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re: Personally I think humans are wasting their time with planning human space travel
Posted on 12/12/18 at 3:44 pm to lsu13lsu
Posted on 12/12/18 at 3:44 pm to lsu13lsu
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The most important thing for us in space is to figure out how to avoid an asteroid hit
Locating and tracking all "planet killing" asteroids/comets seems to be more difficult than deflecting/destroying ones that have the potential to impact Earth.
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The next most important thing is for us to figure out how to harness the power of our sun efficiently or find a limitless clean energy source.
Skunk Works filed a patent earlier this year for a new type of fusion reactor. Apparently they have a new type of magnetic containment device that doesn't require near the amount of energy the Tokamak device needs for containment. If successful, humans would essentially "harnessed the power of the sun".
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Posted on 12/12/18 at 4:01 pm to Loaner1231
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Locating and tracking all "planet killing" asteroids/comets seems to be more difficult than deflecting/destroying ones that have the potential to impact Earth.
Whatever works best. We just know that it can happen again.
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Skunk Works filed a patent earlier this year for a new type of fusion reactor. Apparently they have a new type of magnetic containment device that doesn't require near the amount of energy the Tokamak device needs for containment. If successful, humans would essentially "harnessed the power of the sun".
That is awesome.
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