Thursday, September 22, 2011

Fwd: ATBTC's CHAIN LETTER 4 (Latest Update)





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Subject: Fwd: ATBTC's CHAIN LETTER 4 (Latest Update
                       Looking Back-Truncated-Updated-Modified
 (Originally called Action Chain Letter 4; read original version at this venue)
                          by Citizen Journalist and Richard Depersio
(Two posts follow: 1)Cystalinks (wacky web site except for recommended post): Click: Science;
Click: Astronomy; Click: Moon; Click: Mining. Accurate except for end; it would be cost-
effective. 2) Following post indicates China and Russia plan to mine moon in ten years).
Preidential candidate Citizen Journalist: More Proposals Original/Proposals
Endorsed than Obama and all Republican candidates.
We propose using future operational-version of AF X-37B coupled with future  super heavy-
lifter to back-up and, eventually, replace aging GPS (Geo Positioning Satellites) System.
Mining the moon for silicon and He-3 would go a long way toward solving our energy crisis.
Energy generated would far FAR exceed the cost of missions. This constitutes a highly cost
effective proposal.
Originally published Tues, Nov 23, 2010; it had been updated, expanded and improved on
7-26-2011 and 9/22
PROPOSAL 10: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) than fission plants. Fusion technology
underdevelopment. NASA could accelerate process by working on
nuclear thermal propulsion.
     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 and silicon from the
surface and would deliver the material to earth (He-3) and orbit
 (silicon). It would cost only 5% to send silicon from moon to earth
orbit than 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:
It would be less expensive to use He-3 from moon than from earth
in nuclear fusion plants; it would be cheaper and more effective
to have orbiting solar panel satellites as opposed to solar
 panel stations on earth.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?
Air Force has been testing 'secret' unmanned X-37B which resembles a
space shuttle. A year ago, we were probably the first to propose placing
future operational version near GPSs in order to move them out
of harm's way in the event that an enemy fires a missiles at them
for the purpose of crippling our communications, especially, military.
Further, upgraded GPS should be housed in cargo bay ready to
replace aging GPS when it dies. Unmanned X-37B is more
maneuverable from ground than a regular satellite. In addition, we
proposed calling operational-version "Constitution" to drive libs crazy.
It is suspected that a manned version is in the works. A
declassified-version - notice: new, original proposal coming -
should be employed by NASA to construct framework for
solar energy collecting devices which would transmit
concentrated sunlight to earth for conversion to electricity.
Framework complete, it becomes a private sector endeavor.
 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 2025 give or take 3 years.
PROPOSAL 11: Develop 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 (magnitized and surrounding ) MPV
(new-version Orion)as cosmic ray shield for MPV (if feasible).  
We must keep in mind that we are recommending the use of
  nuclear thermal stage would make rocket faster, more powerful and
less expensive. It would also require one or two chemical stages. Project
NERVA (1962-73) would have created a nuclear thermal stage by 1978
for proposed Mars mission - the Saturn 5 third stage would have
been replaced with a nuclear thermal stage and called Saturn S-N.
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 La grange 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, it would be in the financial interest
 of a private company to do exploration prior to exploitation without NASA.
 Pure science often leads  to applied science or technology).
The Mars mission would employ the thermal nuclear stage a.k.a. earth
transfer module and what is learned in the process of upgrading
NERVA (nuclear stage development which had been successfully tested)
 and the blueprints of the never built Saturn S-N might be applicable to the
 development of nuclear fusion plants.

  













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