Wasting time searching for something that isn't there ...

[lyman]

One thing we know for certain:

If the US government has confirmed knowledge of alien life,

they don't automatically disclose this fact to the US President.

surely if we do have and alien here or there, Biden will sniff it's hair,

[Vern Humphrey]

There may not be life out there but there are valuable minerals.
Ours will eventually run out and that will spur the search among
our system.
All you need is a compelling reason.

How much will it COST to get minerals from an asteroid, let alone from a distant star?

If we have to get iron from extraterrestrial sources, it will cost a billion dollars a pound. We cannot realistically expect to mine the asteroids or other planets.

[togor]

Helium-3 is the only known conceivable exception.

Someone will eventually go to the moon for some of that.

[lyman]

depends really,

if we start trying to build here and there, off world , then it may be cheaper to snag an asteroid and mine it,

gotta think we are a long way off , re the mining, smelting, etc to make even the basic structures

[S.A. Boggs]

what conversations are to be had with a 100 year latency each way? how is such a conversation started and sustained?

This is how you communicate, so what is the issue?
Sam

[lyman]

This is how you communicate, so what is the issue?
Sam

I literally Laughed Out Loud on that on,,

[dogtag]

The dollar store has helium balloons.
Strikes me as a waste of a scarce resource.

[Vern Humphrey]

depends really,

if we start trying to build here and there, off world , then it may be cheaper to snag an asteroid and mine it,

gotta think we are a long way off , re the mining, smelting, etc to make even the basic structures

The weight of the equipment we would have to send up for mining and smelting would outweigh the construction materials we could send in their place.

[PWC]

"IN THE BEGINNING..." Gen. 1:1

[togor]

"IN THE BEGINNING..." Gen. 1:1

Every bronze age tribe had a creation story. The vast majority did not make it into writing.

[lyman]

The weight of the equipment we would have to send up for mining and smelting would outweigh the construction materials we could send in their place.

you are thinking of today's systems and equipment,, that may be improved to some degree in the future,

[S.A. Boggs]

Every bronze age tribe had a creation story. The vast majority did not make it into writing.

Will yours???
Sam

[Major Tom]

Well, there is bigfoot.

[lyman]

Will yours???
Sam

one day, there was a bright spark and a loud *poof*, (kinda like a popcorn fart)

and there was suddenly a togor,


it fizzled


end of

[S.A. Boggs]

one day, there was a bright spark and a loud *poof*, (kinda like a popcorn fart)

and there was suddenly a togor,


it fizzled


end of

LOL
Sam