alone that those who have been sent up for short periods of time have been some of the most carefully selected humans on the planet. Don’t try sending our ‘average’ human being even on a long orbit around the earth let alone the light years necessary to travel to a planet that *possibly* could support human life. On Apr 8, 9:01 pm, Chuck <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 6, 1:34 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It is also known based on today's science that 'we' > > can't make it in outer space nor on most other planets. > > Can you provide some supporting information for this statement? > > AFAIK the only thing stopping us from establishing bases on everything > except the gas giants is money. The technology is there it just the > funds that aren't.
