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- Tanj0
Stunning visuals. I like it. I like it a lot.
- Pupsipu0
I was just saying it's a weird combination of science and fiction. Very close to possible reality, but not quite.
Cassini seems to get its power from plutonium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cas… and http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multi…
Hehe, did you calculate that it's possible to collect enough solar power with an array like that to make it worth bringing its weight all the way to Saturn? And how would you transmit the power through Titan's atmosphere? Microwaves probably won't work, a cable seems a bit much.
Also teams that make documentaries for the Science channel or Discovery about possible human missions to Mars and beyond are pretty small and full of designers. They research plans that are already put together and sometimes make funny mistakes that nerds on the internet point out.
I figured you watched such shows or followed science news about space and then decided to spend a year on the subject.
- NASA plans on dumping Cassini and it's load of plutonium on Sept 2010 in the middle of the Saturn storm.robotron3k
- in an attempt to get 73 lbs of plutonium deep into the Saturn atmosphere at detonation.robotron3k
- they'll probably extend the mission beyond 2010, it's in good shape with enough fuel leftPupsipu
- http://www.msnbc.msn… some other optionsPupsipu
- DavidLoehr0
yes... all the nerds on the internet.... :)
Enough now. I made all the points. Its not perfect and I didnt claim it to be. What do you want in the end? Point out that its not thought through in all matters? I did already say that by myself. And in the end that was not the point of this work. I wanted to make it look "believable", visualize an idea and use a certain base of research and thoughts for achieving this; its a difference to claim a future prediction. Its not science channel what I did.
Sorry for the Cassini mistake, but probably solar power techniques will be most efficient in 50 years and probably the energy transmission via electromagnetic waves will be also solved by then. As well as the medical zero- or low-g reproduction issues. You get the point? There are always a lot of "probabilities". Probably no space colonization at all will happen because its too expensive in the end and there will be robotic swarms roaming the universe for us and Earth will become an even more overpopulated, fucked-up place.
- calculator0
Technically impressive, but creatively flawed. Have you seen Sunshine?
Props to you, as you'll probably get a decent job off something as polished as this.