domingo, 12 de novembro de 2023

The Asteroid Mining

                                             The Asteroid Mining


Asteroid mining could be an interesting business and boost space exploration
The biggest challenge is perhaps how to bring the material to land within a reasonable cost.
However, this material does not need to return to Earth. It seems like the most reasonable idea to use it in the same space.
If we don't see. The biggest cost of space exploration is precisely overcoming Earth's gravity
What if spaceships were built in space?
Asteroid mining refers to the possibility of exploiting raw materials from asteroids and other smaller bodies in the solar system, including near-Earth objects. Minerals and volatile compounds can be extracted from an asteroid or comet to provide building materials in space (e.g., iron, nickel, titanium), extract water and oxygen to sustain the lives of exploring astronauts in space, as well as hydrogen and oxygen for use as rocket fuel. In space exploration, these activities are known as in-situ resource utilization.

quarta-feira, 5 de fevereiro de 2020

Colonization of the Moon


What is the greatest cost of space exploration? Earth's gravity!
So it’s obvious that an industrial complex to build and launch all space missions from the Moon would dramatically bring down exploration costs
space and make the whole solar system our backyard!
The moon has minerals, has in its soil the gases that it has on Earth and also has water so there is raw material in its soil for the construction of bases and spaceships.
So we should send as little material as possible to the moon until we install an industrial park that manufactures space supplies from its surface, which will greatly reduce the entire colonization of the solar system.
There is a great enchantment for an expedition to Mars. Perhaps it is the pioneering desire that moves these aspirations, since a human being has never stepped on Mars.
But I'm one of those who don't think it's reasonable to leave for a colony on Mars before settling on a colony on the moon.
First there is the issue of distance, the moon is 200 times closer to Earth than Mars in the best of alliances, which makes the trip technically much simpler.
There is the question of costs, a trip to the moon today would be much cheaper than a trip to Mars.
In addition, the expedition to the Moon will serve as a test and training for the development of all the technology necessary to go to Mars.
But with a more strategic and long-term view, I see the Moon as a portal for the entire solar system because of the brutal cost savings in the construction and launch of spacecraft.
Putting it all together, even though I understand the enthusiasm of many for the challenge of taking humanity to Mars, I believe that a colony on the Moon would be much more interesting now.