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At the launch of their first space station module, America the Beautiful was played for the Chinese Premier and the whole audience of people watching!
http://www.space.com/13141-china-space-lab-launch-america-beautiful-song.html
Which is not to say I am denigrating their achievement, I congratulate China on a job well done! I hope it spurs the US to actually start a space program again.
01 Oct 11
Originally posted by sonhousewhy, what problems has it solved?
At the launch of their first space station module, America the Beautiful was played for the Chinese Premier and the whole audience of people watching!
http://www.space.com/13141-china-space-lab-launch-america-beautiful-song.html
Which is not to say I am denigrating their achievement, I congratulate China on a job well done! I hope it spurs the US to actually start a space program again.
01 Oct 11
Originally posted by robbie carrobieDon't understand your question. Why does it have to solve a problem? I suppose it doesn't mean anything to a lot of people but for the first time in Earth's history, one life form on it can do something about extinction events coming in from outer space, like the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. That is only one benefit from the space program, no matter what country is up at the moment.
why, what problems has it solved?
Originally posted by robbie carrobieThink of it this way: The beauty and benefits of discovery are everyman's duty. Just do the necessary. Find questions for the answers achieved later on. Remember to teach your children that it isn't second hand smoke that kills. It's second hand thought.
why, what problems has it solved?
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01 Oct 11
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyNice slogan, Bobby, but secondhand smoke does kill.
Think of it this way: The beauty and benefits of discovery are everyman's duty. Just do the necessary. Find questions for the answers achieved later on. Remember to teach your children that it isn't second hand smoke that kills. It's second hand hand thought.
Originally posted by sonhousewhat is there to understand? space program has benefited us in what way? its saves us from extinction due to asteroids? get a grip man, resources are better spent in exploring the micro cosmos rather than in space exploration, on nano technology and medical science rather than speculative exploration.
Don't understand your question. Why does it have to solve a problem? I suppose it doesn't mean anything to a lot of people but for the first time in Earth's history, one life form on it can do something about extinction events coming in from outer space, like the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. That is only one benefit from the space program, no matter what country is up at the moment.
01 Oct 11
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Originally posted by robbie carrobieMany medical technologies, such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging, are a direct spin-off of the space program.
what is there to understand? space program has benefited us in what way? its saves us from extinction due to asteroids? get a grip man, resources are better spent in exploring the micro cosmos rather than in space exploration, on nano technology and medical science rather than speculative exploration.
01 Oct 11
Originally posted by robbie carrobieOne asteroid can ruin your whole day. That was just one example. A lot of the technology we take for granted came from NASA or ESA. Any kind of natural disaster can off the human race or send us back so far cavemen would seem advanced. We are close to the point where we can launch manned trips to mars, start self supporting colonies on the moon, for instance, there is known ice on the moon which can be electrolyzed for oxygen for breathing, hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel or run through a fuel cell for running vehicles. Eventually we will get to a point if mankind on earth is killed off, cities in space can at least give humans a chance at survival.
what is there to understand? space program has benefited us in what way? its saves us from extinction due to asteroids? get a grip man, resources are better spent in exploring the micro cosmos rather than in space exploration, on nano technology and medical science rather than speculative exploration.
02 Oct 11
Originally posted by sonhouseOur planet's existence is most definitely finite. It's not a question of if. Space exploration may become important to everyone when it's too late
One asteroid can ruin your whole day. That was just one example. A lot of the technology we take for granted came from NASA or ESA. Any kind of natural disaster can off the human race or send us back so far cavemen would seem advanced. We are close to the point where we can launch manned trips to mars, start self supporting colonies on the moon, for instanc ...[text shortened]... f mankind on earth is killed off, cities in space can at least give humans a chance at survival.
02 Oct 11
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Originally posted by SoothfastIn the 1950s, Herman Carr reported on the creation of a one-dimensional MR image.[5] Paul Lauterbur expanded on Carr's technique and developed a way to generate the first MRI images, in 2D and 3D, using gradients. In 1973, Lauterbur published the first nuclear magnetic resonance image.[6][7] and the first cross-sectional image of a living mouse was published in January 1974.[8] Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging is a relatively new technology first developed at the University of Nottingham, England. Peter Mansfield, a physicist and professor at the university, then developed a mathematical technique that would allow scans to take seconds rather than hours and produce clearer images than Lauterbur had.
Many medical technologies, such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging, are a direct spin-off of the space program.
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02 Oct 11
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Originally posted by sonhousehave you been watching too much space 1999? the eco systems on this planet are perfect, it has been the misuse of technologies which has almost wrecked it and here you are advocating the same as some kind of solution. Hey the earth is a barren desert, lets live on the moon????
One asteroid can ruin your whole day. That was just one example. A lot of the technology we take for granted came from NASA or ESA. Any kind of natural disaster can off the human race or send us back so far cavemen would seem advanced. We are close to the point where we can launch manned trips to mars, start self supporting colonies on the moon, for instanc ...[text shortened]... f mankind on earth is killed off, cities in space can at least give humans a chance at survival.
02 Oct 11
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Originally posted by robbie carrobieDo you have your head in the sand? Obviously a large meteor strike is not in the cards in any one year but look at this image:
have you been watching too much space 1999?
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap111002.html
This is just one of the small ones and in our times, just over 100 years ago. Would you like that on your town? We (the human race) lucked out big time on this one.