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Originally posted by hanks7772000
India is sending a mission to the moon. Many of u must be knowing this and some not. USA did it 25 years back. Does it make sense to send a mission to moon now????. many may argue that india is doing this to show their prowess in space.
1. is India tryin to compete with china who r also making blips on this front?
To add to this, many developed countries have shown interset as well.
2. Indian rocket scientist-turned-president Abdul Kalam spoke out again in favor of his country's participation in Martian exploration. is the moon a stop over?
3. is the trip to moon really worth it? the money involved could be used to build satellites which directly benefit people on the earth?
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PS: my 1st post ever. dont blast me plzzzzzzzzz
[edit on 23-1-2005 by hanks7772000]
Originally posted by Daedalus3
And btw Has the Shenzhou proven to be superior to the soyuz?
China doesn't seem to wan to participate in any combined space effort..they want to make it on their own...Or am I mistaken about that?
Originally posted by sardion2000
hanks7772000, welcome to ATS, don't forget your tin-foil hat Anyway, you do bring up ligitimate questions, but I think most people in this thread are missing something big. He3 that is Helium-3 which is abundant on the Moon but really really really really really rare on earth, There is something like 800 Trillion USD worth of the stuff up there. Now what use is it? Check out these links.
Originally posted by sardion2000
You really think fusion wont happen in anyones lifetime? What do you base that on
All you said about He3 is true however we need a more abundant source so we can do more experiments. Right now I agree its not feasible, but we always got to keep our minds open. Predicting technological progress by looking into the past doesn't work. Our development is increasing in speed exponentially and we have not had a major power breakthrough in 50+ years, I think we are overdue for something good to happen in that area. All we gotta wait for now is for Japan and France to stop arguing over where the test reactor is going to be....
As for the location of the ITER, its going to be France or not at all. Count on it.
Originally posted by sardion2000
RichardPrice, thank you for replying. I did not know that ITER wasn't an He3 reactor. Now I understand. I thought He3 was really rare on Earth though.. How much He3 does it take to make a reaction and you said it 'burns' 10x hotter then regular fusion. That would make the reaction 1 billion degrees Is that correct? I can see now what you were getting at. Thanks for Denying my Ingorance Learn something new everyday.
France would really derail this technology considering how much we need it? I though that Japan would have more political capitol then France, but I guess not...