The next 100 years of spaceflight?

  • code1949
    13th Sep 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @JoJoBond (View Post)
    A low yield nuke can separate it from the asteroid field. A high-power railgun unit can rapidly fire at it and chip away parts of it.
  • JoJoBond
    13th Sep 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @code1949 (View Post)
    Profitability?
  • code1949
    13th Sep 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @JoJoBond (View Post)
    Massive. The amount of minerals easily out values the extraction method.
  • trystanr
    13th Sep 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    2015: China becomes central super power.
    2020: Supreme dictator Chung Ho rises.
    2020: Supreme dictator Chung Ho chokes on some noodles.
    2021: China revolutionised against.
    2022: More space in China.
    2022: Soviet Russia rises.
    2023: Soviet Russia wipe out puny America.
    2024: Evil Overlord Borat Stretsniach assassinates dog.
    2025: Dog gets statue.
    2025: Statue grows wings.
    2026.3,1415: Statue lands on Universe Omega Central 5
    2027:Statue destroyed in freak lawn mower attack.
    2028: Soviet Russia builds a space vessel.
    2029: Soviet Russia launches space vessel.
    2111: Soviet Russia Win.
  • cctvdude99
    13th Sep 2011 Member 0 Permalink

    EqualsThree:

    I see massive colonies on the moon mars and Callisto...
    2020|American moon base built
    2029|Manned Mars Flyby
    2030|First Russian moon mission
    2037|American Base built and first american landing on mars
    2040|Worldwide wars begin in asia and south america
    2045|Second Civil War interrupts US space program
    2060|America recovers and manned lunar base population reaches 200
    2061|First Child born in space large debate over citizenship and title of child
    2062|Callisto base developed
    2065|BAse becomes a colony population reaches 5000
    2067|Chinese space program putts a small outpost on moon
    2078|Atomic Wars china is dissolved
    2080|ET signal detected
    2081|Scientist attempt to develop a strategy for interstellar travel
    2083|The big three(America, Brazil and, Russia) develop a sure date for the first interstellar expedition(2130)
    2090|A second signal reaches earth
    2100s|TV ,computer, and phone becomes obsolete


    Probably correct. I would add one thing in though,
    ~ 2030|UK build a space launch facility.
  • trystanr
    13th Sep 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    Take a look at Russia's space timeline, they far surpass America. Americas only claim to fame with the space race is that they landed the first man on the moon. America is totally over rated.
  • cooldaddy96
    13th Sep 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @EqualsThree (View Post)
    It seems that independant brands will use space flight commericially. Perhaps by 2050 space flights could be avaliable to the public. Virgin already have a sort of slingshot craft where a plane flies high, and launchers a smaller craft into orbit. Also, I see Russia landing on mars by 2030-2040. The Americians cancelled their funding, and scrapped the project. However, the Russians completed an experiment where 3 cosmonauts where locked in a mock spacecraft for 9 months. The physcfologicial effects wheren't too servere.

    Let's imagine that by 2100, there are 10 billion people on the Earth Thats a bit unrealsitic, the population is growing faster than that. 12 Billin is more like it.
  • BudCharles
    13th Sep 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @JoJoBond (View Post)
    On Earth, the planet differentiated, may minerals sunk to the core. This did not happen on the asteroids. If we get some kind of spacey version of modern mining machines, we could get the minerals easily. There need not even be humans involved, just robotic probes!
    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Anyone?
  • EqualsThree
    13th Sep 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @BudCharles (View Post)
    Did you know we just turned Spaceflight topic into War/Political one?

    2015: China becomes central super power.
    2020: Supreme dictator Chung Ho rises.
    2020: Supreme dictator Chung Ho chokes on some noodles.
    2021: China revolutionised against.
    2022: More space in China.
  • t3h1337n00b
    13th Sep 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    2020: Space shuttles come back, start becoming popular
    2030: Back to the moon
    2050: Space station orbiting moon
    2070: Man first sets foot on Mars
    2100: Space station orbiting Mars
    2300: First manned mission to Pluto
    2500: Safe space travel at up to .2c
    2800: Solar system can no longer reliably support massive human population, colonies established on exoplanets
    5000: First contact leads to interstellar war
    10000: 10% of galaxy explored