Engineering and Science Goals

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12/30/08 What will we do when we get there? Just going to build an outpost is certainly a reasonable goal, but, there really needs to be more, or it will be another Skylab. We want, no, need a reason to continue, to keep striving for more. So, Come, please, tell us what you want to do, what science you want to see done. (Only ideas you can participate in, and no "Look for the Alien Base" please unless you have confirmed pictures...)

Observatories

"Another Skylab"? What the hell is THAT supposed to mean? Skylab was, hands down, one of the most scientifically production, cost-efficient projects ever undertaken by NASA or anyone else. Or are you referring to its untimely and unneccessary demise? If we are, even in relative terms, anywhere near as successful as Skylab, I would consider it a work for a lifetime?


pgg- What that meant was we don't want to build a fantastically useful and scientifically important piece of hardware that is abandoned for political or other non-scientific reasons... --Paul 03:50, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Science? Consider: 1) Stratigraphic studies (drillings & soundings) over large regions 2) Sintering using a lunar based microwave oven 3) Radiation mitigation studies 4) Vacuum soil penetration/compaction mechanics 5) Structural mass/ground bearing investigations 6) Solar Hydrogen magnetic 'harvesting' 7) Vehicle/surface dynamics analysis 8) Human mobility systems analysis (non-wheeled, non-tracked systems) 9) DSN Station (sometimes used for certain interplanetary-scale experiments) 10) Solar telescope 11) Multi-point interferometry (with Earth stations) 12) Laser Sail test program (lander probe(s) to Mercury) 13) Bio-cellular low-gravity adaptation (plant/animal/human) 14) Supra-Thermal ion mapping/coronagraphic studies 15) Long-duration exposure study (bare and coated materials) 16) . . .

Well, I really should save something for the second week. . .

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