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2023-11-18 Science & Technology

NASA plans to build a subdivision of homes on the moon, and it may be sooner than you think

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-18 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [22 views ] Top

#1 But they can't open the sample box.

Oh No! NASA Can't Seem to Get The Lid Off Its Priceless Asteroid Sample

Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-17 16:42|| 2023-11-17 16:42|| Front Page Top

#2 NASA can't open its OSIRIS-REx asteroid capsule yet, but the outside alone holds more than enough samples

So why the whole nitrogen box thingy?

Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-17 16:44|| 2023-11-17 16:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Reminds me of a recent movie theme.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-17 16:47|| 2023-11-17 16:47|| Front Page Top

#4 NASA couldn’t build a trailer park in Miami.

Posted by Xyz 2023-11-18 00:33|| 2023-11-18 00:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Given the Moon's lack of even a small meteor, UV shielding, and etc... protective atmosphere. They better think 15m to 20m Underground.

Posted by NN2N1 2023-11-18 07:06|| 2023-11-18 07:06|| Front Page Top

#6 NASA's answer to something more secure than gated communities.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-11-18 08:25|| 2023-11-18 08:25|| Front Page Top

#7 ^Why do I have this picture of Greg Abbot arranging for shuttles of illegal to the Moon?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-11-18 08:53|| 2023-11-18 08:53|| Front Page Top

#8 You can bet they will have some sort of oppressive HOA in place.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2023-11-18 08:58|| 2023-11-18 08:58|| Front Page Top

#9 ^^ Can leaf blowers work on the moon?

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2023-11-18 09:03|| 2023-11-18 09:03|| Front Page Top

#10 Re: 5: It shows how smart NASA is nowadays. It seems that NASA personals is made up of 'idiotcrasy type people'.

Keeping in mind that the sample was taken in the vacuum of space then returned to the surface of earth where the atmosphere pressure works against the vacuum inside the canister to keep the lid securely shut! (pressure difference).

One simple solution: put the canister in a vacuum chamber and (with robotic arms), reduce the pressure difference to as small as possible then pry open the lid.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2023-11-18 09:19|| 2023-11-18 09:19|| Front Page Top

#11 #7^
OR Maybe a over population solution in the works.

To Serve Man - It's A Cook Book!

Posted by NN2N1 2023-11-18 09:48|| 2023-11-18 09:48|| Front Page Top

#12 #11 Marching Morons?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-11-18 09:51|| 2023-11-18 09:51|| Front Page Top

#13 "To the moon Alice."

Posted by Besoeker 2023-11-18 10:00|| 2023-11-18 10:00|| Front Page Top

#14 I'll take a Heinlein future over a Mulvany.

*a bit off topic: a campfire discussion: If the movie Starship Troopers was supposed to be a mockery of the book and its story, and everything in the movie was some allegory of bad-think: does that mean the mixed gender military and shower scene is also bad-think?

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-11-18 10:26|| 2023-11-18 10:26|| Front Page Top

#15

Posted by Cholutle Thrans9751 2023-11-18 12:21|| 2023-11-18 12:21|| Front Page Top

#16 Will Karen be running the HOA??

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2023-11-18 15:06|| 2023-11-18 15:06|| Front Page Top

#17 the mixed gender military

All I can tell you that in IDF (at least in my time) there were separate female quaters and for a male being caught where = 7 - 14 days in base lockup.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-11-18 15:10|| 2023-11-18 15:10|| Front Page Top

#18 p.s. In the book MI only see females in the distance.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-11-18 15:13|| 2023-11-18 15:13|| Front Page Top

#19 Is there a Section 8 zone planned?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-11-18 17:08|| 2023-11-18 17:08|| Front Page Top

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