TommyJo

I mean, how well researched is the rocket manufacturing process? Shouldn't companies share their technologies with each other for the common good of mankind? How much more efficient could space exploration be? Of course, many private space companies do business with governments and the military. This can probably make their cooperation impossible.

It seems to me that such a phenomenon as private space, lunar and other stations may appear in the future. All countries want to be involved in the space race, but this requires money. Involving private companies seems like a good idea. It would be great if private space companies merged into corporations. Perhaps this is exactly what awaits us in the future.

Do you think we will have bases on the Moon and Mars in the next 20 years? Or just exploration missions? Such as Curiosity, Perseverance, etc. Will space companies focus on launching satellites into orbit? Instead of fantastic resettlement missions.

And what will they do there? There will be a lot of work to be done. For the settlers, the most important thing now is to learn how to grow food in those conditions. By the way, food and flowers are already being grown on the ISS.

I used to think that we were just sending things into space and not thinking about the consequences. I was pleasantly surprised by some of the new rules for using orbit. Companies now need to calculate collision risks before launching. It is interesting when we get to the point that it will be necessary to clear not only the Earth's orbit but other planets as well. Or will we just launch rovers, lunar rovers, etc. with a self-destruct mode?

Hmm. Many videos get more views than the rover landing. And it doesn't just work with videos. If you start a thread about something like Kessler syndrome, you will get a couple of answers at best. If there is a discussion next to which beer tastes better, there will be a crowd. Perseverance is cool. But just like many other things that we sent into space, it can remain space debris ...

Have you seen the video of the landing? What do you think of this mission? Will they find traces of life? (It is worth remembering that the traces of life at best will be some kind of bacteria). Will this speed up the process of colonizing the red planet? https://spacenews.com/nasa-releases-video-of-perseverance-landing/

It would be strange, but much safer than the last landing of the CH. If there are so many missile accidents on Earth, then there are fears that something may go wrong in space. I hope that everything will be alright. I think people are launching too many things into space without thinking about what to do next.