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Originally posted by Oonjerah:
1. Is the USA the leading World Power?
Probably, eventho I think we're slipping.

2. Do we lead the world in Science?
Me: I really don't know. Nature grants the big brains, & I suspect those are
distributed world wide.

3. Besides the USA, what other countries have a space program?

4. Project for space program in a few decades: Exploring the universe with probes,
and later with manned ships.

5. OK. We can easily pick out the yellow dwarf stars. Apparently even now, we can
tell if they have planets in orbit. So we can pick out potential colony worlds.

6. When we have knowledge of 1 or more yellow dwarfs with an earthlike planet,
would we physically explore those systems 1st with smart probes ... or with
manned space craft?
i.e., Might we become someone else's UFOs?

7. OR are we gonna douche out, stall, fight amongst ourselves, and pick our noses?

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But to answer your questions...

No

No

India, China, Russia, E.U. Germany, France, Canada, and Italy (several of those assist with satellites

We ARE sending probes, several to Mars (Maven and Curiosity), Voyager just left the solar system, Mariner and Messenger to Venus and Mercury flybys, Dawn to Ceres.

See above post.

AND FINALLY


Voyager was launched in 1977 with nuclear batteries that will cease to function sometime in the next five years...we will not be able to send probes to another system. Gliese is the closest system that may be habitable and it is 20 light-years away. 20 times 5.9 TRILLION. Good luck with that before we blow ourselves to bits.

The space race is a lie. There IS NO RACE. All we can do is run in circles for infinity.

Star Trek kept us wishing for a few more years, is all

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Originally posted by Oonjerah:
1. Is the USA the leading World Power?
Probably, eventho I think we're slipping.

2. Do we lead the world in Science?
Me: I really don't know. Nature grants the big brains, & I suspect those are
distributed world wide.

3. Besides the USA, what other countries have a space program?

4. Project for space program in a few decades: Exploring the universe with probes,
and later with manned ships.

5. OK. We can easily pick out the yellow dwarf stars. Apparently even now, we can
tell if they have planets in orbit. So we can pick out potential colony worlds.

6. When we have knowledge of 1 or more yellow dwarfs with an earthlike planet,
would we physically explore those systems 1st with smart probes ... or with
manned space craft?
i.e., Might we become someone else's UFOs?

7. OR are we gonna douche out, stall, fight amongst ourselves, and pick our noses?

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Developments due to warfare

Metallurgy

The telegraph

Ambulance service

Blood banks

Synthetic rubber, and synthetic silk (nylon)

Ultrasound, now used for medical diagnostics

Multi-engined aircraft

The jet engine

Penicillin

The original computer (to decode the Enigma machine)

Microwaves. from radar development

Meteorology, spurred by need for accurate weather predictions

Internet, by DARPA, originally called ARPANET

https://www.quora.com/Does-war-actually-make-the-technology-and-scienc
e-advance-faster

Clearly, war spurs technological development, so we should have more wars!

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The rather sarcastic point being that development occurs in a variety of endeavors. If we were to turn our attention to renewable energy or environmental remediation, for example, we would probably see large advances in other technologies like computer modeling or nano-fabrication (for batteries)

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:

]You lie. All of those things were inventing by algore, along with Global Warming.

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Originally posted by Wishimay:
Hmmmm.

https://gizmodo.com/simulated-moon-dust-kills-cells-and-alters-dna-sig
nali-1825754439

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_soil

The moon has much higher rates of calcium, magnesium, titanium, iron and aluminum than here. That would be pretty tough on EVERYTHING.

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Originally posted by Oonjerah:
1. Is the USA the leading World Power?

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Originally posted by Oonjerah:


2. Do we lead the world in Science?
Me: I really don't know. Nature grants the big brains, & I suspect those are
distributed world wide.

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Project for space program in a few decades: Exploring the universe with probes,
and later with manned ships.

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Originally posted by Oonjerah:


5. OK. We can easily pick out the yellow dwarf stars. Apparently even now, we can
tell if they have planets in orbit. So we can pick out potential colony worlds.

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Originally posted by Oonjerah:


6. When we have knowledge of 1 or more yellow dwarfs with an earthlike planet,
would we physically explore those systems 1st with smart probes ... or with
manned space craft?
i.e., Might we become someone else's UFOs?

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7. OR are we gonna douche out, stall, fight amongst ourselves, and pick our noses?

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Originally posted by Oonjerah:
Come together, right now, over earth ...

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