The problem is there isn’t usually a way to IMMEDIATELY make a buck. That comes later. When it does it happens in spades, but no one looks beyond next quarter’s balance sheet.
Dunno, for all that he's no longer flavour of the month, Musk has put his money (and other people's) on the line in both Tesla and Space X.
I suspect the first big push might still mining/refining and zero g manufacturing which could both be done in orbit and largely remotely.
If we ever get past the hunter killer satellites and nukes in orbit stage....
I suspect the first big push might still mining/refining and zero g manufacturing which could both be done in orbit and largely remotely.
If we ever get past the hunter killer satellites and nukes in orbit stage....
I heard he has an invisible 3rd ear on his forehead (The final front ear).
I propose we test this Mars idea by sending all the reality TV influencers to Mars. The Kardashians, the cast of Survivor, the Batchelor shows, The great race, The housewives etc. After about a week of staring at and poking the screens of their cell phones and getting no joy, they will fail to find any paparazzi, or even a good place to have lunch and want to come back.
Douglas Adams. The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy.
A fake emergency was fabricated to rid Golgafrincham of the useless people who were packed into the 'B' ark.
Marketing execs, human resources etc, also telephone sanitisers sailed off in the 'B' ark.
The remaining population of Golgafrincham died of an infection from a dirty telephone...
I said deep space. The ISS is in low earth orbit, very close to earth. Deep space is outside the moon's orbit. Even the Apollo astronauts started seeing things and had psychological problems after just 3 days.
I don't think that's true. Most of fast growers lose money for years, some for decades. But they still attract billions on the promises alone.
Jan
That’s the one he heard Dr. McCoy say that “he was the best first officer in the fleet“ with.
The immediate buck is made by the facilitator of the idea at the investors expense with the promise of a favorable return.
go-fund-me, religion, political parties, etc. all work that way
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Alas, the time of the most despicable man is coming, he that is no longer able to despise himself. Behold, I show you the last man.
“What is love? What is creation? What is longing? What is a star?” the last man asks, and he blinks....
“We have invented happiness,” say the last men, and they blink. They have left the regions where it was hard to live, for one needs warmth. One loves one’s neighbor and rubs against him, for one needs warmth...
No shepherd and one herd! Everyone wants the same, everyone is the same; whoever feels different goes voluntarily into a madhouse...
One has one’s little pleasures for the day and one’s little pleasures for the night, but one has a regard for health.
“We have invented happiness,” say the last men, and they blink.
“What is love? What is creation? What is longing? What is a star?” the last man asks, and he blinks....
“We have invented happiness,” say the last men, and they blink. They have left the regions where it was hard to live, for one needs warmth. One loves one’s neighbor and rubs against him, for one needs warmth...
No shepherd and one herd! Everyone wants the same, everyone is the same; whoever feels different goes voluntarily into a madhouse...
One has one’s little pleasures for the day and one’s little pleasures for the night, but one has a regard for health.
“We have invented happiness,” say the last men, and they blink.
What about #4
4. That warp drive exists but the intelligent species on board can't fix the brakes... and we never see them go by...
Remember what happened to Dark Helmet when they did hit the brakes, right? The reality is that all aboard would be turned to “pink mist”. A thin layer of it, smeared evenly on the bulkheads. Slowing down from light speed to orbital velocity at 10 G’s would take a month. I’d be sick to my stomach by then. Clearly there are problems to be worked out.
How about this:
If you want some technology that you don't have right now, that's a challenge. An engineering challenge.
If you have something but it develops a defect, that's a problem, like a car breaking down on the highway presents a problem.
Developing a new rocket is not a problem but an engineering challenge. You pose a target, a spec, and develop towards that.
Or do I make it more difficult now?
Jan
If you want some technology that you don't have right now, that's a challenge. An engineering challenge.
If you have something but it develops a defect, that's a problem, like a car breaking down on the highway presents a problem.
Developing a new rocket is not a problem but an engineering challenge. You pose a target, a spec, and develop towards that.
Or do I make it more difficult now?
Jan