If these government agencies are as good at keeping secrets as you say, then what information could there be for you to research? How can you say for sure that those projects are 20 years ahead, if it is all being done in total secrecy? Something doesn’t add up.
We know this because of what they have done in the past, like the stealth fighter…did that leak out early? Its common sense that they would be working on things right now that the public will not see or hear about for many years.
Well, you and Edwest may be right about that. I am instinctively distrustful of anything that sounds like a conspiracy theory. But, there can be no doubt that there truly are SOME conspiracies and secrets in the world.
As someone who used to work in the classified world (not in an engineering capacity) most classified stuff isn’t nearly as sexy or interesting as people assume.
Jennifer Lawrence has never done nudity in a movie as far as I know. She’s had nude photos stolen, but that’s about it.+1.
I’ve been studying this subject for decades, which means, after decades pass, some details of these projects are revealed. It’s a little odd but it is sometimes the case that the published material is sold out shortly after it appears, which has been the case for a number of them. One book I wanted suddenly sold out and became available on the secondary market for just under $1,000.00. Fortunately, a paperback edition appeared that sold for $50.00 and I have it.
What are you referring to? The last I heard, NASA is still trying to work out how a manned mission to Mars could be feasible. Some of the difficulties include the problem of the astronauts being exposed for months to solar radiation (extremely dangerous) and the serious bone loss which is caused by lack of gravity.
So, the astronauts aboard the International Space Station, what are they doing? And a few materials have already been mentioned that would protect the astronauts on their way to Mars without adding unacceptable weight.
The International Space Station is within the upper levels of the Earth’s atmosphere. I don’t know the details, but I presume there is enough atmosphere at that level to protect the astronauts from solar radiation. And those that are posted on the Station for long periods do experience serious health difficulties from bone loss, and other problems caused by lack of gravity. Furthermore, the Station can be periodically resupplied by rockets from Earth - something that wouldn’t be possible with a Mars mission. So the storage of food and so forth is not such a big deal for them.
Actually, what protects from the kind of solar radiation that is under discussion is being within the Earth’s magnetic field.
Sadly, it seems she’s well on her way toward that desination.
The ISS is at 249 miles. It’s in Low Earth Orbit. The Earth’s atmosphere ends at 62 miles.
This is the source of my information.
That number is used because it is an even 100 km, and winged flight isn’t possible that high. But air resistance remains. Skylab was higher than that before it fell to Earth.
It would at least be built that way. As with Apollo’s LEM, the MEM is almost certain to have an upper ascent stage.
Correct, thanks for setting me straight. And, according to this article:
There is a HUGE incentive in this…money/greed, especially to be able to travel in space to mine for materials, precious metals, diamonds, etc. They say there are diamonds in space as big as tractor trailers, so I think there is plenty of reason to create and keep such technology as secret as possible.
There are two X37s.
I guess anything is possible, but I wonder how R&D could be conducted on a space-travel program, without anyone knowing about it. You can carry on all kinds of activities on the Earth’s surface, or in the lower atmosphere, without drawing too much attention to yourself. Once you start launching things into space… it’s pretty darn hard to keep that a secret. Unless you think they have Star-Trek style cloaking technology. I don’t have the scientific knowledge to estimate how likely that is, but it seems pretty far-fetched to me. And even if a rocket or vessel could itself be cloaked, the launch would create all kinds of turbulence in the atmosphere which could be detected by satellites.
And bear in mind, I am talking about manned space vehicles. If you want to talk about things like the X-37, which is an unmanned vehicle, that’s a whole different story. You have a lot more options when you don’t have to worry about keeping human beings alive and healthy inside the vessel. But the whole point of this discussion was the possibility of humans travelling into deep space.