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Labor camp

4 (20%)

List of choices (would you like to be killed by woodchipper, firing squad, gascambers...)

8 (40%)

Choose how to die (with restrictions, or course, no "I want to be nuked in the dining hall")

6 (30%)

Generic Lethal injection

1 (5%)

Electroshock

0 (0%)

Life in prison

0 (0%)

Other (Specify)

1 (5%)

No opinion

0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 20

[GreatWyrmGold]

Wouldn't it make more sense to focus on Luna first, though? Closer, so we don't have to expend as many resources to get there. Lower gravity, which would make launches easier.

No. Too much scrutiny. Other Humans have been there, and can fuck up our plans bad. Besides, it would be visible from earth, almost to the naked eye, and certainly to telescopes. Do we really need that when we're bust breeding eldritch monstrosities?

Oh, please. How would we wage a war on Earth from Luna?
Our main base wouldn't be there, just some farms, generators, a resort, and two or three devastating weapons.

[IronTomato]

Look at the first page. I'm listed as being in charge of the Engineering Corps.

God dammit.

Sorry bout that 

[Vorthon]

S'all right. Happens to everyone every now and again.

Also, Listening to The Gaslight Anthem, and their music seems to strangely sync up with your avatar for some reason.

[WaffleEggnog]

Any idea's for the next poll?

[IronTomato]

What kind of ship we will use.

Heavily armed and armored,

Light and fast,

Balanced,

Etc. The rest of the ship ideas are up to Waffle.

[misko27]

Ohh, Um. Hmm. Perhaps methods of making money. Possibilities include, but are not limited too: Kickstarter, Buisness investors, The Chinese, some sort of small scale store, probably selling moon juice, stealing it, Whatever...

[GreatWyrmGold]

Moon base.
Power. We could export electricity.
Hydrogen-3. Fusion's 20 years away and going to stay there a while, but H₃ is still valuable.
Tourism. Need I say more?

As to ships: Start out focusing on cheapness, reliability, and fuel efficiency. Speed is more a factor of what orbits you use and how much you put into acceleration than anything.

[10ebbor10]

Moon base.
Power. We could export electricity.
Hydrogen-3. Fusion's 20 years away and going to stay there a while, but H₃ is still valuable.
Tourism. Need I say more?

As to ships: Start out focusing on cheapness, reliability, and fuel efficiency. Speed is more a factor of what orbits you use and how much you put into acceleration than anything.

Hydrogen 3 is not found on the moon, or can be made cheaper in labratories

Helium-3 is. Common mistake. Point is that one is used for first Gen fusion, the other for second gen.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Moon base.
Power. We could export electricity.
Hydrogen-3. Fusion's 20 years away and going to stay there a while, but H₃ is still valuable.
Tourism. Need I say more?

As to ships: Start out focusing on cheapness, reliability, and fuel efficiency. Speed is more a factor of what orbits you use and how much you put into acceleration than anything.

Hydrogen 3 is not found on the moon, or can be made cheaper in labratories

Helium-3 is. Common mistake. Point is that one is used for first Gen fusion, the other for second gen.

My mistake. It's still present in lunar rocks in proportions of one to fifty parts per billion, and worth around $2,000 per liter. Processing lunar rock for He₃ should prove profitable. Perhaps not enough to pay for the whole lunar base, but enough to make the industry a worthwhile addition to organic foods, power, and tourism.

[IronTomato]

Moon base.
Power. We could export electricity.
Hydrogen-3. Fusion's 20 years away and going to stay there a while, but H₃ is still valuable.
Tourism. Need I say more?

As to ships: Start out focusing on cheapness, reliability, and fuel efficiency. Speed is more a factor of what orbits you use and how much you put into acceleration than anything.

Hydrogen 3 is not found on the moon, or can be made cheaper in labratories

Helium-3 is. Common mistake. Point is that one is used for first Gen fusion, the other for second gen.

My mistake. It's still present in lunar rocks in proportions of one to fifty parts per billion, and worth around $2,000 per liter. Processing lunar rock for He₃ should prove profitable. Perhaps not enough to pay for the whole lunar base, but enough to make the industry a worthwhile addition to organic foods, power, and tourism.

This. But what if we were to suck Luna dry of helium 3, and there was none left to mine?
(And can that happen? I don't know that much about the moon.)

[Helgoland]

Moon base.
Power. We could export electricity.
Hydrogen-3. Fusion's 20 years away and going to stay there a while, but H₃ is still valuable.
Tourism. Need I say more?

As to ships: Start out focusing on cheapness, reliability, and fuel efficiency. Speed is more a factor of what orbits you use and how much you put into acceleration than anything.

Hydrogen 3 is not found on the moon, or can be made cheaper in labratories

Helium-3 is. Common mistake. Point is that one is used for first Gen fusion, the other for second gen.

My mistake. It's still present in lunar rocks in proportions of one to fifty parts per billion, and worth around $2,000 per liter. Processing lunar rock for He₃ should prove profitable. Perhaps not enough to pay for the whole lunar base, but enough to make the industry a worthwhile addition to organic foods, power, and tourism.

This. But what if we were to suck Luna dry of helium 3, and there was none left to mine?
(And can that happen? I don't know that much about the moon.)

We can run out of water on earth if we use it all up, but it'll last us quite some time - I'd think the same applies to moon helium.

[IronTomato]

Moon base.
Power. We could export electricity.
Hydrogen-3. Fusion's 20 years away and going to stay there a while, but H₃ is still valuable.
Tourism. Need I say more?

As to ships: Start out focusing on cheapness, reliability, and fuel efficiency. Speed is more a factor of what orbits you use and how much you put into acceleration than anything.

Hydrogen 3 is not found on the moon, or can be made cheaper in labratories

Helium-3 is. Common mistake. Point is that one is used for first Gen fusion, the other for second gen.

My mistake. It's still present in lunar rocks in proportions of one to fifty parts per billion, and worth around $2,000 per liter. Processing lunar rock for He₃ should prove profitable. Perhaps not enough to pay for the whole lunar base, but enough to make the industry a worthwhile addition to organic foods, power, and tourism.

This. But what if we were to suck Luna dry of helium 3, and there was none left to mine?
(And can that happen? I don't know that much about the moon.)

We can run out of water on earth if we use it all up, but it'll last us quite some time - I'd think the same applies to moon helium.

Actually, the Earth can't run out of water. Wether it rains into the ground, freezes, gets pissed out, or whatever, it always finds its way back into the sky as a cloud, and gets recycled again. The only exception is when you take it off the planet.

[Sprin]

I have devised a new rocket tek...
We make a giant bouncyball ans bounce our way into space

[GreatWyrmGold]

Moon base.
Power. We could export electricity.
Hydrogen-3. Fusion's 20 years away and going to stay there a while, but H₃ is still valuable.
Tourism. Need I say more?

As to ships: Start out focusing on cheapness, reliability, and fuel efficiency. Speed is more a factor of what orbits you use and how much you put into acceleration than anything.

Hydrogen 3 is not found on the moon, or can be made cheaper in labratories

Helium-3 is. Common mistake. Point is that one is used for first Gen fusion, the other for second gen.

My mistake. It's still present in lunar rocks in proportions of one to fifty parts per billion, and worth around $2,000 per liter. Processing lunar rock for He₃ should prove profitable. Perhaps not enough to pay for the whole lunar base, but enough to make the industry a worthwhile addition to organic foods, power, and tourism.

This. But what if we were to suck Luna dry of helium 3, and there was none left to mine?
(And can that happen? I don't know that much about the moon.)

We can run out of water on earth if we use it all up, but it'll last us quite some time - I'd think the same applies to moon helium.

A better analogy might be geothermal power. We could use up all of the core's heat, but it's not likely.

I have devised a new rocket tek...
We make a giant bouncyball ans bounce our way into space

Cyrano de Bergerac had better ideas to get to the moon than that!
Especially the locust-rocket one.

[Vorthon]

I have devised a new rocket tek...
We make a giant bouncyball ans bounce our way into space

* Vorthon facepalms.

That is a perfect example of why you leave rocket design to the engineers.