[QUOTE=trotskygrad;37887174]that makes me wonder, do our current nukes actually have enough propellant to hit the moon?[/QUOTE]
I think they have enough fuel to get out of the atmosphere and maybe escape earth's gravity or slingshot to the moon but I'd say that's a pretty long shot and the best idea would be to just stuff a shuttle full of warheads.
[QUOTE=SpaceGhost;37886939]Sounds lonely as fuck also, depending on how many people are there.[/QUOTE]
Because of cost, life support issues, and danger, there will probably only be one person living up there at any one time. So we'll need to make robots to send up there for social interaction. This will include, of course, sex. So NASA must first design and construct assorted sex robots, then they can start with... Wait! Once we have sex robots here on Earth, who will want to go to the Moon?
[QUOTE=SpaceGhost;37886939]Sounds lonely as fuck also, depending on how many people are there.[/QUOTE]
But hell imagine how much you would be paid.
Anything sounds cool when you add "on the moon" to the end of it.
Riding Dirt Bikes,[B]ON THE MOON![/B]
Pizza Parties, [B]ON THE MOON![/B]
Interracial Relationships, [B]ON THE MOON![/B]
But can it run Moonbase Alpha
[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;37888691]Because of cost, life support issues, and danger, there will probably only be one person living up there at any one time. So we'll need to make robots to send up there for social interaction. This will include, of course, sex. So NASA must first design and construct assorted sex robots, then they can start with... Wait! Once we have sex robots here on Earth, who will want to go to the Moon?[/QUOTE] it'll be like a triple-x version of Moon
[IMG]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CrKgfiHmaEM/TZFQ9ltcOVI/AAAAAAAAATE/ksYnEAYvw7g/s1600/Moon+gerty.jpg[/IMG]
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I don't get this part.
[quote]The lunar computer would communicate with spaceships and earth using a system of inflatable, steerable antennas that would hang suspended over moon craters, giving the Deep Space Network a second focal point away from earth.[/quote]
Why inflatable? Full of hydrogen and feather shaped or full of lead and like an anvil you're going to fall just as fast.
Yeah, that part kinda confused me too. Maybe the article is just written strangely?
$50 on there being Nazis there already.
[editline]2nd October 2012[/editline]
but seriously, this is freaking awesome.
If the entire room had like a hole going up to the surface, and was thus exposed to the hard vacuum of space, wouldn't the chips stay in safe operating temperatures with passive cooling?
So what happens if a hard drive fails or a cpu bursts into flame... $50m space mission to go repair it?
I know they'd be using space-hardened equipment but, I can't help but raise concern over the maintenance uptake on such a venture.
how would they prevent meteors from destroying the billion-dollars-worth-of-servers in a split second?
There's a reason the moon is covered in craters.
[editline]3rd October 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Sobek-;37890605]So what happens if a hard drive fails or a cpu bursts into flame... $50m space mission to go repair it?
I know they'd be using space-hardened equipment but, I can't help but raise concern over the maintenance uptake on such a venture.[/QUOTE]
Fires can't happen without the presence of air which the moon seems to lack just fyi
[QUOTE=nikomo;37890477]If the entire room had like a hole going up to the surface, and was thus exposed to the hard vacuum of space, wouldn't the chips stay in safe operating temperatures with passive cooling?[/QUOTE]
They would have absolutely no way of dissipating heat and therefore they'd burn. They have to be watercooled.
[QUOTE=OvB;37886268]Well if we had any kind of settlement on the moon I'd guess we would have an emergency rescue team on standby at all times on earth. It only takes a few days to get to the Moon. If the moon base had some sort of panic shelter that had air, food, and first aid supplies that could last a few weeks, it wouldn't really be more difficult than rescuing those Chilean Miners a few years ago.
All you would need would be a rocket/shuttle on standby in a hanger near the launch complex with a few crews on alert similar to firemen. You get the call and you head to the launch site, by the time you get there the ground crew has it ready to go within a few hours.
Now, this is assuming that if we have the ability to make and pay for a fully self sustained moon base, that would would have the ability to make and pay for a rocket to be ready to launch within a few hours notice.
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I don't think it would be anything as simple as rescuing some miners
You've got hazards no one has ever experienced before, if something were to go wrong (say a fire)
As for actually working on the moon, I think it would be great. Get enough servers up there and that would need a small team. No doubt this is a perfect excuse to build that moonbase everyone has wanted, so there'd be other teams up there too. They'd take the opportunity to have scientists to collect samples and run experiments they never had time for before, now they have a permanent base. So yeah, there'd be a good few people needed there, along with construction workers, perhaps a doctor. Sounds like an excuse for some extra facilities, so it would be a small community. Of course, after it all settles down it might be a bit lonely, returning to a smaller crew I'd imagine
also here's a neat picture showing light speed from the earth to the moon
[img]http://i.imgur.com/jlyBO.gif[/img]
[QUOTE=koeniginator;37890618]how would they prevent meteors from destroying the billion-dollars-worth-of-servers in a split second?
There's a reason the moon is covered in craters.
[editline]3rd October 2012[/editline]
Fires can't happen without the presence of air which the moon seems to lack just fyi[/QUOTE]
If they had workers there, they would probably need oxygen too. And, rather than give them all space suits to try and awkwardly fumble around with some ethernet cables, I'd imagine they'd make the base similar to the ISS (I.E you can breathe because they've pressurised it and filled it with oxygen)
[url]http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2000/ast13nov_1/[/url]
So yeah, just like fires need oxygen, so do humans. "just fyi"
[QUOTE=Trumple;37890844]If they had workers there, they would probably need oxygen too. And, rather than give them all space suits to try and awkwardly fumble around with some ethernet cables, I'd imagine they'd make the base similar to the ISS (I.E you can breathe because they've pressurised it and filled it with oxygen)
[url]http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2000/ast13nov_1/[/url]
So yeah, just like fires need oxygen, so do humans. "just fyi"[/QUOTE]
if they had workers there they wouldn't have to deal with "$50m space mission" which invalidates the entire question Sobek was bringing up
Watch as it melts down and goes nuclear.
And then, there's like, radiation.
In space.
oh...
[QUOTE=CAPSMAN!;37891759]Watch as it melts down and goes nuclear.
And then, there's like, radiation.
In space.
oh...[/QUOTE]
Because there isn't any radiation in space at the moment. It's not like the sun is an enormous fusion reactor or anything like that.
[QUOTE=Trumple;37890844]If they had workers there, they would probably need oxygen too. And, rather than give them all space suits to try and awkwardly fumble around with some ethernet cables, I'd imagine they'd make the base similar to the ISS (I.E you can breathe because they've pressurised it and filled it with oxygen)
[url]http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2000/ast13nov_1/[/url]
So yeah, just like fires need oxygen, so do humans. "just fyi"[/QUOTE]
If there's a fire they could do what they do in the movies, vent all the air out of the room. Sure, losing air is bad, but less bad than a out of control blaze.
[QUOTE=Rents;37895882]If there's a fire they could do what they do in the movies, vent all the air out of the room. Sure, losing air is bad, but less bad than a out of control blaze.[/QUOTE]
which would use up all the air anyway.
Imagine we pull this off and in some thousands of years the next human civilization goes to the moon and finds shitloads of our servers there.
Would be epic.
[QUOTE=Neo Kabuto;37885210]Dream IT job until something goes horribly wrong. Plus, other than wandering about on the lunar regolith, there's not a whole lot to do there.[/QUOTE]
Yea, there are so many things that can go wrong. But you would not be alone, there would most likely be scientists, janitors, repairmen, and all sorts of people to keep the facility running and in good shape. Just think waking up and looking out the window into space, going for a evening space walk, and all sorts of cool things.
[QUOTE=Wired.com]$10 billion to $20 billion range[/QUOTE]
So between 1% - 1.5% of 2012's US military budget.
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[QUOTE=latin_geek;37890758]They would have absolutely no way of dissipating heat and[B] therefore they'd burn.[/B] They have to be watercooled.[/QUOTE]
You do know that flames require oxygen to burn... Right?
While it's a cool idea and all, I don't understand why we can't just upgrade the infrastructure on the ground to be able to receive more data. It would cost far far less.
Isnt the dark side the the moon the side that always gets hit by space debris?
"Server down due to unexpected asteroid hit. Servers back up after UPS rocket arrives"
[QUOTE=Robbi;37896318]You do know that flames require oxygen to burn... Right?[/QUOTE]
He means that the hardrives melts.
[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;37890042]$50 on there being Nazis there already.
[editline]2nd October 2012[/editline]
but seriously, this is freaking awesome.[/QUOTE]
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