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Instead of spending countless taxpayers' dollars on a space program that essentially lines the pockets of the super rich by extending super technology to them, I say spend them so we can actually enjoy them by setting up a giant kaleidoscope on the moon. Three impossibly long (and tall) mirrors set
at 30 degree angles will give us a view of a six point star reflecting a fractured earth. As the Earth moves, the kaleidoscope changes, reflecting the weather patterns, rotation, seasons changing, or even a big black hole of outer space. A real life view of Earth, manipulated by man, to unify us in obvious folly. And hey- maybe the scientists could even figure out a way to use it.
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It sounds like it would be nice to look at, but not at the expense of the moon. |
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I still find it interesting. |
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wouldn't a kaleidoscopic telescope be easier? |
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Only if you were on the moon to use it. |
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//impossibly long (and tall) mirrors// |
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You said it yourself. [mfd] |
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I used the term "impossibly" in a romantic sense- as in "ever-so", not a scientific one. And as for a kaleidoscopic telescope- as we are situated here on Earth, a kaleidoscopic telescope would reflect outward, not creating the introspective result I was hoping for- I want something that we can all enjoy worldwide, and for free. |
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//Instead of spending countless taxpayers' dollars on a space program that essentially lines the pockets of the super rich by extending super technology to them, I say spend them so we can actually enjoy them// |
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That is going to cost a *lot* of tax dollars. Not to mention the fact that such a venture would invariably result in an expansion of the existing space program, still //lining the pockets of the super rich//. Space construction on that level is bound to be a massive project. It would make the cost of the Big Dig look like a ten-year-old's allowance. |
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