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Humans are bacterial colonies - everywhere we go they will follow

That is considered directed panspermia. The original question of abiogenesis still remains. The assembly clean rooms for spacecraft...

No one with any sense takes Musk seriously in this regard. Not only will no one finance his plans (because there is explicitly no ROI)...

I gave no idea what the minimum size of humans would be necessary to have a viable self sufficient community on Mars, so yeah, I don't...

Cost overruns may get it cancelled in the end.

No. And not hand wavy on human nature. Look at all the casinos that people go to to win big time, knowing its a scam. Once some...

I so feel the same way. But the Mars colony is being proposed and discussed as if it ( the engineering ) is a done deal by the...

Why? Just add engines to the earth then and tow it then. You too are missing the insane proposals that some human will make, and get...

Technologically you are correct. Doing stuff on earth surface is way easier than outside the biosphere. You are missing the point...

1 million for a generational ship is reasonable. 20 million for military world wide personnel is not reasonable. --> but it does keep...

That is your meaning I do dare declare. No one would give a hoot with so few. The thing would get cancelled before laying the...

We have many threads on AI, which are mostly AI/LLM, e.g,. ChatGPT, Claude, etc. It is important to draw a distinction between AI/LLM...

Guys, we should vote Phinds to legendary status. He is a legend and will truly be missed.

Isn't Ksp for ionic compounds in water, and not polar such as sugar or alcohols, which can dissolve in wide ratios. To precipitate, a...

Correct. Honey is a supersaturated solution of glucose in fructose, with some other minor compounds. Glucose crystals form initially, as...