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Help needed to build the colony on Moon, Mars and the Dyson Sphere

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Re: Help needed to build the colony on Moon, Mars and the Dyson Sphere

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Post by agentultra »

How about something smaller scale like food waste. We have maybe 50-ish productive farming seasons left before soil is over taxed. If you can get locally grown food to people’s tables with minimum waste for a decent price that ensures everyone is fed that would be far more impressive than failing at Dyson spheres.

Maybe we can find a way to regenerate the soil while we’re at it.

That’s a hard supply chain issue and would have a much greater impact on our survivability.

Or good luck with building a self aware AI that can solve all of our problems or whatever.

Re: Help needed to build the colony on Moon, Mars and the Dyson Sphere

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Post by farmin »

agentultra wrote: post #21

How about something smaller scale like food waste. We have maybe 50-ish productive farming seasons left before soil is over taxed. If you can get locally grown food to people’s tables with minimum waste for a decent price that ensures everyone is fed that would be far more impressive than failing at Dyson spheres. Maybe we can find a way to regenerate the soil while we’re at it. That’s a hard supply chain issue and w…

That is not true about the soil. Areas in Europe have been farmed for hundreds or more years and still productive.

Re: Help needed to build the colony on Moon, Mars and the Dyson Sphere

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Post by cellis »

devoutsalsa wrote: post #19

Imagine Asgardia building a Dyson swarm, owning it, and then becoming a greedy landlord (swarmlord?). When you can’t afford the rent, the yeet you into space with a trebuchet.

Everyone who cannot contribute becomes polycarbonate material for the mirrors!

Re: Help needed to build the colony on Moon, Mars and the Dyson Sphere

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Post by aspenmayer »

devoutsalsa wrote: post #19

Imagine Asgardia building a Dyson swarm, owning it, and then becoming a greedy landlord (swarmlord?). When you can’t afford the rent, the yeet you into space with a trebuchet.

Starring Monty Python and the Flying Circus

Re: Help needed to build the colony on Moon, Mars and the Dyson Sphere

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Post by iamcurious »

ceejayoz wrote: post #17
iamcurious wrote: post #11

Only by reading the plan, he reminds me of an early Elon Musk. It has the first Paypal then Space X vibe. I wonder how many other people have similar dreams, but can't deliver cause their parents aren't rich. Edit: added middle sentence

Just because "reusable rockets" got laughed at by the existing space industry doesn't mean every laughable idea is secretly feasible. "My new database will make building a Dyson sphere easy" is a slightly... loftier claim than "we can probably land rockets and reuse them".

I see what you mean, but I wasn't referring to Space X accomplishments but its ambitions.

The "we can probably land rockets and reuse them" is what it delivered so far, the claimed ambitions (laughable or not) are about making humanity interplanetary.

Re: Help needed to build the colony on Moon, Mars and the Dyson Sphere

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Post by aspenmayer »

cellis wrote: post #24
devoutsalsa wrote: post #19

Imagine Asgardia building a Dyson swarm, owning it, and then becoming a greedy landlord (swarmlord?). When you can’t afford the rent, the yeet you into space with a trebuchet.

Everyone who cannot contribute becomes polycarbonate material for the mirrors!

Stack ranking escalated quickly lol

Re: Help needed to build the colony on Moon, Mars and the Dyson Sphere

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Post by NateEag »

farmin wrote: post #23
agentultra wrote: post #21

How about something smaller scale like food waste. We have maybe 50-ish productive farming seasons left before soil is over taxed. If you can get locally grown food to people’s tables with minimum waste for a decent price that ensures everyone is fed that would be far more impressive than failing at Dyson spheres. Maybe we can find a way to regenerate the soil while we’re at it. That’s a hard supply chain issue and w…

That is not true about the soil. Areas in Europe have been farmed for hundreds or more years and still productive.

I believe OP is referring to the impacts of climate change rendering farming unsustainable.

Re: Help needed to build the colony on Moon, Mars and the Dyson Sphere

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Post by wffurr »

farmin wrote: post #23
agentultra wrote: post #21

How about something smaller scale like food waste. We have maybe 50-ish productive farming seasons left before soil is over taxed. If you can get locally grown food to people’s tables with minimum waste for a decent price that ensures everyone is fed that would be far more impressive than failing at Dyson spheres. Maybe we can find a way to regenerate the soil while we’re at it. That’s a hard supply chain issue and w…

That is not true about the soil. Areas in Europe have been farmed for hundreds or more years and still productive.

I am not sure where the GP gets the "50 harvests" from, but Europe didn't feed 8 billion people for hundreds of years. The Green Revolution aka widespread use of artificial fertilizer didn't start until the 1950s and 60s.
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