Let’s start with FTL jamming, as it easiest problem here and somewhat defines the course of actions as well. There is a typical trope – the gravity of a star interferes or denies the lock for warps etc.in which way it does that’s quite flexible, meaning how strong it affects things and which ways there … More another A to another Q about space wars strategies.
I wish to have some input on the organization of work/economy Objection, or questions(like cite a sentence and say not understood it and do you mean X or Y(that second is optional but preferable)) Any input does not matter how little it is, but preferably addressing something specific, less general than it was too long … More UBI or not UBI. RBE and energy is new gold.
O’Neil hold on, we rush to help some thought about the article https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2018/07/20/the-high-frontier-a-technical-critique/amp/ , inspired by Eustratius Graham and ultra hardcore – not fancy editing and style for ya all! >I am literally begging for a bonfire here! was about to ask if I should praise or burn it, but if you ask (haven’t read … More Somebody wrong on the internet, or industrialization of space
Q: Do we have some guesses on the minimal infrastructure necessary, on the lunar surface and/or lunar orbit, to start developing and testing NTRs and fission-powered electric/ion drives there? Total tonnage, specific kinds of payloads/ equipment there, are there minable sites for various specific raw materials that happen to be close to each other on Luna … More About minimal meaningful infrastructure of the space industry.
Q: Disclaimer: I’m a socioeconomics whore. I might argue for ancap today, ancom tomorrow, minarchism next week, etc. I don’t care. I am not far from thinking that humans in large numbers are ungovernable ethically and that people who don’t like the system should just do a risk-benefit analysis and discreetly break the laws they … More Economics, automation – present and future options
Q: Self-expanding adaptive manufacturing (SEAM) factory is the first step on Plan 0. Here is a possible pathway to developing a SEAM factory and the rationale behind it. A SEAM factory must produce a commercial product to sell at a profit. It could theoretically make anything but I think manufacturing machines (lathes, mills, 3D printers, … More SEAM capabilities, the way to adress the development of those.
Compared to space, Earth is tiny. Even when we are realizing, by coincidence of someone said something, we saw something on social media or just a moment of enlightenment when we realize how big the Earth is, it still tiny compared to space. Most of the stuff we use today, most of the things which … More Compared to space, Earth is tiny.
One of the keys to use any resources in space are the technologies. We may speak about that like exporting technologies in space. It may mean adaptation of currently existing technologies to the conditions we may have them on the surface of the moon or in 0g. So as being able to technological processes for … More Importance of SEAM-factory for space
I guess we may agree in that we would like to make a future better, for our selves on an individual level or for the world. There are different problems on the route, many of them, including our different understanding of what that better means and just having a different perception of it and a … More Im42group, backstory
Q: When I think of the steps to settling space, I think of it mostly in terms of technology and economics. If you don’t need to be economically self-sustaining, we’ve had the technology to build a moon base for decades – just spend $100k/kg on food and other things to sustain it that we don’t have … More Moon, space, profit, strategy, Q/A
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