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07-21-2001, 10:09 AM | #1 |
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7/21: Hotel on the moon
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Ready for space tourism yet? If NASA isn't, others are getting ready and this is an architect's conception of a possible hotel on the moon. The lower gravity means that a more interesting structure can be built! |
07-21-2001, 01:32 PM | #2 | |
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Re: 7/21: Hotel on the moon
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The amazing thing is, somebody actually got paid to do this! Well... gotta go. I'm off to apply for my new job as a lunar architect! Be sure to watch for my upcoming concepts: low gravity convenience stores, fast-food franchises and pawn shops! Last edited by Hubris Boy; 07-21-2001 at 01:42 PM. |
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07-21-2001, 06:47 PM | #3 |
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That's hilarious! Leave the light on for me, will you?
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07-21-2001, 07:06 PM | #4 |
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Ummm.....I'm probably missing somthign but isin't there a kind of fundamental flaw with building any large structure on the surface of the moon becuase it can get randomly hit by high velocity asteroids...?
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07-23-2001, 09:37 AM | #5 |
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Well, the Earth can be randomly hit by high-velocity asteroids, too.
Which brings up two points: 1) The odds are rather slim at any given point of either one getting hit (have we been hit by anything of any size since, oh, Tunguska in 1908?) 2) Exactly what could we do about it if either we or the moon were on a collision course with something big? Bruce Willis isn't on-call 24-7, after all. jeff. It's hard to argue with things that have both mass and velocity on their side. |
07-23-2001, 12:33 PM | #6 |
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No,
the chances are much much less of the earth being hit by a high-velocity asteroid because we have an atmosphere to protect us, and eliminate 99.99% of meteorites that are headed toward the surface. The moon does not have the luxury of an atmosphere, and so even a small rock the size of a baseball or soccer ball could do some pretty severe damage, as it will not burn up upon atmospheric entry. No, though meteors and asteroids would be a problem, I would think that if you were on the moon, you should be far more concerned about criminals from another planet escaped from a giant mirror-like prison disk that was destroyed by a massive nuclear blast thrown into outer-space by someone of superhuman strength. Yes. |
07-23-2001, 02:44 PM | #7 |
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Moon Landers Hit?
All this makes sense, but I wonder: Have any of the smaller structures we have left on the moon been hit by meteorites? Smaller structures i.e, lunar landers, rovers, etc.
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07-23-2001, 04:27 PM | #8 |
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Not as far as I know. In fact, most of the original footprints are still there from previous missions. The only ones that are gone are ones that have been trampled over..
They left a ton of stuff up there... Lunar rovers, landing vehicles, golf clubs and balls, flags, etc, etc... Again, the aforemented aliens from Krypton could have destroyed a lot of it by now though.... |
07-23-2001, 08:41 PM | #9 |
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Zod takes offense to your insolence.
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07-23-2001, 08:58 PM | #10 |
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Hmm k .That stuff aht is up there is obviously absolutely tiny compared to the size of the palent - i if we started building cites i would have thought it would be an expodential curve risk wise..
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07-24-2001, 12:48 PM | #11 | |
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07-24-2001, 04:41 PM | #12 |
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You have a good point there.....urgh - reminds self not to post at 2am. I can explain my flawed thought process behind that but i won't
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07-25-2001, 12:50 AM | #14 |
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True - on the upside the amount of meteors around keeps going down - most of the impacts on the moon are millions of years old. All the saem it only takes a baseball sized one to rip though a wall of an airtight section and cause havoc and death.
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