Mr Whippy
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 12:04 PM |
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Incredible visions for the future...
Its Friday  so here are a couple of great ideas, I don’t know if I can keep this up every Friday as they don’t grow on trees…
Anyway today’s ideas both involve the moon, I’m into astronomy and hence think about such things. So here goes –
Plan 1 – ‘Lighting the planet’
Contrary to what many would think the moon is very dark, infact when we went there it was noticed that the ‘soil’ was almost as dark as charcoal, it’s
only the fact that the sun is so bright that makes it seem white. My plan? Make it white! I propose a fleet of rockets be flown to the moon loaded
with chalk and exploded over the surface (obviously only done on the side that faces us, saving half the material), this chalk dust would rain down on
the surface and turn our dull moon into a blazing globe in the sky! Awesome! Think about it…for two weeks a month the sky would be light at night,
maybe even turning blue during a full moon. For millions of years this would happen due to the lack of erosion on the surface and everyone on the
planet would benefit. Crime down, world energy consumption reduced, increased world crop production and all night sunbathing.
Is that cool or what?
Plan 2 – ‘Colonising the Moon by cable car’
This is a variation on the old space elevator idea but I think would be much more useful. I propose to build a cable car between the earth and the
moon! To do this requires a large tower built on the Antarctic pole and a corresponding but smaller one built on the southern pole of the moon, the
moons one is smaller due to the lack of atmosphere. Once done a cable of carbon-nano tubes is strung by rocketship across the gulf of space and then
dropped onto the moons surface (I will let the boffins at NASA sort out the fine details here). The two ends are then lifted to the tops of the towers
and reeled in, a large weight hanging down on the earth end will allow for the oval moon orbit. All that’s need then is to fit a speedy cable car and
bingo back and forward to the moon without pesky rockets.
So there you go two fab ideas (not including the earlier winter fix one), must be all this Italian coffee
[Edited on 7/3/08 by Mr Whippy]
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 12:07 PM |
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You really have excelled yourself in your madness this time Mr W!!! 
Anyone know where he lives?? The men in white coats are on their way North as we speak!!
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MikeR
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 12:30 PM |
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actually ........
if we set up the cable car we wouldn't need the rockets (and global warming) to make the moon white + we could then use the cable car to launch
space stations / satelights etc.
and .....
to save our chalk, old white fridges etc could be dumped on the moon instead, they're white, won't rust, will save landfill space.
Now as for the propulsion system for the cable car, what about getting a load of cows and 'milking' the methane from them. Using that to
power a generator and .... whoopeee
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Guinness
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 12:33 PM |
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Ah! Mr Whippy you have given me hope, out of despair. I see now that all the world problems can be solved by your genius!
Whooo hooo!
Now, you don't know where I left my keys do you?
Cheers
Mike
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 12:39 PM |
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Neither of these ideas are very locost but i do like the cable car idea. Might i suggest jag power?
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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smart51
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 12:55 PM |
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The average distance to the moon is 240,000 miles. at 1000 MPH it would take 20 days to do a round trip, and you'd need a vehilce that would do
500,000 miles without any failure or maintenance. Oh, and a cable with 20,000 miles of stretch in it.
Rather than covering the moon with white fridges, use the stainless steel ones instead. Mirror finishes reflect more light than white.
[Edited on 7-3-2008 by smart51]
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 12:56 PM |
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Did I mention the idea I had when I was a kid, of turning the sun into a spaceship, no? Well that will be next Fridays one then
Fridges...might have a use for them
Stretch? it has a big weight on the end. I envisage speeds far in excess of 1000mph due to the lack of air resistance. Some sort of magnetic drive
system powered by a moon based solar powerstation...
[Edited on 7/3/08 by Mr Whippy]
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kipper
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 12:57 PM |
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cheap travel
How about this.
We take a large balloon.
raise it to a hight ,say 1000 ft wait while the earth rotates under the balloon and the country of your choice passes then decend.
The homeward trip might take a little longer.
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 12:58 PM |
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Firstly, isn't it Earthlings rather than Earthings?
Secondly, if space is a big vacuum (like they say) and earth's atmosphere has a positive pressure (as it does), why can we not just construct a
big tube into space and let things get sucked up it (a bit like those old cannister and tube arrangements that some shops used to have for sending
cash to the cash office)?
I saw this more as a possibility for waste disposal originally but, combining this with some of the points above, if we constructed a square tube, all
fridges came fitted with a rubber sealing skirt and we pointed the tube at the moon...
My God, it's contagious!!!!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 01:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Richard Quinn
Firstly, isn't it Earthlings rather than Earthings?
quote:
Oh poop!! I never noticed that, it was 2 in the morning when I finished it. Sort it later...ta
[Edited on 7/3/08 by Mr Whippy]
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 02:24 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Richard Quinn
Firstly, isn't it Earthlings rather than Earthings?
Secondly, if space is a big vacuum (like they say) and earth's atmosphere has a positive pressure (as it does), why can we not just construct a
big tube into space and let things get sucked up it (a bit like those old cannister and tube arrangements that some shops used to have for sending
cash to the cash office)?
I saw this more as a possibility for waste disposal originally but, combining this with some of the points above, if we constructed a square tube, all
fridges came fitted with a rubber sealing skirt and we pointed the tube at the moon...
My God, it's contagious!!!!
Apart from the fact that air pressure is insuffucient to overcome gravity, otherwise we would all be sucking vacuum anyway, nice idea. 
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 02:31 PM |
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Trust you to be the voice of reason!
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RazMan
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 02:56 PM |
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Forget about the chalk dust, old fridges, stainless sinks etc - how about old reflective number plates? Far more reflective from all sorts of angles
and there's a wealth of them scattered around in the scrappies. Also an easy donation bin could be installed in Halfauds branches so that they
could all be packed off to NASA - They might make more of a sun-like colour too
[Edited on 7-3-08 by RazMan]
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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Macbeast
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 06:20 PM |
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Mr Whippy, don't you have some ROV schedules to do ?
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Mansfield
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 07:52 PM |
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We could also store excess water from our rising sea levels on the moon, it would freeze and we could save it for later.
EDIT - Mr Whippy, you are a loon.
[Edited on 7/3/08 by Mansfield]
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DarrenW
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| posted on 7/3/08 at 09:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mansfield
We could also store excess water from our rising sea levels on the moon, it would freeze and we could save it for later.
EDIT - Mr Whippy, you are a loon.
[Edited on 7/3/08 by Mansfield]
If people drank more water we wouldnt need to do that.
If the moon spins - could we not attach a generator, make electricity and get free power?
Why do we need to use gas for heating if Erath's core is so hot. Why not just dig a very deep hole in garden and put pipes in it?
Car tyres wear out - cant we collect the bits, recycle and get cheap tyres.
[Edited on 7/3/08 by DarrenW]
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