Van Rijn
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It doesn’t sound like Bezos actually wanted this very much. His company is sounding less impressive by the day. Too bad about Dynetics, I liked...

Maybe, maybe not. I think we are seeing the beginning of a new technological and industrial revolution in space development. And right now the US...

I understand that you are desperately trying to ignore the shielding effect on GCR by being on or near the Moon, and that you don’t want to admit you...

Well, they would need to completely self fund. Apparently a big reason SpaceX won out is they were willing to spend so much on development on their...

If you like the first four seasons of Babylon 5, I still think the fifth season is well worth watching. For that matter, in my opinion, it took...

It will take awhile to process this. That was a nice surprise for the day.

WOW! I really am shocked. The SpaceX effort struck me as a long shot, at least in its current state of development, dependent on developing...

That’s an important point. Every so often I mention my big UFO event where, after seeing something outside my bedroom window at night, I ran out to...

Hello Clanger! Good to see you again. Thanks for the link, I’ll reserve my opinion of this discussion. However, that is a good point about the LRO...

Heck, just look at post #94 for an example of the importance of calculations on determining actual average dose and comparing it to the Apollo record.

Nonsense. You need both evidence (which you also haven’t shown) and the calculations to compare to Apollo 11 records, if you are going to claim a...

No, I don’t believe you really have that much difficulty with basic comprehension, especially since you point out the key issue yourself, we had...

No, we don’t, and we’ve been through this already. You were asked to show your calculations last night, and you admitted you couldn’t. You haven’t...

Maybe this could clear off that starlink rubble ...

The simple answer is, of course, .24mgy/day is not the mission baseline so of course it was less than that. And no, that is not complicated and I...

Okay, this makes a lot more sense. Lord Foul, your claim was that an astronaut’s radiation dose on the Moon would be 30 to 40% higher than in...

As I see it, if this had a very unusual isotope mix, that would be at least cause for serious investigation. It depends, but generally speaking,...

Now please, we’ve discussed this, and that obviously is untrue. Of immediate relevance, the Moon also blocks much of the GCR that would otherwise...

Why, in your opinion, would that make it of special note?

Whereas I could be convinced of ET visitation, with good evidence. It’s something I spent a lot of time looking into, with quite a lot of hope. ...

I could respond, but let’s not get distracted. Please answer my direct question here: ...

Bknight covered much of this, so I won’t say much, but no, this is not at all clear. The potential existed for an intense enough SPE directed just...

It’s partially protected, as I said. The Earth blocks some GCR directly, much as the Moon does, and lower energy GCR can be redirected by the...

Grant went through that previously, here linked again: ...

No, I don’t see that. You provided popular press quotes, but no information that support your claims. It is not new information that cosmic ray...

That is certainly one of the issues - the Apollo command service module especially provided a very significant reduction in radiation exposure. ...

Lord Foul, it looks like you are responding to specific posts. When you do, could you please use rhe “Reply With Quote” function? It makes the...

I see this as fundamentally a physics question, not a technology question. Either FTL travel is physically possible or it isn’t. It doesn’t matter...

It seems another post was approved since I last read this thread. Lord Foul, as a note, moderators have to approve early posts by new users as an...

It would have been utterly astonishing if the lunar surface wasn’t somewhat radioactive. The Earth’s surface is radioactive, after all, to a varying...