Latin America United to Preserve Antarctica
https://dialogo-americas.com/articles/l … ntarctica/
Wreck of Shackleton’s ‘Endurance’ May ‘Decay Out of Existence’
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne … 180980923/
recently discovered vessel is vulnerable on the seafloor, but raising it from the depths comes with unique challenges
Belarus says it is unable to pay off debt due to sanctions
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/be … 022-10-19/
'How should we regulate the firms planning to mine and sell moon rocks?'
https://www.newscientist.com/article/0- … oon-rocks/
Ban mohammedanism and islamic jihad Laws?
'Two Teenage Girls Allegedly Beaten, Killed by Iran's Morality Police During Anti-Hijab Protests'
https://www.ibtimes.sg/two-teenage-girl … ests-67125
and to think the United States of America, Russia and Japan are exporting this bad set of ideas from a 1400 yr old dead terrorist pedophile called mahomet into the realm of outer space?
]]>https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au … ial-power/
USF awarded $20 million federal grant to protect coral reef and mangrove ecosystems
https://www.usf.edu/news/2022/usf-award … stems.aspx
Why NASA’s space lettuce is a game changer
https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/miss … e-changer/
Astronauts are finally eating vegetables grown in outer space
]]>German diplomat in Brazil arrested, accused of killing husband: "The cadaver is screaming out the circumstances of its death"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uwe-herber … lien-biot/
Yes, so the Bruhns and Haqq-Misra paper could serve as a structure for reconciling disputes and setting limits on one colony's land-grabbing.
Rather than asking the United Nations for permission to establish a Government of Mars, we might side-step the difficult issue of sovereignty. We could establish a Government of Mars that abstains from exercising sovereignty over Mars. The Prime Minister of the Government of Mars might simply receive "settlement plans" and review the plans and then file the plans in the office of the "Secretariat of Mars". The Prime Minister could quietly refrain from filing settlement plans that contain conflicting land boundaries and/or obscene language. The plans that are filed would be open to public inspection.
A "settlement plan" might read as follows:
To the
Prime Minister of the
Government of MarsWe respectfully request that you review the following "Volcanoville Settlement Plan" and that you file the plan in the office of the Mars Secretariat, where the plan will be open to public inspection.
Volcanoville Settlement Plan
We, the undersigned, declare (1) that we are planning to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars.
(2) that the point of origin of the settlement's land survey system shall be located at zero degrees latitude and 120 degrees west longitude. https://trek.nasa.gov/mars/#v=0.1&x=-11 … 84&sfz=&w=
(3) that the boundary of the settlement shall be a square, centered on the point of origin, and that the length of each side of the square shall be 10,000 meters (32,808.4 feet; 6.21 miles).
(4) that we will adopt a settlement constitution and that the settlement's constitution shall include the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universa … man-rights
[signatures of the planners]
Scott
]]>Chinese space program
Mars?
Chief Designer of the Shenzhou spacecraft stated in an interview that:
搞航天工程不是要达成升空之旅, 而是要让人可以正常在太空中工作, 为将来探索火星、土星等作好准备。 Space programs are not aimed at sending humans into space per se, but instead at enabling humans to work normally in space, and prepare for the future exploration of Mars, Saturn, and beyond.
http://scitech.people.com.cn/GB/25892/4028044.html
— CAS Academician Qi Faren
The technocracy of A.I propaganda is coming?
'A mini-conversation with Joe Rogan's AI persona'
https://beams.fm/anamarija/ugtpB91vDSX691fidTgQ2RjA
Joe Rogan, is an American comedian, martial artist, tv producer actor and a talk show host of an online show that has millions of viewers, far more than mainstream tv.
He has debated the 'Bad Astronomer' Philip Cary Plait about conspiracy shadows in Moon Landing Photos and had guys like Elon Musk on his show, he is a political supporter of of Bernie Sanders and often has discussions about culture or world politics or entertainment media topics on his show. Rogan is sometimes known for his fringe views, alt-medical religion ideas, drug culture, UFO studies and other alt history views which include 'New Age' ideas. Some describe Rogan as an anti-establishment libertarian, although he supports Left Democrat politics he also endorsed Republican candidate Ron Paul. He almost got de-platformed and removed from the social media websites after statements on Covid-19 and his promotion of alt medical ideas and old clips of him being replayed of his using 'offensive language'
Now take for example how you can fake a voice to be less robotic and use CGI to deep fake a photograph?
]]>Inside China’s race to dominate the Moon and Mars – including secretive ‘deep space mission’
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/17949204/ … moon-mars/
New carrier rocket, Moon and Mars missions… lawmakers reveal China's forthcoming space programs
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202203/1254234.shtml
According to Elon Musk, man will reach Mars in the year 2029
https://www.timesunion.com/business/art … ship-river
The owner of Tesla and SpaceX made his prediction by replying to a tweet from an account dedicated to space exploration.
Back on Earth
Firing-squad executions get the greenlight in South Carolina
https://apnews.com/article/business-exe … 2b179ba223
With so many wars fought on Earth and so many new players in space, has the world and the Solar system changed?
Are we now starting to be ruled by a Globalist Multi-Corpoate Technocracy but we just don't know it... yet...
Will an American flag be on that city on Mars, will it be US style values and a United States style constitution for the first villages and towns on the planets?
In a lot of older 1960s, 70s, 1980s era scifi people thought the USSR was going to last forever, I guess the end of the ColdWar and the Collapse of the USSR and America becoming the lone superpower did bring new times. Soem even seen a vision of the new USA in space, a US Navy Empire of the Solar System - The USA real vision is a military one, with naval space vessels and oil rigs and fast food burgers on Mars? It is interesting how the USA has changed since Bush-Jnr, the Neocon policy of interventionism and the War on Terror, we had a foolish invasion of Iraq which cost lives, it cost the USA time and teasure and hurt the United States on the political stage. I believe 'conservative rightwing' Bush and liberal leftwing' Tony Blair going on tv after 911 and constantly calling it a 'religion of peace' was a massive mistake, another mistake the "axis of evil" was first used by U.S. President little Bush jnr, Iran, Myanmar or Burma, Iraq, Cuba, North Korea, Syria Libya, Belarus were now part of some giant almost random 'Terrorist Axis'....even more were added, some Afro centric Ethno State that was in economic collapse, Communists, some Tribal Black African guy, actual mohammedan jihadi islamists, the Axis however did not seem like much of an 'Axis'. The Communist Dictatorship of North Korea perhaps fearing it would be invaded next then started Testing Nukes while US military is mud trapped in Iraq, its possible the Bear was poked in places like Ukraine and the nation of Georgia is next to the countries of Russia, Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan, maybe the USA promising to 'back them up' with money and stealth bombers but in the end these smaller states on Russia's doorstep getting smashed and stomped on. Is Vladimir Putin also another of those collection of a dictator in history? Putin is former KGB, he got in all the way back in year 1999, Vladimir Putin is the second-longest serving European president, after Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, is Putin an actual dictator i guess for some with the uncertain years after the fall of the USSR it depends on how one defines a “dictator”.
This little Bush was unique in his own crazy way, almost banned Stem cell research, funded religion style Creationism stories in school but also liked to Drone people, opening a path for A.I and computers and flawed software algorithm not humans to decide to will live and die. The little Bush Jnr passed a 'patriot act' and even told the free American people 'You are With Us OR You Are With The Terrorists'!!! A new election and the Obama admin followed and there were more drones, more radical islamism, as bad as this Admin was at times I have to give the Obama admin credit for launching the SEAL team finally end than part of the islamic jihad story and killing Osama bin Laden, however it seems the Saudi and Pakistan has always been involved, 28 pages censored. There were Arab Springs which almost became 'Nuclear Winters' with the fall of Libya these bombs and missiles and guns then running into Syria and North parts of Iraq and almost putting the Entire Middle East on Fire . For a while the name of the radical islamists known as al-qaeda and taliban were replaced by a new name called ISIS. Another electrion and as insulting and tempermental and hotheaded and non-politically correct as Trump was at least he brought an end to ISIS during his term. Part of what got Trump elected was he was different he wasn't a Clinton or a Bush, people probably thought America was being manipualted or going through a tail wag the dog scenario when it came to Trade and Costly Wars, fighting battles and getting manipulated by Britain or the Saudi or Israel or some other Asian or European power. Trump's outbursts were so different that he attracted people with economic and political frustrations. I also find it strange in these times that Trump remains banned from most of the internet while the Taliban and other islamist terrorist groups that scream 'Death to America' are allowed operate their social media accounts on Twitter and Youtube and other social media places. . If the leaders of the USA had studied or watched even scifi and knew of 'Star Trek’s Prime Directive' it stops high tech weapons falling into Primite Xeno Warlike cultures and Lower Agressive Alien hands, the Captain he will give his life, even his entire crew, rather than violate the Prime Directive...if US Leaders know of this idea would they have gifted the Taliban with missiles and guns and Blackhawks? If thye United States Leaders had studied the Quran or Koran like Thomas Jefferson did during the Barbary Wars would they have helped those who wrote a Sharia Law style Constitution for Afghanistan in 2004?
Across Schools in Asia, the 'Art of War' was part of the syllabus for potential candidates of military service examinations. If leaders in the USA had read the The Art of Warfare by Sun Tzu would they have wasted 20 years in that Afghan landscape in such a way? the East isn't really free, culturally many in Asia have different values although places like South Korea and Japan are Western and Allies to America. The Chinese however are Communists, they might claim to be politically free but the country is under control of the Chinese Communist Party.
In the older scifi stories the US was dominant in space and so Russia was always going to be around the USSR military power in space, few predicted a rise of Asia, some of the Cyberpunk stuff seen it coming and China’s Rise to Global Economic Superpower . The Turkish and the Taliban have government links, Iran has oepned trade with the Taliban and now the Taliban will invite the Turk Ottoman culture, the Russias, the islamists of Iran,and Qatar for govt events.
As for right now Americans are trapped behind enemy lines, there are claims by US political leaders and claims within the US media that terrorist are 'Holding them hostage' saying Taliban terrorists have kidnapped Americans stuck and are refusing to let Americans depart
Musk can be a bit of a troll online, he might have some form of Autism or Asperger's but he is no idea, the guy is a genius. In statements he has posted weird stuff, he has called himself the Mars Imperator is an ancient Roman term used for their Overlord Emperor Commander, he has also said he wants the colony to be run on democratic principles.
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2017-03-11 12:05:11
That was before I joined the forum, so I am glad to be informed it is there.
Congratulations again on your first book!
Have you considered writing for Analog?
Their editorial policy encourages fiction based (as much as possible) on known physics, although (obviously) exceptions do occur.
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]]>I've argued strenuously for ambient light. That's the only way to recycle oxygen and water without electrical power. And plants are more robust vs radiation that we are. The surface of Mars at any altitude where you would build a settlement has half the radiation of ISS, and almost no heavy ion galactic cosmic rays. I still like "Mars Homestead Project, Phase 1 - The Hillside Settlement". Yea, I'm biased because I was part of that project. But part of the idea is at least some of the greenhouses would be illuminated by ambient light, yet living spaces are under deep regolith. Our design had a 2-story atrium deep within the hill, with light pipes feeding light from the surface. Apartments would have a window at one end. The roof would be under at least 2.4m of regolith. The window would have a flat "shade" outside and above the window, providing shade from the sky. You could call it an "awning", but it would be flat and horizontal to the ground, with 2.4m of regolith piled on top as well. The purpose of the "window shade" or "awning" would be radiation shielding. The window itself would be strong glass, with mineral oil filling the space between panes. That's how a window is built to a radiation "hot cell". Mineral oil is as clear as water, but it's a hydrocarbon liquid polymer. The oil blocks light ion radiation, proton radiation, and neutron radiation better than water. Water is better for heavy ion radiation, but Mars atmosphere blocks that. With the window shade, what you have to worry about is solar radiation. That's mostly proton, and a tiny bit of neutron radiation produced as secondary radiation when solar radiation strikes the ground. So this window design protects against that.
It may sound strange that I go on so much about radiation, when I've argued for no radiation shielding what so ever for the greenhouse. But for the greenhouse we want sunlight. Humans must be protected, plants not so much. Especially annuals, which are plants that only live one year. Plant a seed, grow the plant, then harvest. Next year plant again. Annuals cannot accumulate radiation damage over multiple years like humans, they just grow then are gone.
Ps. I keep fantasizing about an estate on Mars. It would include a large bedroom on the top story. This special bedroom would be round, with a dome that extends from floor level. Get into this room with a stairway through the floor, nothing to pierce the dome. Not even 1 millimetre of "lip" from the floor to the dome, like windows of a Frank Lloyd Wright house, but round. The dome would actually be 2 domes of almuno-oxynitride (aka aluminum oxynitride or ALON), with mineral oil between the panes. Again, radiation protection. But with material strong enough that a descent size meteorite would just bounce off. And positioned so you get a panoramic view of the entire area, 360°. With a raised platform in the centre, with a big round bed. Would that attract some young honey?
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]]>I think most habitat space will be piled over with Mars regolith.
Where are the vehicles? Surely a community that size would have lots of vehicles. A community of 1000 would surely have at least 20 Rover vehicles for exploration of the surrounding area, lots of robot diggers and so on, and other technical vehicles.
For a community of 1000, there might well be a central area with natural lighting, that part might be right. But people would still need to be protected from radiation. A central area would probably have stone cloisters around a central atrium, so people were protected from radiation.
Personally I would also like to see us experimenting with creating pressurised spaces in gullies/canyons, where we would put in a glass or plastic roof. This space would have paths and be wooded. Additional light would be piped in from the surface, so it was as light as anywhere on Earth. We could start small and gradually work our way up to much larger canyon spaces, maybe several hundred metres long, 100 metres wide and perhaps 200 metres deep.
]]>AN ECONOMIC MODEL FOR A MARTIAN COLONY OF A THOUSAND PEOPLE
Richard Heidmann, vice-president Association Planète Mars [the French Chapter of the Mars Society]
Pierre Brisson, financial advisor and English translation
September 26, 2016
http://planete-mars.com/an-economic-mod … nd-people/