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They're all lunatics. That we can be certain of.
Careercow Robert Chipman / Bob / Moviebob / "Movieblob" - Middle-Aged Consoomer, CWC with a Thesaurus, Ardent Male Feminist and Superior Futurist, the Twice-Fired, the Mario-Worshipper, publicly dismantled by Hot Dog Girl, now a diabetic
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does he expected that terraforming is cheap? Shit, we can't even terraforma now. Terraforming is a long and expensive process that will not happen for a time.
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The only answer I have is that it'd be cool to go to space and not deal with any of the bullshit of space like meteors, radiation, spinal damage from low gravity, and more. Which has to be their reasoning, because I'm very aware of all that.
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How does this moron not get that "terraforming" the Moon is literally not possible? It doesn't have the gravitational field even to have an atmosphere.
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He's implying that had we eradicated the menace of poor white people or white people in the countryside already, we'd be a venturing among the stars by now.
"The elites and POC, particularly the brilliance of black women, would figure it out if they weren't plagued by Joe, the farmer in Bumfuck, USA!"
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This just confirms my opinion that Movieblob is as scientifically illiterate as Chris-Chan, to the point it literally couldn't even be explained to him by a team of scientists that an object like the Moon simply couldn't retain an atmosphere. It would be literally impossible.
If this were a practical thing to do, we would already have done it!
By comparison, in theory, people could actually live on Mars without even terraforming it.
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Even Mars is a bit small to hold down an atmosphere thick enough to breathe. The solar wind strips gas from Mars, and its atmosphere now has less than 1% of the pressure of Earth's.
There is a proposal to use a powerful magnet to give Mars a strong enough magnetic field to restore its atmosphere, but it would take a lot of work to even get to the point where people can walk outside without space suits.
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It's big, shiny, and I'm half-convinced they still think it's made out of cheese.
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This is why you'd dig down deep to where the pressure might be acceptable and literally mine for oxygen, while installing machines to create something like an ionosphere, or at least amplify the vestigial one it has already, and possibly slam the entire planet by redirecting oxygen-rich comets and other objects at it just to see what happens.
Anyone actually living on it at that time might have issues.
Still, terraforming Mars is at least remotely possible. Even terraforming Venus is conceivable, although possibly even more impractical than terraforming Mars.
Terraforming the Moon is absolute idiocy, though. It's literally impossible.
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There have been proposals to terraform Mars, most of them involve using thermonuclear weapons to vaporize the entire carbonate content of the planet into carbon dioxide. The resultant atmosphere will be heavy enough to stay stable-ish (and it is hoped that if the atmosphere is thick enough it can develop an extrinsic magnetic field on its own, much like Venus's). There is no chance that human can breath an atmosphere so thick with carbon dioxide no matter how much additional oxygen we pump in, but wheat can grow.
I love how idiots like Bob love posing "why can't we?" questions when the answer can easily be found with a little reading.
And I suspect what he means by "fairytales in science textbooks" have something to do with Mah Gendaaas.
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"MY existence is in danger!"
Yeah, because being a footless diabetic who spends all day in a basement talking about Marvel and vidya is one step removed from being in a concentration camp:
Translated from Bobese: "I don't want to reveal myself for the ideological Frankenstein of an authoritarian I am so I won't lose my Patreon."
Again, can any British Kiwis tell me exactly what's going on with Theresa May? You can't trust anything from Bob's mouth:
Yeah, because being a footless diabetic who spends all day in a basement talking about Marvel and vidya is one step removed from being in a concentration camp:
Translated from Bobese: "I don't want to reveal myself for the ideological Frankenstein of an authoritarian I am so I won't lose my Patreon."
Again, can any British Kiwis tell me exactly what's going on with Theresa May? You can't trust anything from Bob's mouth:
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I actually kind of like ideas like this, even when they're speculative. Frankly, just getting rid of our nuclear weapons would be a good idea, so even a "let's see what happens" idea that involves launching a shit-ton of nukes on giant rockets against Mars is just pretty cool. I'd like to see what happens.
Actually, I just like the idea of launching a shit-ton of nukes right here on this very planet just because I'm that misanthropic, but let's be realistic. The "let's nuke Mars" idea promises an actual future. Also it would be fun to watch, and then we wouldn't have as many nukes right here. Also it would be practice if we ever find out some planetoid-sized object is on a collision course with us.
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LOL at Bob implying his deranged worldview in any way reflects "the political realities of the moment."
EDIT: Also, does Bob feel any "obligations to mutual responsibility" for those Middle America sonsofbitches? You know, the "unevolved?"
EDIT: Also, does Bob feel any "obligations to mutual responsibility" for those Middle America sonsofbitches? You know, the "unevolved?"
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Anyone want to try taking the test from the PoV of Bob and seeing what you get? It won't be accurate but it'll still be entertaining.
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Also Bob does not take into account terraforming the Moon could lead to another space race. We are not at the point in Star Trek where nations come together for the greater good.
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I tried it and I got "Social Libertarianism". Well, you are what you hate, I guess:
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The Conservative party called an election this year, expecting to increase their parliamentary majority. In fact, Labour gained seats, and the Conservatives lost their majority. Theresa May then sought out a coalition with the Democratic Unionist Party, a conservative party in Northern Ireland, to regain a majority, but the negotiations aren't proceeding smoothly. The DUP has a bad reputation among progressives because it opposes abortion and same sex marriage. Unlike in the rest of the UK, abortion is illegal in Northern Ireland except when continuing the pregnancy is a serious risk to the mother's health, and same sex marriage does not exist.
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Heck the best we could hope for now is to set up environment domes where we live while mining operations occur on the moon. Not that Bob has kind of basic knowledge as all he can do is spout fecal matter out of his mouth.
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Leave it to someone like Bob to call personal responsibility Orwellian.
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Venus is actually the most hospitable candidate for extra-planetary colonization. Its upper atmosphere is remarkably similar to Earth's and a Cloud City-style facility is feasible. Itd be expensive and needs some good planning but a lot more possible than "terraforming the Moon".
At this point I'm convinced Star Wars informs most of Bob's scientific knowledge so he probably thinks Middle America is preventing us from having Hyperdrives as well.
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