What is ultimately at stake tomorrow

[hog88]

You think the human race will go extinct?

Yes, without a doubt unless we can expand the species off planet.

 

[volgr]

There will be a time when a pretty important star will burn out….For one

That is theoretical and the time frame for it to happen is billions of years. Living on Mars wont avoid that. The nearest possible earth like planet is 40 light years away. The whole thing is ridiculous.

 

[OrangeTsar]

I have never understood the infatuation with colonizing outside our planet. The juice isnt worth the monumental squeeze (which I think a lot of people do not appropriately understand the complexity of such a task).

Also, with current birth rates quickly dropping, 100 years from now the world's population will likely either be stagnant or beginning to increasingly decline.

As Long as Elon is financing it with his own money and that of his investors…..keep it going

 

[volgr]

Yes, without a doubt unless we can expand the species off planet.

Without a doubt seems to be putting a lot of faith in something that is highly theoretical.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Yep. I think we should have never abandoned the Saturn V for the Space Shuttle. There was a big push by NASA for re-usability though at the time to help cut down costs. However, the space shuttle refurbishment process after each launch ended up costing much more than they had anticipated.

On a per pound payload basis, the Saturn V would have been cheaper to continue to operate than developing the space shuttle. It was safer, and had substantially higher payload capacity (311,112 lb vs 65,000 lb).

This times . Must of the expense of the Saturn V was because of its bespoke nature. Each one was hand crafted with slightly different designs and specs. The F-1 engines were hand welded. It never got a chance to go into a standardized mass production mode which would have decreased its cost substantially

 

[C-south]

That is theoretical and the time frame for it to happen is billions of years. Living on Mars wont avoid that. The nearest possible earth like planet is 40 light years away. The whole thing is ridiculous.

The sun will eventually die, there’s nothing theoretical about that. Getting to mars is just a baby step on the way to taking bigger steps.

 

[OrangeTsar]

The sun will eventually die, there’s nothing theoretical about that. Getting to mars is just a baby step on the way to taking bigger steps.

Thankfully the sun should not die for another 4.5 billion years (or about the same time as Keith Richards)

 

[hog88]

That is theoretical and the time frame for it to happen is billions of years. Living on Mars wont avoid that. The nearest possible earth like planet is 40 light years away. The whole thing is ridiculous.

Yeah it's a long time before the sun burns out but a massive CME could happen at anytime.

Also, it's not "theoretical" one day the sun will die. That's a fact.

 

[OrangeTsar]

The sun will eventually die, there’s nothing theoretical about that. Getting to mars is just a baby step on the way to taking bigger steps.

The more likely danger is a extinction level
Pandemic. Some bioweapon getting loose like CoVid on steroids. Space provides the best quarantine imaginable

 

[hog88]

Without a doubt seems to be putting a lot of faith in something that is highly theoretical.

It's not theoretical at all.

 

[Vol423]

Thankfully the sun should not die for another 4.5 billion years (or about the same time as Keith Richards)

That's funny. I just told a friend two nights ago that the only things that will survive the inevitable nuclear war are cockroaches, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger.

 

[volgr]

It's not theoretical at all.

Most of space is theoretical.

 

[OrangeTsar]

That's funny. I just told a friend two nights ago that the only things that will survive the inevitable nuclear war are cockroaches, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger.

Willie Nelson is still in the running. I had Queen Elizabeth on my list but she sadly didn’t make it

 

[Vol423]

Willie Nelson is still in the running. I had Queen Elizabeth on my list but she sadly didn’t make it

Unfortunately, I think Willie is winding down.

 

[hog88]

Most of space is theoretical.

The sun eventually dying is not theoretical, it will happen.

 

[newokie03]

Ya'll are doing this wrong, the most important thing happening tomorrow is the first college football playoff ranking and where the Vols end up at.

 

[DaddyChad]

Elon is on the ballot.

But it's not about space. It's about his want to absolutely destabilize the US Economy, wrecking the lives of Americans, while he and his rich friends rebuild it in their image.

the brain rot is strong. Go mainline some MSNBC.

 

[DaddyChad]

You think the human race will go extinct?

You think it will last for infinity?

 

[Vol423]

You think the human race will go extinct?

Yes. A meteor strike will take us out eventually if something else doesn’t take us out first.

 

[hog88]

Yes. A meteor strike will take us out eventually if something else doesn’t take us out first.

Ehh, I think we could mitigate a meteor coming at us.

 

[volgr]

You think it will last for infinity?

For all intents and purposes, what is the difference between billions of years and infinity?

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

The sun eventually dying is not theoretical, it will happen.

I agree with you on this, but, forgive me for assuming but aren't you a Christian? I guess it's jmo, but the sun dying and killing the human race and everything in our solar system kind of points to there being no God, does it not?

 

[McDad]

I agree with you on this, but, forgive me for assuming but aren't you a Christian? I guess it's jmo, but the sun dying and killing the human race and everything in our solar system kind of points to there being no God, does it not?

How so?

 

[Ritzwatch]

I agree with you on this, but, forgive me for assuming but aren't you a Christian? I guess it's jmo, but the sun dying and killing the human race and everything in our solar system kind of points to there being no God, does it not?

Interesting. I’ve not heard that expressed before. Can you explain this thought some more, please?

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

How so?

Psalms 37 29 says the righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever. If you believe the sun is going to kill us all one day then doesn't that mean that life as we know has an expiration date, be it a "judgement day" or otherwise.

I guess if you believe the sun is going to kill everything one day, that is a belief in science. Shouldn't a belief in faith say that God can maintain the sun indefinitely?