Monthly Archives: July 2018

Random Thoughts: Why Cameras Might be Critical to Venus Settlement

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Jonathan Goff

It’s been a while since I last posted on the idea of Venus settlement, but the idea came up again on Twitter recently, and it got me thinking about several of the challenges that still need to be resolved to … Continue reading →

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Airbreathing hypersonic travel is less energy efficient over long distances than rocket travel

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Chris Stelter

There’s a certain misunderstanding common in aerospace that rockets are horribly inefficient and that long term we need air breathing ramjets or scramjets to efficiently launch things, with the idea that we can thus avoid accelerating oxygen to flight speed, … Continue reading →

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Administrivia

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Jonathan Goff

Hey guys, just FYI at Chris’s request (and with some help from Mike Mealling), I updated the website to add SSL encryption and use https instead of http. Apparently, Chrome is about to start giving people warnings if they visit … Continue reading →

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Plan D for space settlement

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Chris Stelter

Plan D There are three companies I take seriously for making true spacefaring (ie including Mars because I’m a Mars Firster) truly accessible: SpaceX, Blue Origin, And Masten Space Systems. I would have taken XCOR seriously, but unfortunately they went … Continue reading →

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Your Sweat Given Rights (Off Topic)

Posted on July 5, 2018 by johnhare

I would like to introduce a possible new term to help counter the seemingly increased use of “God Given Rights” by lawyers, politicians, and various activists that wish latch onto or hand out other peoples’ resources and freedoms. This particular … Continue reading →

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