Idk man, the wonders of existence....and expensive eggs. That pretty much cancels each other out. /s

I'm well aware of this fact. However, if they just scrapped it there would be no going to the moon for quite some time. You work with what you have, not what you want.

"in human history"???? Um... Not happy with that. Best to say brightest recorded gamma-ray burst" vs. just being the brightest in all of human history.

Very normal for people who have feelings. It’s awe, loneliness, humility. People call it ‘feeling so small’. It’s also probably connected as one of the ancestral experiences. Look at a camp fire you feel safe comforted dreamy and want to tell stories because every one of your ancestors did that going back several hundred thousand years. Looking at the stars maybe meant you were exposed or navigating etc. trippy to think about. We are just dust.

There's going to be both, like it or not. But no, Artemis is not about getting water for the rich.

None. A GRB would need to be within a few thousand light-years to damage the ozone layer. This one happened around 2.4 billion light-years away.

That depends on how advanced we can make those robots, even the most advanced robots today are very clunky, and this base could be built within a decade.

Look at Mars rovers, it takes them months to do what a human could do in 20 minutes with a shovel and a microscope.

Plus there's the fact that if we can mantain a crewed base on the Moon we would gain invaluable experience on just how to mantain people in other worlds. Mars itself isnt fit for practice given that its a 9 month trip with current tech.

The ISS could have also been a crew less station, and yet we put people there to not just make everything way smoother than machines can do, but also to learn about the effect space has on the human body.

Also, this is specifically go to nearby planets. Launching from the Moon would make a Mars landing far more feasible since you are going to need the rocket itself to leave Mars, plus help shorten a trip thats already uncomfortably long.

The outer Solar system is going to requiere newer tech, but launching from the Moon will help.

SLS is still an embaressment old technology being pushed for political reasons.

It's called awe (in the original sense, which also includes fear) and it's normal. That feeling inspired a lot of artists.

This is one of the reasons I love space. It's one of the few things that truly makes my problems seem so small and insignificant and it reminds me that other people are still valuable even if I really don't like what they do or say. We're in this together and there's so much for us to learn and explore.

Assuming you can create fuel on the moon, where do you store it?

We are matter arranged in increasingly complex patterns that eventually becomes sentient. We are very literally the universe coming to life. Our existence is such a miracle, every moment should be treasured. Even when eggs are expensive.

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Assuming your scenario works, a connecting flight spaceport on the moon, it would still be better to use to robots. From the point of view of mass regularly required to be sent from earth to keep people alivee

Also: if you have the technology to do manned flight to the outer solar system, and why you would I can't fathom, it's a 100x more difficult problem than going to the moon, with far less payoff, you likely have the technology to bypass the extra gravity well as a needless waste.

Usually, I hear people in their late teens or very early 20s have this sort of a reaction to thoughts of space and Earth and the night sky. If you're that age, I can guess that your reaction will diminish with time as you get older. Not that you will stop appreciating the thoughts but the reactions will be milder.

Having said that, he night sky is spellbinding no matter what age one is.

Enjoy the extreme reactions. You're lucky you have only to look up at the sky to really be moved emotionally! It's like a free drug :)

No if I did I would quit my job and enjoy my time here

Not anxious, sometimes a bit despondent that ill never get to see what's out there.

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I mean… what are the ramifications for life with that exposure level?

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I think the entire top 25% should be a large detachable capsule in any human variant. Cargo and tankers no.

But the shuttle didn't have an escape system either.

Probably that we're also part of the universe, we are made out of the exact same stuff. And we're conscious. So, in a sense at least, we are the universe (or part of it) that became conscious.

I agree, I’m concerned that Starship has no escape module.

I imagine that Starship can escape from the booster section if something goes wrong, but there should also be an escape method if something was wrong with Starship itself.

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