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They gave us Tang.
Actually they didn't. That is a false myth as some of the links that I have posted show.
They gave us Tang.
Come on Folks, I got one hand tied behind my back---show me how valuable NASA has been in the last 20 years, and how 42 billion Dollars is just a drop in the bucket.
What would you define as "valuable"?
I do think we should look into some sort of space colonization as a long term plan. Simply, people are not going to stop having children, and even with the decline in birth rates in industrialized nations, it'll be a long time before population stabilizes.
So then, if we had all that gold, how much would gold be worth?? the reason gold is expensive, is because it is rare.---If your plans include using gold for technology, I can see that, but it would turn the worlds gold Market upside down in the process. ---But say we adapt your plan, which is not a bad plan, who would pay for it, when we are more than 13 Trillion dollars in debt now? Our children will have to take on that debt. I would like to leave mine debt free as possible.---Each project is more expensive than the last. and the cost will continue to go up, the farther we reach out into space. And the more expensive and dangerous it becomes. Even to just send robots would break the bank. ---Your dreams are well intended, but this just may not be the right time to try to pay for them. ---and we do have to pay for them.Not just that, there is also the mineral wealth one can gain from space colonization - it is theorized that a local asteroid contains more gold than has ever been mined in the history of the planet. Not to mention the dearth of fuel gases from the gas giants, and the unfiltered solar energy from the Sun. Th long term benefits are limitless.
If one considers the Gaia principle as true then it is our natural imperative as humans to expand across space.:lol:
So then, if we had all that gold, how much would gold be worth?? the reason gold is expensive, is because it is rare.---If your plans include using gold for technology, I can see that, but it would turn the worlds gold Market upside down in the process. ---But say we adapt your plan, which is not a bad plan, who would pay for it, when we are more than 13 Trillion dollars in debt now? Our children will have to take on that debt. I would like to leave mine debt free as possible.
I hear ya---"Hang on to the Dream" maybe one day, they will come true. :mrgreen:I was talking about the mineral wealth available using the asteroid as an example, market prices are irrelevant.
Debt is not necessarily a bad thing, especially when the growth and survival of humanity is a factor to be taken into consideration.
I hear ya---"Hang on to the Dream" maybe one day, they will come true. :mrgreen:
People stomping their feet, and saying I'm wrong, does not make for a rebuttal.---did you name three things, no--you just attack me, because you have nothin.
So then, if we had all that gold, how much would gold be worth?? the reason gold is expensive, is because it is rare.
I stand corrected, rare, and wanted---I wouldn't give much thought to how I appear though.Incorrect. Gold is expensive because people want it and because it is rare. Merely because something is rare doesn't make it expensive. Iridium is extremely rare, but per troy ounce can't compare to Gold. Many of the elements on the bottom of the periodic table have never exceeded more then a few nanograms at any one time. Are they worth anything? Not really.
Gold in terms of applicable material usages in industry is a good reason to increase supply. Gold is an excellent conductor as well as does not corrode.
You do appear very much a luddite.