Interesting... Backups on the moon
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If small asteroids are the issue, why can't they store data in multiple locations in Earth itself? Why moon? BTW does not asteroids or planetary bodies hit moon? <snip>TransOrbital had to obtain approval from the US State Department and the military to gain its license, and has also been consulting with officials at NASA.</snip> Is NASA the official authority for all lunar activities :~ ? Smitha You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. -- Richard Bach
Two things: A: The company is based in California, USA. NASA is the American space program. Why wouldn't that make sense? B: Besides being the first, isn't America still the only country to have landed on the moon? <--Signature begins here--> I am... Currently: A Programming Student/Intern. Working on an outside project: A game for the GamePark32 (GP32) portable gaming console. GamePark32 English(Engrish) site[^] Wishing to better learn: Graphical programming with C++. P.S. I'm not good with HTML, so don't expect something fancy in my sig. But I'm working on it, OK?
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Two things: A: The company is based in California, USA. NASA is the American space program. Why wouldn't that make sense? B: Besides being the first, isn't America still the only country to have landed on the moon? <--Signature begins here--> I am... Currently: A Programming Student/Intern. Working on an outside project: A game for the GamePark32 (GP32) portable gaming console. GamePark32 English(Engrish) site[^] Wishing to better learn: Graphical programming with C++. P.S. I'm not good with HTML, so don't expect something fancy in my sig. But I'm working on it, OK?
nssone wrote: A: The company is based in California, USA. NASA is the American space program. Why wouldn't that make sense? The moon being Earth's satellite, I thought there should be some international body which should be approving such cases. Smitha You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. -- Richard Bach
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If small asteroids are the issue, why can't they store data in multiple locations in Earth itself? Why moon? BTW does not asteroids or planetary bodies hit moon? <snip>TransOrbital had to obtain approval from the US State Department and the military to gain its license, and has also been consulting with officials at NASA.</snip> Is NASA the official authority for all lunar activities :~ ? Smitha You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. -- Richard Bach
i'm with you, who gave the u.s. exclusive rights to space and the moon? :eek: Josef Wainz Software Developer
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nssone wrote: A: The company is based in California, USA. NASA is the American space program. Why wouldn't that make sense? The moon being Earth's satellite, I thought there should be some international body which should be approving such cases. Smitha You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. -- Richard Bach
Honestly, I'm not too sure about that. I don't remember NASA needing to get permission from the rest of the world to land on the moon. I'm pretty sure the moon is kind of like a cosmic international waters. But hey, they don't teach you that kind of stuff in schools. And only my dad watches that much Discovery Channel. Maybe there is now and NASA probably takes care of it. There certainly wasn't anything before during the huge space race/cold war. <--Signature begins here--> I am... Currently: A Programming Student/Intern. Working on an outside project: A game for the GamePark32 (GP32) portable gaming console. GamePark32 English(Engrish) site[^] Wishing to better learn: Graphical programming with C++. P.S. I'm not good with HTML, so don't expect something fancy in my sig. But I'm working on it, OK?
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nssone wrote: A: The company is based in California, USA. NASA is the American space program. Why wouldn't that make sense? The moon being Earth's satellite, I thought there should be some international body which should be approving such cases. Smitha You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. -- Richard Bach
Smitha Vijayan wrote: The moon being Earth's satellite, I thought there should be some international body which should be approving such cases. :-) I don't think so Smitha. Except for the US the rest of the world havent really been there or played with it or explored it etc... For all we know after 150 years we might need an H1B-Moon to get to the moon ;-) or a Green Moon Card Nish
"I'm a bit bored at the moment so I'm thinking about writing a new programming language" - Colin Davies My book :- Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win] Review by Shog9 Click here for review[NW]
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1200791,00.asp[^] John
"We want to be alone when we hear too many words and we feel alone when it has been a while since anyone has spoken to us." Paul David Tripp -- War of WordsI just want to know their logical reason why the earth is not a safe place to hold your data and the moon is?? Nuclear war?? Terrorist attack?? What happens when a hard disk goes down?? Are they going to staff a facility on the moon 24/7/365?? John
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Smitha Vijayan wrote: The moon being Earth's satellite, I thought there should be some international body which should be approving such cases. :-) I don't think so Smitha. Except for the US the rest of the world havent really been there or played with it or explored it etc... For all we know after 150 years we might need an H1B-Moon to get to the moon ;-) or a Green Moon Card Nish
"I'm a bit bored at the moment so I'm thinking about writing a new programming language" - Colin Davies My book :- Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win] Review by Shog9 Click here for review[NW]
We got there first, and we're keeping it. A couple of shopping malls, some carpet and paint, and you'll be surprised at the rents we'll be able to charge.:)
"The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
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We got there first, and we're keeping it. A couple of shopping malls, some carpet and paint, and you'll be surprised at the rents we'll be able to charge.:)
"The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
Lazarus LongRoger Wright wrote: A couple of shopping malls, some carpet and paint, and you'll be surprised at the rents we'll be able to charge. LOL I am not coming till they have fast internet on the moon ;-) Nish
"I'm a bit bored at the moment so I'm thinking about writing a new programming language" - Colin Davies My book :- Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win] Review by Shog9 Click here for review[NW]
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I just want to know their logical reason why the earth is not a safe place to hold your data and the moon is?? Nuclear war?? Terrorist attack?? What happens when a hard disk goes down?? Are they going to staff a facility on the moon 24/7/365?? John
John I think some total nut who has a lot of money and his own company just wants to show off and get famous with this cheap stunt :-) It sounds quite science-fiction-fantasy-ish though :-) Nish
"I'm a bit bored at the moment so I'm thinking about writing a new programming language" - Colin Davies My book :- Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win] Review by Shog9 Click here for review[NW]
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John I think some total nut who has a lot of money and his own company just wants to show off and get famous with this cheap stunt :-) It sounds quite science-fiction-fantasy-ish though :-) Nish
"I'm a bit bored at the moment so I'm thinking about writing a new programming language" - Colin Davies My book :- Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win] Review by Shog9 Click here for review[NW]
I agree... John
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Great! Now, the only thing they need are customers! Probably they'll find their customers on Mars: who on Earth will put their data on the Moon? Acting as a substitute for God, he becomes a dispenser of justice. - Alexandre Dumas
I'm sure that some Silicon Valley VC will think this is a great idea, :rolleyes: Uptight Ex-Military Republican married to a Commie Lib - How weird is that?
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Smitha Vijayan wrote: The moon being Earth's satellite, I thought there should be some international body which should be approving such cases. :-) I don't think so Smitha. Except for the US the rest of the world havent really been there or played with it or explored it etc... For all we know after 150 years we might need an H1B-Moon to get to the moon ;-) or a Green Moon Card Nish
"I'm a bit bored at the moment so I'm thinking about writing a new programming language" - Colin Davies My book :- Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win] Review by Shog9 Click here for review[NW]
Nishant S wrote: we might need an H1B-Moon to get to the moon lol - those of us from visa waiver countries will merely need a green I-94W (lunar) :) Rob Manderson http://www.mindprobes.net
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1200791,00.asp[^] John
"We want to be alone when we hear too many words and we feel alone when it has been a while since anyone has spoken to us." Paul David Tripp -- War of WordsOK, so the data is safe if the earth gets levelled by a thousand volcanoes... The tigress is here :-D
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Sounds risky. All those craters on the moon didn't appear out of nowhere. Since the moon has no atmosphere, the chance of a meteorite reaching the surface is far higher than on Earth. Therefore, stored data on the moon would have a statistically greater chance of being destroyed, at least by meteor strike.
This is exactly what I thought of when I saw this sentence in the article: "The moon is a pretty safe place to store your data," and later on ... and there is also always the threat of a natural disaster here on earth, such as a small asteroid hitting the planet." There is a much higher risk of asteroid hit on the moon, than on the Earth, I guess. Rado
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Two things: A: The company is based in California, USA. NASA is the American space program. Why wouldn't that make sense? B: Besides being the first, isn't America still the only country to have landed on the moon? <--Signature begins here--> I am... Currently: A Programming Student/Intern. Working on an outside project: A game for the GamePark32 (GP32) portable gaming console. GamePark32 English(Engrish) site[^] Wishing to better learn: Graphical programming with C++. P.S. I'm not good with HTML, so don't expect something fancy in my sig. But I'm working on it, OK?
nssone wrote: B: Besides being the first, isn't America still the only country to have landed on the moon? With living people, yes, unmanned craft, no. The US, [former] USSR and Japan have all "landed" (usually crashed) several types of craft on the moon, with the USSR the first to achieve success on September 14, 1959 after several failures by both. See http://www.planetary.org/learn/missions/moonmissions.html[^]
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This is exactly what I thought of when I saw this sentence in the article: "The moon is a pretty safe place to store your data," and later on ... and there is also always the threat of a natural disaster here on earth, such as a small asteroid hitting the planet." There is a much higher risk of asteroid hit on the moon, than on the Earth, I guess. Rado
Good... I thought I was the only one noticing that. While I agree that the atmosphere protects the Earth, if we think probabilities, the fact that Earth is larger should make it more likely for an asteroid to hit our planet... ...mumble, mumble... got to go calculate... Olorin
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Good... I thought I was the only one noticing that. While I agree that the atmosphere protects the Earth, if we think probabilities, the fact that Earth is larger should make it more likely for an asteroid to hit our planet... ...mumble, mumble... got to go calculate... Olorin
Frank Olorin Rizzi wrote: While I agree that the atmosphere protects the Earth, if we think probabilities, the fact that Earth is larger should make it more likely for an asteroid to hit our planet... It came to my mind but I didn't want to go too deep with the problem analysis / statistical calculations :) Frank Olorin Rizzi wrote: ...mumble, mumble... got to go calculate... :-D Rado
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If small asteroids are the issue, why can't they store data in multiple locations in Earth itself? Why moon? BTW does not asteroids or planetary bodies hit moon? <snip>TransOrbital had to obtain approval from the US State Department and the military to gain its license, and has also been consulting with officials at NASA.</snip> Is NASA the official authority for all lunar activities :~ ? Smitha You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. -- Richard Bach
Smitha Vijayan wrote: TransOrbital had to obtain approval from the US State Department and the military to gain its license, and has also been consulting with officials at NASA. Is NASA the official authority for all lunar activities ? I'm unsure exactly how things changed from "consulting with officials at NASA" to NASA is "the official authority for all lunar activities". The statement immediately preceeding the NASA sentence was, "the company launched a rocket to test telemetry, positioning, and other concerns in preparation for the upcoming mission", which fits well with the interpretation that NASA knows as much or more about the moon and spacecraft launches than anyone else, so they are a good group to consult with if you are planning to do anything moon/space launch related. ------------------------------------------ "I had no interest in trying to actually drive [in Italy], that would have been suicide. It would have been comitting my body entirely to game with indistinct rules, playing with a nation of opponents who are professionals at the sport."