Charles R. Stevens Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Not much for the deep cold either! any were we go is going to call for a troglodyte like existence, radiation being a thing. But as governments have been planning wars of resource accusation for decades Musk isn’t so dumb. Lots of exploitable resources and little if any government oversight of world. Not to mention the tax benifits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 So that’s what the movie DUNE was based off of! if that’s true I want my own sand worm! Imma call him dusty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatLiner Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Irondragon ForgeClay Works said: I think our ability to do more internet searching is much more precise now than it was then. My wife is from Mexico City, I like history and museums. I have been to Mexicos National Museum of Anthropology a bunch of times. It's amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Dome your crater over and plant a garden Billy, fresh veggies will be in demand on the moon. I'll claim a really deep crater above 60*, mine and sell you ice. About 4' of regolith will block most radiation provided we don't catch a coronal mass ejection point blank, then it's off to the cellar till it clears up. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Jerry now you got me wondering if a bumper crop of space tomatoes might be worth living in a rural crater! I’ll have to get myself an electric truck an tractor, I just don’t think my Chevy and kubota would cut it on the moon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 I'm getting a hybrid, solar atomic, Lunar Truckster. Savings in overnight batteries will pay for it in a couple days. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Better than the one where you have to act like you are on a Hollywood sound stage for videos to keep the "nobody's on the moon" conspiracy going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Thomas your so silly! Of course no one’s on the moon! if they were then there would be moon rocks for sale on Amazon that an I’m sure there would be so many lit up billboards up there advertising junk that you couldn’t tell a full moon from a crescent moon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Riiiiiiight! My Father worked for NASA during the mid 1960's; We have a picture of the Apollo 11 liftoff signed by Werner von Braun saying "Thanks Tom, we couldn't have done it without you!" (When we toured the Johnson Space Center, we had security badges and Frank Borman was our guide.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 You can buy Moon rocks Billy, though not Amazon I'm sure. Which R.A. Heinlein story sold advertising space on the Moon's near side Thomas? The ad was for 6+ soda, 6+ was "printed" in carbon black across near side for a few hundred thousand I think. An enormous amount of money in the 1940s. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 "The Man Who Sold the Moon" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 15 hours ago, George N. M. said: I will say that the recent postings on this thread are much more accurate and informative than the 2006 postings. I don't know if the IFIers are more knowledgable and more articulate but whatever it is IMO it is a good thing. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." One thing I've seen more of over the last few years is an extension of the "no politics, no religion" rule into a forum culture of non-judgmental respect for others. (There are exceptions of course, but hey, no-one's perfect.) That combines well with a dedication to objectivity (whether in metallurgy, heat treatment, the chemical analysis of pre-European-contact Aztec bronze, or the endless discussions of the value of anvil rebound), with the result being some pretty high-quality discussions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 That's it! Thanks Thomas, I knew it was obvious but it wouldn't come to mind. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 There is a short story sequel to it as well: "Requiem". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 I had to look that one up and still don't recall the story. I don't remember his short stories as well as he novellas and novels. I read so much so fast I think short stories had to be pretty memorable not to get lost in the storm. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Last "Friends of the Library book sale" I picked up 4 hardback school library copies of some of RAH's "juveniles" ( have spacesuit will travel, time for the stars, starman jones, the star beast, IIRC). All from the original printings and in excellent condition. I am almost afraid to give them to the grandkids! Jim "Paw Paw" Wilson was an RAH fan and why I wear lederhosen with an aloha shirt Fridays at Quad-State (from a line in "Glory Road"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Sweet score Thomas, I don't have room to go to book sales. <sigh> I caught the aloha shirt and lederhosen reference right away. "Glory Road" is one of my favorites though I'd forgotten it was a throw away one liner in the story. I've listened to it and others since. I was one of his adolescents. I didn't know until I saw his obituary that he and Virginia lived less than 30 miles from us. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatLiner Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 I was just in the Museo de Antropologia de Mexico. Here are some pics of bronze, gold, and metal works from around Mexico that they cut have on display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Any iron? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatLiner Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 I didn't see any iron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 They seem to be following the unfortunate modern museum display format of no labels. Maybe there were labels or descriptions off to the side of the case. I find it interesting how little the shape of some tools changes through time and materials. The crescent shaped blade could be a knife similar to a modern leather worker's knife. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatLiner Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 They didn't have much in descriptions, age, or composition etc. I was looking for it. Most of the display had been taken down. They are remodeling. I remember seeing a lot more axes of varying shapes and sizes. When I get home I will have to go through my old pics to see if I have some of the old display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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