Going to the moon in 2024

[Justin]

Also, yes, Techshot is a company that does research science work in the aerospace sector, building systems that allow experiments to take place in space. As of right now, the only infrastructure that exists for doing such experiments are all controlled by government entities because the only organizations currently capable of doing significant work in space are all nation state-level actors, so yes, they contract with NASA.

It turns out that the US government sinks a lot of money into basic science research, and this arguably has helped to make the US the greatest nation on Earth.

[Justin]

Evidently you didn't watch the video. They plainly stated that the organ materials they're printing would be too fragile to generate on Earth, and the best way to do the work is in a microgravity environment.

[davsel]

Evidently you didn't watch the video. They plainly stated that the organ materials they're printing would be too fragile to generate on Earth, and the best way to do the work is in a microgravity environment.

Evidently I did, which is why I quoted the decade timeline.
Yes, the "material they're printing" would be too fragile. No reason they could not (and currently are) print with a material that would not collapse on Earth, or use a different method on Earth that supports the fragile structure without relying on micro-gravity.
But no, they applied and were granted a ton of cash to run their little space man experiments to help justify the ton of cash wasted on the ISS already.

[Justin]

Evidently I did, which is why I quoted the decade timeline.
Yes, the "material they're printing" would be too fragile. No reason they could not (and currently are) print with a material that would not collapse on Earth, or use a different method on Earth that supports the fragile structure without relying on micro-gravity.
But no, they applied and were granted a ton of cash to run their little space man experiments to help justify the ton of cash wasted on the ISS already.

Yeah, there's a long timeline between basic science research and something actually getting to market. That's life.

If your plan for printing biological material planet side is such a surefire deal, I look forward to seeing the link to your whitepaper that spells out your methodologies for doing so, as well as your experimental results.

Also your business plan for getting to market in less than ten years.

[Justin]

Your counter arguments speak for themselves.

A truly convincing and thorough rebuttal if ever I saw one.

[Irving]

Justin, is anyone realistically working on a space elevator that you know of?

[Justin]

There's some super basic research being done on space elevators, but, last time I looked, it was still mostly material studies and a couple of super small experiments.

From what I've seen there are still a number of material and architectural breakthroughs needed to make a space elevator viable, and my gut feeling is that seeing one within the next 50 years is probably overly optimistic.

I think we're going to be stuck with chemical propulsion for the foreseeable future.

[Irving]

That's pretty much what I'd read, but I don't keep up on this stuff. Thanks.

[Justin]

That's pretty much what I'd read, but I don't keep up on this stuff. Thanks.

No problem. I like the concepts for alternative launch systems and it would be great if some became viable.

My current favorite alternative system would be the proposal to use large, hydrogen-powered cannons, but those would have certain limitations even if they were built.

[rondog]

I wouldn't be surprised if certain people started screaming about it being "racist, homophobic, islamophobic, or some other silly shit."