It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
originally posted by: eriktheawful
You mean the Kuiper Belt.
Pluto and other dwarf planets, like Eris, are part of the Kuiper Belt.
The Oort Cloud is a theory, and has not been directly observed (but most likely exists). It's also much, much further out than the Kuiper Belt.
Oort cloud
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia'/b]
The Oort cloud (/ˈɔrt/ or /ˈʊərt/[1]) or Öpik–Oort cloud,[2] named after Dutch astronomer Jan Oort and Estonian astronomer Ernst Öpik, is a theoretical spherical cloud of predominantly icy planetesimals believed to surround the Sun at a distance of up to around 100,000 AU (2 ly).[3] This places it at half of the distance to Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Sun. The Kuiper belt and the scattered disc, the other two reservoirs of trans-Neptunian objects, are less than one thousandth as far from the Sun as the Oort cloud. The outer limit of the Oort cloud defines the cosmographical boundary of the Solar System and the region of the Sun's gravitational dominance.[4]
The Oort cloud is thought to comprise two regions: a spherical outer Oort cloud and a disc-shaped inner Oort cloud, or Hills cloud. Objects in the Oort cloud are largely composed of ices, such as water, ammonia, and methane.
Astronomers conjecture that the matter composing the Oort cloud formed closer to the Sun and was scattered far into space by the gravitational effects of the giant planets early in the Solar System's evolution.[3] Although no confirmed direct observations of the Oort cloud have been made, it may be the source of all long-period and Halley-type comets entering the inner Solar System, and many of the centaurs and Jupiter-family comets as well.[5] The outer Oort cloud is only loosely bound to the Solar System, and thus is easily affected by the gravitational pull both of passing stars and of the Milky Way itself. These forces occasionally dislodge comets from their orbits within the cloud and send them towards the inner Solar System.[3] Based on their orbits, most of the short-period comets may come from the scattered disc, but some may still have originated from the Oort cloud.[3][5]
originally posted by: Kashai
What follows is a hypothetical in relation to insuring in potential the survival of the human race. In context with respect to current technology, it could be considered fiction but, with respect to modern potential, not unimaginable.
In respect to our moderators feel free to move this response to any forum you see fit.
Above top secret command 4439725/survival prerequisite protocol 1.
Evaluation of our Oort Cloud presents the potential of habitable environments. This in the context of creating underground facilities that, in effect could be very large. And could not only house humans but as well, maintain environments, consistent with the survival of other forms of life indigenous to earth.
These facilities could potentially relate to enormous swaths of a potential planetoid especially given structural reinforcements.
Any thoughts?
The Kuiper belt was named after Dutch-American astronomer Gerard Kuiper, though his role in hypothesising it has been heavily contested. Since it was discovered in 1992,[6] the number of known Kuiper belt objects (KBOs) has increased to over a thousand, and more than 100,000 KBOs over 100 km (62 mi) in diameter are believed to exist.
originally posted by: Kashai
a reply to: Ultralight
Project Orion which was developed in the late 50's/ early 60' could get us their in less than 2 years.
originally posted by: Kashai
a reply to: eriktheawful
Consider that in Hypothesis the construction is done Robotically.
Further, consider the dispersion of harmful radiation at such a point in space.
originally posted by: Ultralight
a reply to: Kashai
I'm in! I volunteer. Let me grab my toothbrush and pillow first!