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Moon Colony
After we have eradicated all the problems facing our planet. | |
Colonize the entire far side of the moon. This would maximize our utilization of the moon’s surface without compromising its aesthetic value. To avoid an artificial moon’s corona visible from the Earth the colonization might need to be truncated just short of covering the entire far side of the moon.
There could be a few exceptions so that there were moon colony destinations where the Earth could be viewed on the moon’s horizon.
Great Wall of China from low earth orbit.
http://geography.ab...eekly/aa090100a.htm
Clearly visible. [jutta, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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//after we have eradicated all the problems facing our planet. |
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Good think Queen Isabella didn't agree |
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Mars would be a better option. Already a thin atmosphere and it has the materials to make rocket fuel from martian soil, among other usefull chemicals. Besides, you wouldn't notice the lights. The moon DOES rotate by the way. It simply rotates at the same speed of it's orbit so we always see the same side from earth. |
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by jove, there's an idea not related to smoking pot. |
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however, hardly an original one, and certainly not well-considered. |
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(insert obligatory dark side of the moon comment here) |
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Dark side of the moon comment: There is no "dark side of the moon" in the sense of a side that never gets light. There is a far side of the moon, since the moon day is exactly the same length as its orbital period. |
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I don't know how much I'd like to live in a place that got two weeks of sunlight and two weeks of darkness, although it would be great for astronomy. |
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ummm...just judging by how popular the colony on antarctica has become, this idea *might* work but is more or less doomed from the beginning. sorry. |
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b_p, thats amazing! is it all done with mirrors? |
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hey, do a 'waugs' & tell me to look it up! |
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No need to look it up - b_p explained how it works already. |
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Colonies on the moon (yeah, right) would not be visible from earth, just as earth colonies are not visible from the moon (or even low earth orbit), save for brightly lit areas on the night-side. |
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I think that [jscottpete ] desperately wants to go to the moon. He will either fail, or he will show us, SHOW US!, you HEAR?!. They said it would never work!...etc. |
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[waugsqueke] The idea is to colonize the entire 41% (per posted link) of the Moon. It would certainly be visable from Earth if on the Earth facing side. |
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The settlement of colonies on any part of the moon wouldn't prevent or improve visibility from Earth, except for those on the "dark" side. Any settlement on the "visible" area would not be apparent from Earth, with the naked eye. Even the great wall of China is not visible from space, let alone the moon. |
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Unless it's a full moon then any bright lights in the dark area would possibly be visible from Earth, but the aggregation of lights would need to be very substantial. |
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Fortunately, the moon is not terribly reflective (I think it has a reflective index of around 14%), or we would not have much darkness on full moon nights. |
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//Even the great wall of China is not visible from space, let alone the moon// |
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A classical New York moment from a discussion the other day when this recent debunking has been publicized: |
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"If 5th Ave is not visible from space, why would you ever think that the great wall of China is visible from space" |
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Not being from NY, that comment is funny? How? |
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The speaker assigns the same importance to a street in their city as to the Great Wall of China. New Yorkers are often ridiculed for paying too much attention to local affairs and ignoring the world. |
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I thought that might be the point, but I also thought there may have been some feature of 5th Ave that would make it visible from space. Pardon my ignorance. |
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They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway... |
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//mining from the Moon rather than this planet // |
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Mental image of the moon looking like an apple core. |
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No, please don't mine the moon. The months fly by fast enough as it is, and I don't want my planet any warmer. Or colder. |
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Once again addressing the "visible" (<<correct spelling) from earth issue. My idea was to colonize the entire far side of the moon as in the ENTIRE surface...(41%). There is no wildlife to interupt. It would not be visible from Earth. I know, I know...pretty far fetched. |
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Doesn't the far side get almost as much light as the side facing us with the only difference being the light reflected off the Earth? So what is this about a dark side? |
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