So you think you'd like to live in space do you? Maybe you ought to think again!
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“Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids.
In fact, it’s cold as hell.
And there’s no one there to raise them if you did.”
In fact, it’s cold as hell.
And there’s no one there to raise them if you did.”
Ground Control to Major Tom
Good thing I've moved on from my dream of being an astronaut.
Send me up a drink ...
The study concluded that if you spend too much time in microgravity, you end up looking like this:
Weather and communication satellites are fine. But why would anyone want to live in space? Or on another planet for that matter?
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Makes sense from a health perspective due to radiation exposure...but so far as time itself is concerned, objects in motion (i.e. if the person "in space" is moving in orbit) actually age slower due to time dilation:
In Space Scott Kelly Aged More Slowly Than His Brother on Earth and Here's-Why (sciencealert.com)
It strikes me as yet another waste of taxpayer funds. Payload is going to be limited in size because of air resistance. The payloads, including the rocket will need to be extremely robust. A Space X rocket can currently put around 50 small satellites in orbit, is reusable, and only takes a few hundred grand to fuel up. Planes currently can fly close to the limits of space and launch a rocket. The cannon they showed in the video only requires a few grand in propellant. Etc, etc.
I'm sure it is, but I have little doubt it's revenue comes from the US government, probably from an entity like NASA or DAARPA, and they're not launching anything anytime soon.