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From: b <rrdd3939@aol.com>
To: rrdd3939@aol.com
Sent: Tue, Nov 23, 2010 9:53 pm
Subject: ATBTC's CHAIN LETTER 4:
ATBTC (Americans Taken Back Their County)
CHAIN LETTER 4:
EXPLORATION and ENERGY
by Richard DePersio, Joined by Fellow Revolutionaries
Loose Association of Americans with Similar but Not Cookie-Cutter Views
PROPOSAL 10:
Mining the Moon for Silicon and Helium-3 for the purpose of taking a major step toward
Mining the Moon for Silicon and Helium-3 for the purpose of taking a major step toward
energy independence and generating affordable energy while our demand for energy more
then doubles over the next two decades.
We have taken many factors into consideration in endorsing these proposals, including,
real climatology as opposed to U.N.-Cattle Fart-Hockey Stick Pseudo-climatology.
It is extremely expensive and difficult to mine for silicon and Helium-3 on earth. The
price tag might even be prohibitive on a massive scale. Silicon is employed in producing
solar cells for solar panels which we want in earth orbit generating electricity. Helium-3 would
be used for fusion plants to generate electricity. We presently have fission plants. Fusion plants would be less expensive, even safer and more environmentally-friendly (for the
benefit of Cattle-Farters) then fission plants.
Let's put the subject in perspective. Coal generates 15-20% as much energy as put
into the energy of mining and processing. Mining on the moon is much less expensive
because of lower gravity and no air resistance. "Mass Drivers" powered by concentrated
sunlight would scrape helium-3 from the surface and the material to earth orbit. It would
cost only 5% to send silicon from moon to earth orbit then it would from earth to earth orbit.
Such mining would retrieve 300x more energy from He-3 then put in, including, the energy of going to the moon and shipping material to earth! Cost-effective: So, Why did Obama
cancel moon program? Same reason that he loaned Mexican Oil to drill in Gulf of
Mexico during moratorium on U.S. drilling, in spite of the fact that they have much lower
safety and environmental standards?
Don't touch pristine moon. We'll get to it. Hold your farts.
It has been estimated that we will have fusion plants by 3030 give or take 3 years. NASA
could truncate it to 2023 give or take 3 years.
could truncate it to 2023 give or take 3 years.
PROPOSAL 11:
Not allowing $9 spent on NASA's "Constellation" Program go down same presidential
black hole as "stimulus package" and Fannie/Freddie. Combine Orion/Ares 1 and Ares 5
heavy-lifter with nuclear thermal stage ( aka earth-transfer module to moon and Mars) to be fired in low or high earth orbit with it doing double-duty as cosmic ray shield for Orion. Array should include safer liquid booster rockets rather then shuttle solid boosters if necessary. Using nuclear thermal stage would make rocket faster, more powerful and
less expensive. It would also require one or two chemical stages.
PROPOSAL 12:
We should have 5 moon missions lasting 3 weeks at lunar equatorial region, mission to
lunar 'arctic' region for 5 weeks, flight to lunar 'antarctic' circle for 7 weeks, visit to lunar
far side for 4 weeks with comsat in Lagrange orbit and a return to lunar north for 3 months
during 2020-21. Four follow-up missions if warranted.
NASA would establish 3 moon bases where astronauts (Commander, pilot, mission
specialists - geologists, geophysicists, engineers, astronomers) for stays of up to 3 months
with private company geologists, geophysicists, metallurgists, engineers nearby. They
would pay NASA to be flown to moon or pay private company. They might be able to
use water at poles to drink, separate out O to breath and the H for nuclear thermal power
plant and for propulsion. Living off the land. Mining can't commence until area is
thoroughly studied scientifically. During that period, private company can determine
viability of site for mining. In the future, private company would be compelled to do
exploration prior to exploitation without NASA (Pure science often leads to applied science
or technology).
Proposals 10, 11 and 12 might enable us to have fusion plants on earth by 2023 give or
take 3 years and we should begin orbiting solar energy satellites when the new version Ares is operational which should be by or before 2017. Experts estimate that we can only get
up to 30% of our energy from solar and wind. NASA could guarantee it! Since NASA's
inception it has developed cutting-edge technology and built upon existing technology
which has made its way to the private sector - free of charge! - after 3 to 5 years.
