But how would people survive on the planet to gather the resources and deal with any potential life?CosmicCommander said:
Simple, they just tow Titan to Earth. And then they can quickly harvest theJonluw said:
What aliens? There were no aliens here? Would you like some stew? Yes, it's made with all natural ingredients from Titan. Tasty, yes? Enjoy yourJonluw said:
They exist because we allow it, and they will end because we demand it.Sizzle Montyjing said:
Caretaker? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caretaker_(Star_Trek:_Voyager)/] 'Nucleogenics' is the thing I was thinking of from the episode apparently, I never saw much of Enterprise. The Caretakers trashed the whole planet just by arriving there.Keneth said:
That's not it at all. Earth's magnetic field is actually quite weak. An ordinary refrigerator magnet is about 150 times stronger. Cosmic radiation has energy in the MeV range for alpha radiation and GeV for beta radiation. There's no way Earth's magnetic field can repel firepower of that magnitude (heh, heh). What protects us here is actually our atmosphere, and even then, this stuff doesn't straight up kill you or some astronauts wouldn't have been able to spend up to 6 months on the space station. Europa indeed receives quite harmful doses of radiation but this is from the intense electromagnetic and tidal forces exerted on it by Jupiter. That's what creates enough warmth to have the possibility of a liquid ocean; the sun sure as hell ain't heating it at that distance. Mars is easily our best shot. I'd listen to broadcasts detailing all the bickering on Earth, sit back in a lawn chair with a Fresca and think "Well this shit's not my problem anymore."ReiverCorrupter said:
Yeah, especially once privatization of space starts to become more prominent, which is looking pretty freaking likely at this point, even in the near future. In order to kick space exploration into high gear, people have to be able to make a living out there.Adam Jensen said:
I've heard conflicting things. As far as the strength of earth's magnetic field goes, my understanding is that it's strong for a planted of its size, though it may be proportionally weak compared to what we can do with electromagnets. I am of course aware that the atmosphere blocks a good amount of radiation. My understanding was that the magnetic field complements the atmosophere. I don't think the idea is that it is strong so much as it is very large and so helps to weed things out before they get to our atmosphere, which can only stop a certain percentage of radiation. The atmosphere only stops radiation when the radiation actually hits a particle of the gases that make up our atmosphere. Even low energy radiation can get lucky and pass through. If the overall radiation that gets to the atmosphere increased so would the amount that gets to us. It's also my understanding that the magnetic field somehow helps us keep our atmosphere. But I'm not a physicist so I could be horribly mistaken about all these things.TheMann said:
My hope was actually that Mars would require tons of laborers so all the idiots would go there and leave me on this beautiful little blue and green marble, which will then be able to recover from all the damage we've caused it. My understanding is also that Mars can never hold an atmosphere. I guess you could create giant domes, but then everyone would get really f$%&ed if an asteroid hit it, which happens often on mars because it doesn't have an atmosphere. I'd imagine quite a few people would get cabin fever and become murderous. Hopefully this space dementia will be accompanied by horrible mutations caused by cosmic radiation and drilling/industrial waste so that it brings about some sort of Hills Have Eyes scenario.TheMann said:
"Hey, guys! They've finally became sentient life! We can finally communicate with them!"antipunt said:
It's been a while since I've played it so my memory may be off, butvehystrix said:
