Not necessarily. We already have the ability to create self sustainable colonies by applying space station and closed ecological system technologies. The ISS's inhabitants currently work in space suits with the use of powered tools and robotic crane, not to mention that people had already briefly worked successfully on the surface of the moon. In the near future, space suits will be augmented with powered exoskeleton's. As materials advance, space suits will be much more effective at shielding radiation and resisting tears. We still have uncertainties about pregnancies in space, birthing in space, human development, performing surgery in space, and all the other effects and necessities of living in space permanently; we require more data.
Our expansion into space is really limited by lack of better method to get to space and land on planets safely and economically. Theoretically, we could actually modify the ISS into a rudimentary space "elevator" by extending a long cable from the ISS to the surface of Earth and extending another cable from the ISS away from Earth.
Humanity will have to colonize space and other planets to increase it's probability of survival. Data gathered about the human body during space missions will be very useful.
Because nothing else was in the least bit informative or constructive or genuine...it all came from the one to lock the thread, the so-dubbed "anti-unicorn." Irony.
Lol, something informative, constructive, or genuine about unicorns... Oh never mind, you just wouldn't understand it.
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Praise the almighty pantheon of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math!
http://www.asme.org/kb/news---articles/articles/design/dna-origami-takes-engineering-to-a-nano-level
http://bostonglobe.com/business/2012/12/25/safer-science-toys-leave-some-nostalgic-for-old-days/py1FKKkozy33efdFgteWVM/story.html
http://www.forbes.com/sites/bmoharrisbank/2012/12/21/5-energy-trends-that-will-impact-your-business-in-2013/
http://www.asme.org/kb/news---articles/articles/product-planning/mopping-the-floor-with-the-status-quo
http://www.asme.org/kb/news---articles/articles/renewable-energy/taking-data-centers-off-the-grid
http://www.informationweek.com/government/mobile/darpa-pack-mule-robot-takes-load-off-sol/240145021
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/509006/the-numbers-behind-some-of-2012s-biggest-technology-stories/
http://www.materials360online.com/newsDetails/33700
http://www.materials360online.com/newsDetails/33680
http://www.materials360online.com/newsDetails/33660
http://www.materials360online.com/newsDetails/33621
http://www.materials360online.com/newsDetails/33620
http://www.materials360online.com/newsDetails/33600
http://www.materials360online.com/newsDetails/33580
http://www.materials360online.com/newsDetails/33561
http://www.materials360online.com/newsDetails/33560
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-10/deep-space-suit
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=archaebacteria-the-third
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/12/31/did-human-ancestors-walk-up-trees-video/
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/2012/12/31/take-this-shell-and-shove-it/
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I'm just going to throw this out there, but story of the starving pilgrims bear striking similarities with one of Aesop's fables.
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@Hookah604: Go
Not necessarily. We already have the ability to create self sustainable colonies by applying space station and closed ecological system technologies. The ISS's inhabitants currently work in space suits with the use of powered tools and robotic crane, not to mention that people had already briefly worked successfully on the surface of the moon. In the near future, space suits will be augmented with powered exoskeleton's. As materials advance, space suits will be much more effective at shielding radiation and resisting tears. We still have uncertainties about pregnancies in space, birthing in space, human development, performing surgery in space, and all the other effects and necessities of living in space permanently; we require more data.
Our expansion into space is really limited by lack of better method to get to space and land on planets safely and economically. Theoretically, we could actually modify the ISS into a rudimentary space "elevator" by extending a long cable from the ISS to the surface of Earth and extending another cable from the ISS away from Earth.
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@Hookah604: Go
Humanity will have to colonize space and other planets to increase it's probability of survival. Data gathered about the human body during space missions will be very useful.
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@TheZizz: Go
@TheZizz: Go
Please stick to S C I E N C E.
http://www.space.com/18537-soyuz-spacecraft-rare-night-landing.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121114172931.htm
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"An original DUCKumentary"
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/an-original-duckumentary/full-episode/8068/
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@Hookah604: Go
+1
Notice how he conveniently ignored the religious nuances and innuendos in posts previous to mine.
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What the link says:
http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/09/14/creationists-boycott-dr-pepper-over-evolution-of-flavor-facebook-ad/
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On Denisovans:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=denisovan-genome
And some other videos:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/ultimate-mars-challenge.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/what-future-be-like.html
And some more links:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-safe-are-americas-2-5-million-miles-of-pipelines
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=our-drugs-make-fish-flounder
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=coal-plants-smother-communities-of-color
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=artificial-muscle-advance
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=misfolded-protein-transmits-parkinsons-from-cell-to-cell
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=brain-scans-of-rappers-shed-light-on-creativity
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=statistics-win-in-us-election
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=clean-water-act-at-40
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=blood-thinning-rat-poison-is-killing-birds-too
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=draft-sequence-of-pig-genome-could-benefit-agriculture-and-medicine
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=us-ranchers-struggle-to-adapt-to-climate-change
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Lol, something informative, constructive, or genuine about unicorns... Oh never mind, you just wouldn't understand it.
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@TheZizz: Go
Assuming that you're not confusing it with eccentric orbits, you must be talking about this: http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=563
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@TheZizz: Go
Not sure why you consider it ironic since the thread title explicitly said, "All about unicorns..."
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@Mozared: Go
It's for gathering data; that's why polls are used. Where did you think I got the links?
If you want to debate, go make another thread. This thread is for posting informative links to topics related to science.
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Can anyone say that the images posted in the unicorn thread had absolutely nothing to do with unicorns? I just get the feeling that some people are just anti-unicorn.
http://www.sc2mapster.com/forums/general/off-topic/44711-all-about-unicorns-no-one-is-making-you-look/#p7
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If you want to debate, go make another thread. This thread is for posting informative links to topics related to science.
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-10/smarter-safer-stronger-far-out-future-stuff
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-10/deep-space-suit
http://www.materials360online.com/newsDetails/33300
http://www.materials360online.com/newsDetails/33200
http://www.materials360online.com/newsDetails/33160
http://www.materials360online.com/newsDetails/33020
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/345721/description/Supersolidity_loses_its_luster
http://www.materials360online.com/newsDetails/27120
http://www.materials360online.com/newsDetails/23941
http://www.materials360online.com/newsDetails/22760
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/10/continuous-polystyrene-recycling
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/10/superconductors-conventional-unconventional-bismuth-barium
http://www.materials360online.com/newsDetails/21126
http://www.materials360online.com/newsDetails/18167
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/09/carbon-conduction
Inverted pendulum stability: