we discuss how to create a human empire. we'll assume a lot about technology and time frames but let's keep it realistic. i think first we should start with mining asteroids and setting up an outpost on the moon. establish a professional fleet similar to a navy, with astronauts trained as soldier a little and similarly to air force pilots. also they should do tours of no more than 6 months in space to maintain the off world bases and establish human presence.
now why would we want military style space exploration and sending people in space which is inefficient ? because militaristic ideals help give people a purpose and because that's kinda the point of exploring space, that we eventually get out there.
Levi Reyes
Nigga 90% of Astronauts, Cosmonauts, Taikonauts and Pooinloonauts are Air Force pilots, what the fuck are you doing?
Xavier Thompson
i'm saying take absolute beginners and train briefly like an air force pilot, an army man and a nasa special snowflake engineer
Connor Lee
This is really more of a thing.
Landon Barnes
Why do you want to do away with specialists and why in the world would you waste time and money putting a medical doctor or a physicist through pilot training?
Robert Ward
basic shit like a couple of weeks, and i explained it, it's because it breeds militarism, they could also be used as troops on the ground. my bad man, i usually don't stray from my home boards
Jason Edwards
Realistic? How do we protect our bases from astroids? And what is the use of a Mars settlement anyway? It still is much too far to travel anywhere from there.
How about transforming the Sahara and Greenland first. It's easier, cheaper, saver and more useful.
Jaxson Thompson
>Using scientists and engineers as soldiers
Thats really wrong
Sebastian Brown
>they could also be used as troops on the ground /k/ would slap the shit out of you if they saw this
Jonathan Barnes
>How about transforming the Sahara and Greenland first. It's easier, cheaper, saver and more useful. Pulling shit shit right outta your ass I see If not Mars, Moon colony would be extremely useful. Can you mine and work resources 10 times easier or construct and launch 10 bigger ships (and everything else) on fucking Greenland?
Lucas Sullivan
Are you willing to put safety before fuel? Sounds like it. That is not the way the military will train you. Always safety first. Whatever the cost. The moon is not safe. Meteorites can hit you at any time. And is there a seismologic chart? Those are the real issues. Work on that first.
Colton Taylor
>Using scientists and engineers as soldiers >Thats really wrong Don't be such a pussy. You can bet the hostile ayylmao scientists will fight for their planet
Dominic Martinez
why go there because someone's got to do it eventually obviously you'd want specialists attacking and doing important shit but these guys can be used as an occupation force, maintaining supply lines and are of course specialists in their respective fields. there's many ways you could use them, otherwise it would be like not sending marines in the middle east because they're only meant for storming beaches
Thomas Young
>And is there a seismologic chart? moon is fucking dead geologically and coincidentally, there are enormous lava tunnels under the surface where you could house entire cities safe from the space rocks
Aiden Howard
this, really i assume we're going to stir up enough shit to get the attention of ayys, who we will need to btfo, take their resources and planets, an maybe even women if they're similar enough to us humans. that's the point of an empire after all
Charles Kelly
so a troll thread, shit and I was getting my hopes up
Adrian Morgan
chill the fuck out m8 it's all part of the eventual war with the pleidians
Connor Harris
>tours of no more than 6 months in space
hate to break it to you but that's not even going to get you one way to jupiter
Juan Jackson
This thread doesn't even belong to this board. OP you are abusing science for your sci fi.
Brayden Jones
i did say to use realistic assumption
Samuel Cooper
You are retarded. Go outside and make a friend
Thomas Davis
>let's keep it realistic. >completely dives into silly space opera nonsense like "fleets" and a "navy" in the next paragraph
You want realistic? The most we can expect for biological human "exploration" (actually, irrelevant vanity projects better handled by probes and rovers) is: >maintain the ISS into the '20s >encourage the Chinese to pursue their independent efforts, with an eye on joint ventures with the usual intergovernmental agencies later >encourage private efforts (SpaceX et al) >bigger LEO station to replace the ISS in the '30s >lunar base >rendezvous with an NEA >giant space telescope big enough to make the James Watt look like a pirate's spyglass
...And at the most far-fetched, before exploration and space-based industry and fabrication becomes wholly unnecessary and better handled exclusively by machines (and we're practically there), an attempt at Mars. At least its moons.
By the time you get to the late 40s, you're fighting against AI supremacy, and whatever its wishes and goals are...probably to utilize Von Neumann machines to convert the local stellar neighborhood (and then, galaxy, galactic neighborhood, universe) into computronium.