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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • First of all, domes in general aren’t a great idea except for maybe greenhouses - at least on planets in our system. NASA and ESA have done some cool concept experiments as to what pressurized architecture could look like, and it’s a lot more like a cross between a space station module and Earth architecture.

    Second - assuming we’ve adapted/evolved to the low gravity, skyscrapers are probably the way to go. That said, if we’ve adapted that heavily we probably have similar adaptations to the atmosphere etc. - in which case architecture would probably be similar to Earth architecture, but able to build higher assuming the same materials.

    But if we were trying to colonize a low-gravity world, we’d have to use an orbital station with centripetal-force “gravity” and only research stations on the surface, with a science crew rotation every 6-12 ish months to prevent bone loss.

    This is actually the plan for the Moon and then Mars - use Gateway as a station to resupply and host crew rotations for Moon and Mars missions, and eventually to support long-term habitation. But until such a station exists, Lunar Gateway will be used for a waystation for crew rotations between the Moon and Earth.

    Space engineering is about to become a very high demand field, on the absolute frontier of human exploration…




  • Don’t rule out Nietzsche either, with his ideas on the creation of your moral system, becoming a “god” unto yourself, exercising will through art, and will-to-power by helping others (and thus altering their lives and will in a much more effective way than harming them as a “show of force” / what most think of as power). I highly recommend studying his thinking very deeply when anyone abandons the idea of god. And remember, even though god is dead, in thus spoke Zarathustra the character (representing one of us, who knows that god is dead) never told that to the monk, but rather envied his ability to believe. Believing in a god is by far better than taking that responsibility on yourself, but for us, it is no longer possible. We ought to envy that kind of belief.

    But at the same time, any dogma that harms us or others (Christo-fascism, all forms of theocracy, etc.) is objectively bad except to those in charge of it. Which is no one except one who “speaks for god,” and protestant Christianity has abandoned such a figure and taken on a life of its’ own. It helps no one, not even a person in power, and thus should be abolished.

    But as I said, I envy those who hold other beliefs. For now we must take the responsibilities of god onto our own shoulders.



  • You’re correct in that he would not feel anything from the assist itself, as the spacecraft is accelerating the same amount as him. However, the key here is that he appears to be dramatically altering his attitude with some kind of RCS thrusters. There’s not much use to that unless he’s firing the main engine, but I’m assuming no main engines were used as they don’t appear to ignite.

    The leaning appears to be in response to attitude corrections, and is pretty accurate given the rate of rotation here. The way he’s bracing only makes sense in gravity, so I’ll assume the ship has an AG field (like most standard sci-fi ships).

    The only thing that appears to be off its the acceleration at the end …