How soon can humans move to and live on Mars?
Will humans ever colonize Mars?It’s a tough question that NASA and other experts are racing to answer. They suggest our first trips might be two decades from now.There’s one man who’s crazy enough to say otherwise. His name is Elon Musk, and he’s shooting for 2024.Elon Musk burst onto the SpaceX stage last week and made a pretty bold declaration: humans will hit Mars by 2024. For those of us still adjusting to facial recognition, the idea of selfies on Mars might be a bit much to stomach.But Musk is certain the company will reach many launches a day with hundreds of passengers on board each time…a belief that puts SpaceX’s goal to reach the planet ahead of NASA and other countries’ space programs. Just a quick heads up before you pull up Yelp to check dinner reservations on Mars—a one-way trip will take three to six months and put a $200,000 dent in your wallet.As for Musk and SpaceX, the question still remains: how will they pay for it?That’s a great questionMuch of SpaceX’s current $16 billion valuation hinges on expected future revenue from launching nearly 4,000 satellites into space and offering better global internet access—the largest internet communication system right now has around 55 satellites.But to launch his mega-fleet of glorified TV dishes, Musk will need more than $1.3 billion in cash on hand. Better yet, he’ll need SpaceX to remain cash flow positive. And that’s easier said than done. The company has long promoted that it is “profitable and cash flow positive” on its website. With last September’s Falcon 9 mishap, the phrase was quickly removed.And finally……here’s something to think about while you sift through flight deals for your next Martian getaway. SpaceX projects annual revenue of ~$30 billion in 2024—the year it could take its first trip to Mars. But the cost of one trip could tally up to $4 billion for just four people…and Musk wants to bring hundreds…daily!It seems ludicrous, sure. But this is the same guy that disrupted the auto industry, is building an underground (and above-ground) network for supersonic transportation, and is reinventing solutions for solar energy.What’s colonizing a potentially uninhabitable planet in the next decade?If you’re all about following Musk’s next crazy idea, or you just love to know what’s going on in the business world. We’ll try to keep you up to date our free daily business newsletter, Morning Brew.
Aren't black holes just extremely dense matter?
Well, really, a black hole is so much matter packed into such a tight space, that the fabric of our universe cannot contain it. Matter that is dense enough to cause this phenomonon is a black hole; it continues to compress itself down to a dimensionless point in space. Depending on the amount of mass contained within the black hole, is the size of the "event horizon." The event horizon is the border between 'normal' space, and the realm of the black hole. *At* the event horizon, orbital velocity of the black hole is the speed of light. If you work the math right, you can formulate a "worm hole." It was thought that if black holes that suck in everything exist, so must white holes that matter and energy come pouring out of... And, we found something like it - Quasars. But, after careful analysis & theory, a quasar is a very noisy galaxy, powered by black holes as well. The problem is, if a worm hole were to form, it would create an infinitely long, infinitely *narrow* tube. Matter - *any* matter - would block the end. An electron, a proton, a person, a planet - the path would be blocked before the wormhole had a chance to form. A black hole is basically a pit where matter goes, and simply adds itself to the black hole's mass. The indication of this it's event horizon, which grows with every gram of mass added.
Which is more likely: terraforming Mars or the moon?
Both places are impossible if by “terraform” you mean there is a natural outdoor eco system. However if you mean builing livable space inside a huge sealed compartment then maybe either place could work, the Moon is closer so it might be easier. But many people thing of an outdoor environment that is Earth-like. But an outdoor, Earth-like environment is impossible on a planet or moon with low surface gravity like exists on the Moon and Mars. The problem is air pressure.Humans and almost all Earth life need pressure to enable almost all biochemistry. Our need for Earth-like pressure is very deep seated in our biochemistry. Even with an oxygen mask we can’t live on the tallest mountains for long.How can you hold an atmosphere in place and hold it enough so that you have a livable pressure at the surface? You can’t do that. The only option is to live inside sealed and pressurized containers.Venus has a gravity about like Earth’s and technically would be a much better planet to terraform. Presently it is much to hot to live on but in theory you fix that by creating plants the consume the CO2 and with sun shades.But you can’t change gravity. You can in theory transport an entire ocean of water to Mars. It might take 100,000 years but you could move enough water to Mars but pressurized air is not going to happen until you build a sealed container.All that said, TRUELY advance civilization might be able to make Mars a much larger planet with a liquid core like Earth’s. You’d do that my crashing millions of asteroids onto Mars. It might take hundreds of thousands of years or even millions of years but one by one each impacts makes the planet larger and also brings water. The Earth was made by this process.But what government has the ability to manage a project that takes one million years to complete? Who would pay for a project that will not see any usable results for a million years? Truly terraforming Mars means making Mars as large as the Earth, a huge job that cannot be done quickly.Venus already has the mass and it might be possible to cool it in only some tens of thousands of years. If so that would be only 1% of the effort needed for Mars.The Moon is a hopeless case as it could not be made larger with out destroying the Earth in the process. So life on the Moon will always requires sealed preserized compartments and pressurized suits to go outside.
Did NASA fake the moon landing? If so, how can you tell using the images?
Yes, NASA did fake the moon landings. The majority of the hoax was shot on the Universal back lot in Hollywood. Tens of thousands of NASA workers were sworn to secrecy.Well, let’s start with that ridiculous assumption: NASA pulled off the greatest hoax in human history.The MLDs (Moon Landing Deniers) are not taking into account one very important human tendency: the tendency to blab.The “moon landings” happened nearly 50 years ago. Yet no one has come foward to collect a million dollars from Oprah or whoever to blab the inside story of Apollo. And show covert photos of Neil and Buzz sharing a laugh with their helmets off on the “lunar surface” set.Is this conceivable? In 50 years! You, an intelligent Quoranian, know that it’s not. Consider Lance Armstrong. One man with a small team. Could he keep his doping secret?Yet the MLDs would have you believe that not one of NASAs thousands blabbed for big bucks in all this time. C’mon! It just isn’t credible, is it?Side note: Buzz Aldrin, second man on the moon, was dogged for months by one of these MLDs. The man followed him, heckled him, made this remarkable man’s public life miserable. Finally, after the MDL called him “a coward and a liar,” an infuriated Aldrin had enough and punched him hard in the jaw.** Very effective! No more hogwash, no more heckling.** We have video of this remarkable event, thanks to Carlos Casador. To view, paste following four words into YouTube’s search box:Buzz Aldrin punches guyBelow: Saturn V moon rocket nozzles on static display at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Your author is the awestruck guy in the funky hat. (Photo by Glenn Padula)
Can sleep paralysis kill you?
I have experience sleep paralysis several times and trust me, sleep paralysis can’t kill you. It is only a myth. In fact, I have a blog where you can read about sleep paralysis and lucid dreaming.Let me be straight:There are no demons, dark entities, archons, spiders, aliens, reptilians, Illuminati, leeches, evil spirit, a deity or nine-legged snakes trying to eat you whole while stealing your soul… squashing you inside the bed with a big block of concrete that blocks your chest and you can't even move (like when Thor places his hammer on Loki’s chest!). Yes, sleep paralysis can be scary, very scary.Sleep paralysis happens this way because to all the junk that humanity has in its consciousness. After all, it is just hallucinations created by our minds. Our minds pull the information from the “memory banks” that we filled ourselves… But again, as I said they are just hallucinations and there is nothing wrong with them. We are the ones to blame for the scary parts, and we are the ones that need to work on this.Sleep paralysis is only a stage!It is a mechanical and natural process that we all go through, in fact, it happens every time we fall asleep. Many of you possibly have experienced it already. The mind paralysis the body so do you don’t act out your dreams. Somnambulism is a serious condition because of lack of sleep paralysis, among other reasons. If the mind is awake (you have not lost awareness), you are going to experience sleep paralysis consciously.When your mind is awake and your body is asleep, it triggers sleep paralysis. It always happens when you try to induce a lucid dream using the WILD technique, and the same goes if you are pursuing an astral projection. Do NOT MOVE nor try to move at this stage, or you will break your trance and blow it. You do not need to be afraid, and only focus in your desired dream or in your vibrations and you will have a pleasant surprise!I have a course about lucid dreaming where you can find a lot more out from lucid dreaming!