The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agoFirst contact when?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1731arrow-down17
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minus-squarewhere_am_i@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoIt’s obvious that stars provide obscene, unimaginable amounts of energy. It’s also clear that this energy can be captured and stored. We, currently, can’t exit our orbit without using oil, but that does not mean it’s theoretically impossible.
minus-squareDeme@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 months agoClimate change is just one of six planetary boundaries that we’ve crossed, out of a total of nine. The choice of rocket fuel is largely inconsequential compared to the effects of maintaining the industrial capacity necessary for such endeavours.
minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoDon’t most rockets use hydrogen oxygen reaction? Separating hydrogen from oxygen requires only electricity, which we can produce renewably.
It’s obvious that stars provide obscene, unimaginable amounts of energy. It’s also clear that this energy can be captured and stored.
We, currently, can’t exit our orbit without using oil, but that does not mean it’s theoretically impossible.
Climate change is just one of six planetary boundaries that we’ve crossed, out of a total of nine. The choice of rocket fuel is largely inconsequential compared to the effects of maintaining the industrial capacity necessary for such endeavours.
Don’t most rockets use hydrogen oxygen reaction? Separating hydrogen from oxygen requires only electricity, which we can produce renewably.