Activity for Brythan
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A: How expressive is a color-based language? Absent an accompanying written language, is it plausible that the cephalopod language could develop into something that can be used to discuss complex or abstract ideas? You don't need written language to discuss complex or abstract ideas. You need written language to store the complex or abstr... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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A: Where should I place my city in space? Lagrangian Points A Lagrangian point with what? There are ten different Lagrangian points associated with the Earth, and four of them are stable. The most likely places to get early colonization are the Earth-Moon L4 and L5 points (trojans). Those are the closest stable orbits to the Earth. They... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |
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How much stuff could we get into Earth orbit for the start-up cost of initiating asteroid mining? I was reading this question and realized that I didn't actually know enough to give the answer that I wanted. Obviously in the near term, all our raw materials come from the Earth. The only other place we've been is the Moon, and we haven't been there lately. So if we built a space station with ... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |