Interesting... Backups on the moon
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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
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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
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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."