Awesome video, so excited about Artemis!

@GravitonMedia

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

Moon Colony Baby!

@GravitonMedia

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah

Nice Kurzgesagt!

@GravitonMedia

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I've got the 2021 calendar as well.

I disagree with you. Mining in space for commercial proposes is prohibited due to the outer space treaty. It is sorta like Antarctic treaty which bans mining in Antarctica.

@GravitonMedia

3 жыл бұрын

True, but that will likely have to change if continued progress is to be made in space. The Outer Space Treaty is old-1967-so it really should be updated. The reason we protect Antarctica from mining is to protect its wildlife. There is no wildlife in space, and not much to preserve other than rocks. Many missions in the future will likely be impossible without some in-situ resource utilization to sustain human life, and NASA is already testing that technology on Mars. New laws will have to be put in place for sure!

@TrueMathSquare

3 жыл бұрын

​@@GravitonMedia How is it outdated?!?!? Why does it have to be updated? I assumed you mean radically change in motion, form, and substance. I disagree with that. The only mining in space should be for scientific purposes only which would benefit everyone. I do not like the idea of allowing commercial mining in space because it would introduce private property in space which would be against the motions of space benefiting everyone, the neutrality of space, and equal access of space, and it would also assumably destroy these bodies for future research and would only benefit a few. For example, if a company owns a water mine then presumably, they can charge whatever they want for that resource assuming there isn't lots of infra for that and since water is a needed resource it should be to the benefit of everyone by being a not-for-profit effort, it should be ration as needed by an elected office that needs these resources and therefore it should also be owned by the whole human race as a whole. Also, I am natural for mining if it is for green energy such as nuclear fusion and it would have to benefit everyone without exploiting anyone and everyone should have equal access to the resource. The problem with it being private property is there would be no equal access to it, and it would benefit the whole race and other earthlings as a whole. Poorer countries and regions would be locked or deny access to these resources if it were private. A clear example of this phenomena was the Irish Potato famine where the owners just picked the persons who paid the higher price when there was clearly enough to go around. Secondly, here something that lots of people do not get. The Outer Space treaty prevents private property because to own private property, you must do it through a country because private property is an intranational construct, therefore, the international treaties and laws would prevent it as you would have to do it through your country. For example, the Japanese government cannot sell property in America and there is no international organization that these countries go through to sell their property to mostly their citizens or let them exchange it with each other. And to clarify that there is this new treaty called the Moon Treaty and all we must do is to sign onto it. I quite like the Moon Treaty. Finally, I am for the idea of having a few settlements for scientific research on other bodies or in space but ought right colony, I am normally against it. For example, I am summarizing but Elon Mask came out to say that he wants to be a dictator of a colony on Mars and I say he can F**K off. All, I have to say about him is he is a mad man that does not live in our reality and that is how he gets stupid concepts like rocket travel instead of just using normal aircraft, vacuum trains, tunnels for cars, and car elevators. Ask any engineer for the first 2 and any urban or transportation planner for the other points and they are telling you it is ought out crazy and will not work. SpaceX just price dumps and charges the government way more than fair. Any colony should be placed under the control of the UN or the international community as a whole. We need more unity, less division in our race. I do not object to commercial activities in space along if they follow international laws and to do it for the benefit of humanity. However, they ought right say they will not such as Elon Musk. He always says things that go against the law. I willy doubt our laws would change; the Antarctic laws have not changed. There are no colonization efforts on the Antarctic and the Antarctic is a garden utopia compare to bodies in outer space. For an international space colony of laypersons... I do not see any point in it. It would be ultra-dangerous to get there, lots of people will die, and the quality of life would be so much lower than on here, on Earth. Their life is not worth the fun for a few moments until reality sets in. So, until that is addressed and changed, I am completely against it. The same is for sending people to Mars to research until we have exhausted what we can do with robots or it would be nearly completely safe than I am against it. I am against the idea of Mars colonization until we can rule it does not have alive life because otherwise it would be their planet. Now, I feel to the moon would be safe enough for an outpost and we are near exhausting what we can do with the International space station and other objects in low Earth orbit. To end with, I am for human exploration of space and colonization of space in a safe way when the time comes and calls for it, however that must benefit our race which goes against the ideas of privatization and commercialization of space resources for reason I already stated. Any colony and/or outpost and/or settlement would need to be place under the control of the race as a whole and any resources thereof.

@GravitonMedia

3 жыл бұрын

I am of the opinion that space is the next frontier, and that it must be used to spread life as far out into the cosmos as possible. While there are fair concerns about possible exploitation of people through space travel, that should not preclude us from fully-utilizing space. The reason Antarctica is a protected wildlife reserve is because there is wildlife to preserve. The Moon and other space objects are most likely lifeless, and in the same spirit of protecting life that is used to keep Antarctica free from human interference, we *should* interfere in space to further proliferate life. Space travel also brings many benefits to those who do not participate in it. The water purifier, for instance, is just one of many technologies that were advanced due to the needs of the Space Race, and today the water purifier helps people around the globe have access to clean water. The Space Race likely saved countless lives with the technologies advanced. Furthermore, the incredibly competitive nature of the Space Race is what fueled such quick development. While I believe in business regulation and scrutiny, it is precisely this profit incentive that will create competition and further advance humanity. Many people have different opinions about how space should be used, but the fact is that it can be used, and there will be people who want to use it. The resources will not remain untapped as technology continues to advance. What the 1967 Outer Space Treaty reminds me of in this respect is the British Proclamation of 1763 that barred American colonists from settling West of the Appalachians. Many Americans snuck through the mountains, and when the nation gained independence, the Proclamation line was abolished because there were resources to be used on the other side of the mountains. However, in the case of space travel, there are not native people in space, so using its resources wouldn't be as exploitative. Whether you think the use of space's resources is right or wrong, the demand exists to do so, so it will likely happen. The best thing to do at this point would be to update our regulations to allow businesses and governments to operate morally in space. Anything as restrictive as the 1967 Treaty would be hard to enforce and constantly violated. Those who would break the Treaty would also be likely to break other laws and commit human rights abuses. That's why the best option for space is smart, forward-thinking, and well-thought-out regulations that protect the rights of individuals on Earth and in space.