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0 pointsjacquesm9y ago0 comments

What kind of manned missions do you have in mind?

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That's the point: we may not know until we have days or hours remaining to achieve them.

As far as I know, there's no party on earth who could execute a space mission on one month notice. And such a mission would have very little capabilities due to poor preparation time.

Whatever doomsday scenario you are concerned about, it's not a realistic goal.

manarth9y ago

And an impending catastrophe so urgent that it needed an immediate launch would be unlikely to leave Russia or China unaffected, so any breakdown in relations would be quickly put aside for the sake of [deflecting meteors/fighting alien invaders/saving the moon from being eaten by a giant space shark].

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jcoffland9y ago

Either Russia or China could if properly motivated.

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ChoHag9y ago

I love the idea of knowing exactly which failure scenarios are incoming.

Your universe sounds fun. Can I join?

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ChoHag9y ago

That's the point: we may not know until we have days or hours remaining to achieve them.

exDM699y ago

As far as I know, there's no party on earth who could execute a space mission on one month notice. And such a mission would have very little capabilities due to poor preparation time.

Whatever doomsday scenario you are concerned about, it's not a realistic goal.

manarth9y ago

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jcoffland9y ago

Either Russia or China could if properly motivated.

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ChoHag9y ago

I love the idea of knowing exactly which failure scenarios are incoming.

Your universe sounds fun. Can I join?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse