Archive for October, 2009

Asteroid explosion over Indonesia – Oct 8th 2009

Posted by colonist1 - Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Incredible this has been barely noticed by the American Media.  The importance of what it represents is a “tiny” fraction example of the risk we live with, everyday.

This article, being shown on “Telegraph.co.uk” relates what happen in early October when an Asteroid hitting our atmosphere exploded with the force of 3 Hiroshima Bombs just 20 miles above Sea level over Indonesia.  It was only 10 meters long.   Hardly any media coverage or discussion was shared in this, even though it set off alot of Nuclear Explosion detectors throughout that side of the hemisphere.

Our Earth is our island, our home, our single place of existence.  If we don’t take the actions needed, and soon, to create the Life boat needed to safe guard our existance, it’s only a matter of time before nature and history catches up with us.  We need at least, a second home to call our own.  We need to colonize space.  It’s up to us to put it in motion.  If we wait for a catastrophe to happen to justify the need for space colonization, that disaster could destroy us all before we even had a chance to try.

-Keither

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Transportation

Posted by colonist1 - Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

transportation 

How do we get there?  

Before you get overwhelmed with this idea, and the magnitude it implies, think back to your history books on how the colonists or sea faring travelers traveled from one point to another. 

  • What mode of transportation did they use, (e.g. a clipper ship, etc)?
  • How was their vehicle powered, (e.g. the wind, etc)?
  • What survival provisions did they need to accomplish this task?

Now, just looking at just the few I mentioned here, ask yourself how do we answer these same kinds of questions for a space faring nation.

The longer the travel, the bigger the ship.

Jump in, start the engines, and let’s get this think-tank machine started :-)

Cheers!

-Keither

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Project Management

Posted by colonist1 - Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Such a large and long term initiative on a global scale not only includes extensive thought, planning, design and determination, but also very careful and well-thought out Project Planning.  That’s where Project Management comes in!

Project Management Work breakout structure timescales we’re looking at here can very well run into decades, years, or longer even.

This would be based on all the complexities needed to cover dependencies, our past at technological advancements, and our progress as a people in investing, contributing and implementing the time and commitment needed to make such an endeavor possible.

Please us this section to propose long-term templates of approach in a Project Manager’s point-of-view, on what you think it will take in order to make  something like this achievable or not.   Wouldn’t it be great to say, it took the foresight of an experienced Project Manager to start the foundation to take us to the stars and beyond?   Granted, many space organizations already have these groups of project manager teams that try to take on this type of thought-provoking task, but many of them are limited by the constraints from the industries and worlds they work in.

You’re not!  

Be creative, be daring, be dynamic, use your own powerful success formulas from your project management experiences here, today, to make a difference for us all!

Good luck!  Now, let’s start to take this on, and make the PMI Institute, proud!

:-)

Cheers!

-Keither

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Energy

Posted by colonist1 - Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Solar, Wind-driven, Nuclear, Hydrogen, Magnetic, Chemical, Thermal, Gravitational, and so many others are the topic for discussion under this section.  Questons to ask ourselves can be:

1.  What is the most efficient energy source we could use both for means of transportation and also to sustain us in our travels from Earth to our new home on another planet, or living in a generation ship?

2.  What’s within our grasp today, technology and resource wise, that is realistically feasible?

3.  Does “living off the land” theories realistic like the ones proposed for Mars, for reproducing Energy sources after we have arrived?

Feel free to tackle these questions, and add anymore you think qualifies here!

Thanks!  Your insights are appreciated!

Cheers!

Keither!

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