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sourmash
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OCT 24, 11:46 PM
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Oh, Bang! Zoom! I just got this.
Earlier I couldn't figure out why the nosy neighbor from Bewitched was on the Moon.
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Patrick
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OCT 25, 12:52 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by sourmash:
Oh, Bang! Zoom! I just got this.
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All the older guys here (myself included) got it immediately. 
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Rickady88GT
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OCT 25, 06:16 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Monkeyman:
That's easy and has been batted around for the last decade. They have plans to colonize the moon. Once they do so, they'll set up a manufacturing plant to build the next spacecraft. Getting raw materials to the moon would be costly and difficult but building on the moon might not cost more than building on earth and launching from the moon would both save money and fuel (that could be used to go farther in space). Great idea if they can make it work. |
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Sounds a bit like the sells pitch for the California high speed rail
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blackrams
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OCT 25, 06:33 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by sourmash:
Oh, Bang! Zoom! I just got this.
Earlier I couldn't figure out why the nosy neighbor from Bewitched was on the Moon.
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Pretty sure Alice was from the Jackie Gleason Show.
If there was a Alice Kramden on Bewitched I was not aware of that.
Rams[This message has been edited by blackrams (edited 10-25-2020).]
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Rickady88GT
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OCT 25, 06:57 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by blackrams:
Pretty sure Alice was from the Jackie Gleason Show.
If there was a Alice Kramden on Bewitched I was not aware of that.
Rams
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TO THE MOON
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cliffw
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OCT 25, 07:05 AM
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What will be Monday's surprise scientific announcement about the moon?
Solar Warming happens on the Moon too.
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Monkeyman
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OCT 25, 12:37 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Hudini:
To build on the moon you need fuel. Solar works for power generation but not spacecraft that travel to other systems. Now if they discovered water on the moon....... |
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There's a company who's working on Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP). If they can make this work (and most scientists think it's just a matter of time), it may be a game changer for space travel. The uranium is enriched to somewhere between power generation and military specs meaning it's more powerful than the average nuclear power facility and it's "wrapped" in something that further protects it. (I don't remember the specifics. I'm not an scientist.) If we could transport that to the moon then build/launch a spacecraft from there, we could get to Mars in about 2 months. I think the only issue in getting this to the moon would be the ramifications of a rocket crash between launch and space.
I think we're teetering on the brink of manned space exploration.
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sourmash
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OCT 25, 01:04 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by blackrams:
Pretty sure Alice was from the Jackie Gleason Show.
If there was a Alice Kramden on Bewitched I was not aware of that.
Rams
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(1) Looks like I should've painted an easier picture because some are repeating what my message was.
(2) Nobody here seems to remember Mrs. Kravitz.
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Patrick
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OCT 25, 03:58 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by sourmash:
Nobody here seems to remember Mrs. Kravitz.
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Not true.
Nobody here, besides you, sees a connection between Gladys Kravitz and the moon.  [This message has been edited by Patrick (edited 10-25-2020).]
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williegoat
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OCT 25, 04:04 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
Not true.
Nobody here, besides you, sees a connection between Gladys Kravitz and the moon. |
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Not true. Gladys Kravitz's real name was Alice.
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