Space

great opinion there

do you think all countries should have the right to decide how to interact with their environment? or should there be global laws dictating order?

Life gives you power over your choices. I think the current global opinion is we are very far from the end, thus we aren't too concerned about our wrongdoings with nature.

There should be laws that constitute what we can do globally to sustain our planet for future generations

@Oren_Carmeli The US already has some in place. The lumber industry by law has to plant more trees than they cut down.

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Every country has a different set of circumstances + natural resources, so it is near impossible to have Global laws which can accurately govern every country. Optimally, citizens should vote within their own elections on environmental issues

@Matt_Manni Good point, however I think actions done in a country can effect the well being of citizens in other countries. Thus, I think everyone should have a say in the decision.

I also think our society will need to acquire resources from asteroids and other masses in space to make up for our deficiencies

@Oren_Carmeli Asteroid are very far and What could happen if we increase proportion of one or two elements in nature?

There are so many useful resources to be taken from asteroids that it seems inevitable for us to try at some point. I think the reward surpasses the potential risk

@oren_Carmeli Certainly. Maybe there should be a global governing body to start specific environmental initiatives, but the extent to which the initiatives are followed can be decided country by country.

@Oren_Carmeli (^woops) Also I agree about the asteroids. We could find new materials/elements and learn a lot about space from them.

@CrowdChatApp I just hope that each country makes decisions to help their citizen's well being not just in the short-term, but long-term as well

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@CrowdDr Your post has me curious. :)

I think it would be really cool but not sure if it's feasible in my lifetime.

My astronomy teacher told me that it will be feasible in our lifetimes. It's happening!

Space shuttles will replace airplanes for across the globe travel, it will take only about an hour to get to China from the US.

I bet there is less turbulence in space

Hotels in space will be the coolest thing

1000 mile high club? Ha!

There should not be any turbulence in space. And...I'm thinking I'll see commercialized space travel in my lifetime...and I'm 48. :-)

@JimCanto I can see a commercialized space travel very soon It depends how much time and money is spent in research

Scientists say it would take us 100,000 years to get to our closest star system Alpha Centauri which is 4 light years away. Hopefully travel technology improves soon...

Yeh... 16 light years is only... hang on a sec... let me get my other shoe off so I can count.... 94,055,556,960,000 miles. Imma need more toes.

Plus.. Gliese 832c looks cold. #wheresthebeach?!?

From the colors in this picture, it almost looks like there is water thus maybe there are beaches

Yeh...but I'd have to set up my chair on the ice instead of the sand. ;-p

You don't need to bring a cooler at least

https://www.google.c...

Can't wait to see the pictures and data collected by them. It'll hopefully blow away the images from the hubble telescope

Yes, I've seen this. Expanding faster than the speed of light is pretty damn impressive, and it's probably what gave scientists the idea of a warp drive.

But isn't the speed of light the quickest any piece of matter can travel through space? Does that mean the universe is a different substance?

The idea of the universe "expanding faster than the speed of light" is rather frightening.

It seems like a case of special relativity, and perhaps the universe is teleporting through space

Mind boggling.

@Oren_Carmeli Space itself can move faster than the speed of light, which is why we will never see some parts of our universe, as it is expanding too fast. But within that "space-time" there is a "speed limit" which is known as the speed of light.

@AlecFurrier I repeat; Mind boggling.

woahh that looks like snow.

Very cool.

Looks stylish to me, where can I buy one?

They actually had the public vote on the suit aesthetics back in April, looks like "Technology" won! http://jscfeatures.j...

fyi space is the final frontier

great chat you're having; space is loved by geek

It makes mankind feel infinitesimally small and irrelevant

@CrowdChatApp It makes us feel small, but it gives us an understanding who we are, and what's the future

I also think it will play a critical role in our economy and survival as resources on Earth become more scarce

Great read, NASA is planning big advancements over the next couple years. Docking on asteroids will be a key factor for us to learn more about the cosmos

@Oren_Carmeli Thanks for the heads up. I still have not read it.