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HTH Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 8 Jul 00 Posts: 690 Credit: 774,734 RAC: 266	Message 542777 - Posted: 8 Apr 2007, 17:03:36 UTC Last modified: 8 Apr 2007, 17:11:14 UTC
	Here are some scientific mega projects that come into my mind at the moment: - Project Cyclops - Manned Mars-flight - Fusion reactors - Post-LHC particle collider - Rotating space stations - Interstellar unmanned spacecraft How much would those 6 projects cost and would it be possible to fund them, if there were no wars in the world? ____________ Manned mission to Mars in 2019 Petition <-- Sign this, please.
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kinhull Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Oct 03 Posts: 1029 Credit: 636,475 RAC: 0	Message 542788 - Posted: 8 Apr 2007, 17:45:28 UTC - in response to Message 542777.
	Here are some scientific mega projects that come into my mind at the moment: - Project Cyclops - Manned Mars-flight - Fusion reactors - Post-LHC particle collider - Rotating space stations - Interstellar unmanned spacecraft How much would those 6 projects cost and would it be possible to fund them, if there were no wars in the world? You forgot this one: Space elevator With some info on costings here: Space elevator economics A space elevator built according to the Edwards proposal is estimated to cost $40 billion. This includes all operating and maintenance costs. If this is to be financed privately, a 15% return would be required ($6 billion annually). The space elevator would lift 2 million kg per year and the cost per kilogram becomes $3,000. ____________ Join TeamACC Sometimes I think we are alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we are not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.
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BillHyland Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Apr 04 Posts: 907 Credit: 5,763,810 RAC: 0	Message 543619 - Posted: 10 Apr 2007, 5:56:59 UTC - in response to Message 542788.
	Here are some scientific mega projects that come into my mind at the moment: - Project Cyclops - Manned Mars-flight - Fusion reactors - Post-LHC particle collider - Rotating space stations - Interstellar unmanned spacecraft How much would those 6 projects cost and would it be possible to fund them, if there were no wars in the world? You forgot this one: Space elevator With some info on costings here: Space elevator economics A space elevator built according to the Edwards proposal is estimated to cost $40 billion. This includes all operating and maintenance costs. If this is to be financed privately, a 15% return would be required ($6 billion annually). The space elevator would lift 2 million kg per year and the cost per kilogram becomes $3,000. Last I heard, some work on the cable material was still needed. Have new materials been developed? I hope so. I would invest in that start-up in a heartbeat, because a space elevator would be a cash cow from the very start of operations!
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Al Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 5827 Credit: 400,697 RAC: 0	Message 544210 - Posted: 11 Apr 2007, 11:06:36 UTC
	ooo interesting ____________ Scorpions - Wind Of Change
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