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You people who believe that the opinions of only certified experts matter are idiots.....just look at where submission to the experts has gotten America....to almost total collapse from bad quality work.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...t-a-good-idea/To date, the International Space Station has cost as much as $160 billion, with the United States providing the bulk of the money — nearly $100 billion (although it depends how you include the price of the space shuttle program). Russia, Europe, Canada, and Japan chipped in for the rest. It's arguably the most expensive single object ever built.
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy...uttle_faq.html. The average cost to launch a Space Shuttle is about $450 million per mission.
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I choose my own words like the Americans of olden times........before this dystopia arrived.
DARK AGES SUCK!
Phantasmal (07-29-2020), ThatOwlWoman (07-30-2020)
The computer you are so casually using to bitch about tech was due, in part, due to the Apollo program along with several other spinoffs. That's a concrete benefit now which wasn't seen in 1965. That's the funny thing about R&D, it's like Forrest Gump's box of chocolates. Remember how the microwave oven came to be?
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/20/74237...-back-on-earth
https://spinoff.nasa.gov/flyers/apollo.htm
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
ThatOwlWoman (07-30-2020)
I want/need to be hearing what we have gotten for the almost $200 billion we have invested in the ISS, and what exactly we should get for this investment should we do it...as well as how much it should cost, understanding that cost estimates tend to be wildly not correct because our experts tend to suck.
I choose my own words like the Americans of olden times........before this dystopia arrived.
DARK AGES SUCK!
Dyam! You talk like a 1960s Liberal. Surprising.
Here ya go, some tech even golf-cheat Trump would appreciate:
https://spinoff.nasa.gov/flyers/ISSspin.html
https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2011/iss_spinoffs.html
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
I choose my own words like the Americans of olden times........before this dystopia arrived.
DARK AGES SUCK!
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Doc Dutch (07-29-2020)
You to can explore the ocean depths, if you have the nerve and the money too?!!
TRITON submersibles will take you to the deepest part of this planet oceans?!!
Some of these submersibles can launch from a yacht, other from a research ship if you want to go really deep?!!
https://tritonsubs.com/
https://tritonsubs.com/products-services/all-subs/
Glad to see the Cousteau family is still in ocean exploration?!!
Cypress (07-30-2020), ThatOwlWoman (07-30-2020)
An interesting point about 60 feet, but the real estate motto, and a basic understanding of underwater depth issues, applies: Location, location, location.
The facility is set to be built off the coast of Curacao which itself is near a trench up to 6000' deep. http://fishing-app.gpsnauticalcharts...12.165/-68.610
Like some theories think using the Moon as a launch point to Mars, already being underwater at 60' might be a jumping off point to explore deeper.
Also note the water clarity where visibility is over 100 feet. Certainly a plus.
https://www.nydailynews.com/life-sty...ticle-1.344023
All you have to do is gear up and step off the dock to enjoy great diving any time, day or night. The water is so clear that at 100 feet, you can feel the sun on your back. During a night dive, you can look up and see the moon and stars.
As the OP link notes: "“Ocean exploration is 1,000 times more important than space exploration for — selfishly — our survival, for our trajectory into the future,” said Cousteau. “It’s our life support system. It is the very reason why we exist in the first place.”"
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Phantasmal (07-30-2020)
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