China to mine the moon

hedgehog2

A piece on the news tonight about the Chinese space program.
They are sending a manned flight to the moon and hope to within 10yrs exploit the moon for its valuable resources.
They certainly think outside the box the ole Chinese,fair play to them for their vision.
My question is should any country be allowed exploit the moon or should this be controlled to prevent humans fecking this up as well or can humans be entrusted with its safe keeping.

bodice ripper

Lets see them get there first....

wazky

bodice ripper wrote: »

Lets see them get there first....

Human pyramid?

Hownowcow

There's easier ways of getting cheese.

bodice ripper

wazky wrote: »

Human ladder?

Now, now, I think we both know that wont work.

MadYaker

What valuable resources?? This sounds like a dick waving exercise to me.

wazky

MadYaker wrote: »

What valuable resources?? This sounds like a dick waving exercise to me.

They would want some horse cock on them for us to see it in space, in fairness.

bodice ripper

MadYaker wrote: »

What valuable resources?? This sounds like a dick waving exercise to me.

It'd want to be some dick to reach the moon, to be fair.

bodice ripper

wazky wrote: »

They would want some horse cock on them for us to see it in space, in fairness.

Damn

o1s1n

I always raise an eyebrow when the word 'exploit' is used.

If they want to find a functional use for it, fair enough. But for the love of ****e, stop ruining things for us and future generations.

Banjo String

Eurgh. Working and living on the moon.

No nightlife and no partying. There's no atmosphere.

aN.Droid

MadYaker wrote: »

What valuable resources?? This sounds like a dick waving exercise to me.

He-3

Me?

They'll be the first to get there.

Sunnyisland

Wonder what the moonies think ?

LeinsterDub

We're whalers on the moon....

renegademaster

hedgehog2 wrote: »

A piece on the news tonight about the Chinese space program.
They are sending a manned flight to the moon and hope to within 10yrs exploit the moon for its valuable resources.
They certainly think outside the box the ole Chinese,fair play to them for their vision.
My question is should any country be allowed exploit the moon or should this be controlled to prevent humans fecking this up as well or can humans be entrusted with its safe keeping.

nowhere near enough people get off their arses to stop all the expolitation here!!

The Diabolical Monocle

I shant think so old chap - that is sovereign British territory.
Britain claimed it first, a referendum in Britain shows 99% want the moon to stay British.

And mars too...and venus and rockall.

renegademaster

Limericks wrote: »

He-3

what about thorium??

Vincent Vega

Hownowcow wrote: »

There's easier ways of getting cheese.

Well, feeding 1.3 billion is no easy task.
I guess popping into tesco wasn't on the cards so they have opted to travel to the moon and back for their wengzhlideyong.

Sunnyisland

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

I shant think so old chap - that is sovereign British territory.
Britain claimed it first, a referendum in Britain shows 99% want the moon to stay British.

And mars too...and venus and rockall.

Was it not 99% of britains wanted to be moonies...

Ruu

Don't they realise there are aliens on the Moon? Someone should let them know about this great documentary called Apollo 18!

old_aussie

Doesn't the US own the moon as of when they placed their flag there.

The chinese will have to purchase the mining rights from them.

Duckjob

As long as they employ local moon-folk for the mining operation I don't see a problem.

Boombastic

Are they going to provide alternative accommodation for the man?

bodice ripper

renegademaster wrote: »

what about thorium??

Thorium? I barely know him.

meh whatever 55

If you believe, they'd put a mine on the moon....

Fox_In_Socks

meh whatever 55 wrote: »

If you believe, they'd put a mine on the moon....

..and put up a parking lot, doo doo

Good song alright

biko

Tbh, if anyone could pull it off it'd be the Chinese.

topcatcbr

I don't see why not. If they can and it's financially viable.

As for who owns it. That might be who can occupy and defend it will own it. Same as for the mainland.

johnr1

So not content to become the scourge of this planet, they now plan to destroy the enviornment of another... fcuk sake

ceegee

biko wrote: »

Tbh, if anyone could pull it off it'd be the Chinese.

Shower of ****

BillyMitchel

MadYaker wrote: »

What valuable resources?? This sounds like a dick waving exercise to me.

Dick waving from Asians?! Seriously?!

Boombastic

ceegee wrote: »

Shower of ****

:mad: a great bunch of lads

Banjo String

biko wrote: »

Tbh, if anyone could pull it off it'd be the Chinese.

We've been to the same masseuse biko

meh whatever 55

johnr1 wrote: »

So not content to become the scourge of this planet, they now plan to destroy the enviornment of another... fcuk sake

Its not exactly a planet, and doesn't exactly have an environment

Howard Juneau

wazky wrote: »

Human pyramid?

Human centipede more like

BillyMitchel

meh whatever 55 wrote: »

Its not exactly a planet, and doesn't exactly have an environment

It's not a planet? WTF is it so, an illusion in the sky?

NuckingFacker

Being that it's a chinese rocket they'll be using, if the odd, nauseating smell of cheap plastic and rubber and crappy electrics doesn't get them, the garbled instruction manual will:

" Launchering Method: To acquire the blasting pop - fairly acquire the mesure for pressung butron 6 then switch for lever 19 in proportional difference to landing..."


Good luck with that lads.

Tefral

NuckingFacker wrote: »

" Launchering Method: To acquire the blasting pop - fairly acquire the mesure for pressung butron 6 then switch for lever 19 in proportional difference to landing..."


Good luck with that lads.

I genuinely laughed out loud at this

Shout Dust

If it drives a new space, then good on them. It's a pity the last one petered out. I'd love experience leaving this planet before I die, I'd say its some experience looking down on the planet, hopefully it becomes cheap enough before I die

wretcheddomain

The Lunar Scramble...surprised its taken this long...

Though, if one follows David Icke's thesis, then they'll find the world government hidden inside.

NuckingFacker

Surely the day of being able to get a four-in-one with curry sauce at 2am on the Sea of Tranquility is but a matter of time. This ought to end well. They should aim to cut the mine into a massive "Fruk you USA" on the edge that faces back towards us.

The Diabolical Monocle

BillyMitchel wrote: »

It's not a planet? WTF is it so, an illusion in the sky?

Im gonna go with 'a moon' for $500 Kent.

Boombastic

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

Im gonna go with 'a moon' for $500 Kent.

Keep your clothes on Carol, I can't concentrate.

bogwalrus

They might as well just mine the whole thing until its all gone. Hate surfers.

NuckingFacker

If they chop a bit out of it, will we still have a full moon? There could be an upside. Full moons send me nuts altogether.

jezko

Banjo String wrote: »

Eurgh. Working and living on the moon.

No nightlife and no partying. There's no atmosphere.

Mainland China..

Iwasfrozen

Four pages and no link? I know this is after hours but don't be so gullible.

stereomatic

I presume the Chinese are planning to harvest Helium3
Energia the rocket makers from Russia also have plans to harvest the moon as well as various other companies
Helium3 is considered an important fuel source for fusion nuclear reactors
The present nuclear reactors are fission

Rhys Essien

There is no stopping the Chinese.They already have their own Space Station.The Skys the limit.They will probably be the first on Mars aswell.Already painted red for them.

NuckingFacker

stereomatic wrote: »

I presume the Chinese are planning to harvest Helium3
Energia the rocket makers from Russia also have plans to harvest the moon as well as various other companies
Helium3 is considered an important fuel source for fusion nuclear reactors
The present nuclear reactors are fission

Yeah, umm, that's what I,err, thought, um, when I first read this. Not for one second did I think they were after moon-dust...