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I think the argument for the loop is for boosting a lot of material and cargo to space. I have my own favorite and its not the loop. (No, its not the space elevator either.) Anyway, that said, I do think that space planes are the perfect solution to getting passengers to orbit.

Your complaint about knees, throats (and other body structures, including vestigial organs) is understood and appreciated. I think part of the hang up about "God" is that we take it upon ourselves to define and limit God's behavior. We should have no such expectations (such as "a perfect God would make perfect things"). Rubbish. Any being to which we might owe our existence (or our circumstances) can do whatever it or he or she wants, relative to our capacity to influence such things. As I indicated in an adjacent comment/ reply, I believe that above all, God loves variety and bad knees and throats which allow us to choke on food or drink are just a part of that situation and pale in contrast to a vast universe in which a grand variety of galaxies, stars and planets (and moons) exist. Since we are familiar with the life on this planet, its neat that we find nearly vast variety right here as well. I think that "creation" is an ongoing process, not something that's limited to any single event of the past (except for the Big Bang, eh?). As for education, some of the greatest scientific work, research and invention have come from religious institutions of learning. If you doubt this, use your favorite search engine and you may be surprised. Proper, liberating religion inspires some people excel at scientific inquiry. I know, for another scientist its the next beer. But whatever gets it done. I happen to think that truth is truth, no matter where its found. Further, true "religion" and true science cannot disagree. If there is disagreement, it means that either that particular religious view is wrong (on that particular point) or we simply do not have all the facts or data from science on a particular point.

I didn't indicate that my beliefs align with most belief systems (or revealed religions) out there. You need to consider that ours is a middle aged solar system and that there are many star systems which are at least a billion years older than ours. You should also recall that humans are after all limited by their senses and brain capacity. If you look at the familiar argument that we are so advanced beyond the single celled and simple multicellular life extant on this planet, that there is no way for such life to comprehend any kind of relatively advanced being, such as a trilobite; let alone just humans. I'm suggesting that we simply don't have the capacity to comprehend beings on the order of billions (let alone millions) of years beyond us. So yes, such beings could be considered to be "gods", and for good reason, as I'm sure you could imagine. Let's not drive off this path onto the Fermi Paradox for now. But wait ... there's more! Our universe has been described more recently as "a grand thought" more so than "grand engineering". I understand that the question of what actually caused the Big Bang isn't yet satisfactorily answered (at least I'm not aware of it). But consider that the simple fluctuations in density in the moments following that event have ultimately led to everything we perceive. If God is that Prime Mover, it seems that God loves variety. As you know, the more we learn about this world and the solar system, stars and exoplanets (let alone galaxies and other structures), it appears to be an endless variety. It could be all chance. And it could be all by design. Before you raise your hand to interject a comment, you DO know that some respected scientists have posited that in a reasonable timeframe (reasonable being within the next 10,000 years or so) we might attain the ability to create artificial (small) black holes. These same scientists argue that within such a black hole is created a baby universe. If humans can comprehend that idea and concede the results being baby universes, how is it that an even more advanced being (or race of beings) could not do the same thing? Perhaps our universe is inside a black hole in someone else's universe. But wait, there's more ... (I recommend that you take a break and go watch some "No Man's Sky" videos; particularly those about the procedurally generated universe of the game.) 18.5 quintillion planets generated within a puny PS4 or PC (using 6 Gb of mostly audio files) ain't to shabby. I calculated that this is smaller than the known universe, but still impressive. This is based on 64 bit seed code (ultimately based on one of the developers' phone numbers), IIRC. Everything in the environments is driven by formulas, more so than data. And many of these planets are "inhabited" by creatures that surprise and delight the game's creators. Now consider that some mainstream scientists postulate that our universe is a simulation and you are a part of that. I'm not aware of the next leap in logic made by such scientists, but the implication is that where there is a simulation, there is at least one developer or coder. I won't go off this path to the "monkeys banging on the typewriter for a billion years and producing the works of Shakespeare, and I'm not saying that game developers are monos or monkeys (despite Squad's logo). I'm just saying that people who are "enlightened" enough to accept the possibility of humanity's potential role in Intelligent Design by way of creating artificial black holes in the future should at least acknowledge the possibility that beings higher than humanity on any scale one can mention could exist and possibly have had a "hand" in our being here. If you can't accept religion or "God", that's your choice. A more honest person in my opinion is the one who simply thinks we don't have all the facts, senses or intelligence to know for certain one way or the other; an Agnostic view. I know that I don't know everything, and I'm certain that neither do you, though its fun to always learn, and science is a large part of that learning.

Interesting, because I believe in intelligent design and I am religious. But I'm a lot of other things too and am reasonably well respected. Now please tell me how weird my view of the world is (and remember those pesky forum rules).

Let's see, I already own KSP on Steam. While it might be nice to get a free copy for the PS4 I'm buying along with No Man's Sky, I can get by the way things are. Good luck to the rest of you!

That's the problem with rants. Regardless of any person's sincerity, knowledge of facts, validity of ideas and skill in debate (or the lack of any or all of these), nobody will listen to someone who is trying to force a discourse down their throats. The only meaningful dialog between holders of disparate views can only occur when one is willing to respect the other person, listen and then speak plainly in a non-hostile, non-provocative manner; and actually be willing to learn or at least understand what the other person is saying. Very few are willing to do so, it seems. That's why for the most part, the above will not happen.

My premise is that as far as the earlier group being transported to the future, it will not matter. What would matter is the latter group being transported to the past. This group from the future would not only have an unmatched knowledge of technologies, but of financial and military history. This group from the future would alter its timeframe and all future moments would be changed as well. As such we do not know what our own present or future would be like after such an impact in the past.

Salvation:

The Rampancy Channel coverage of these games during most days of the week; most games in cooperative mode. Divinity Original Sin Enhanced Edition Doom 3 Resurrection of Evil Mass Effect 2 Minecraft: Blightfall! Myth II: Soulblighter No Man's Sky (starting in August) Check out this channel update for July:

Co-operative play of the second game in the Myth Franchise. Cutscene animations, new units and the temptation of farm produce. Its "Willow Creek":

Funny you should ask. I've traversed many a century in my time machine, back and ahead, and I must say that as a consequence I've messed up "the present" so badly that you'd never know how much better things were before I intervened. But don't worry, your memories were altered along with everything else. I managed to retain my memory due to the "bubble" encasing my time machine and me. Oh well. Its sort of like this:

Sounds like the US southwest. I changed a lady's tire when it was 121F (49.4C). Re-roofed my house when it was 115F. That wasn't too fun. But in the mountains it can freeze on those same days.

Esto es muy bueno. Squad en sí mismo es la transformación de una empresa de publicidad en una empresa de videojuegos.

That's why Kiwi1960 plays KSP. None of our creations comes with a warrantee.

Hoohiwahiwa ma mua!

As if the 72 Unreal franchise tunes above, and everyone else's fine tunes above aren't enough: how's about a music remake by a musician who is not only a gamer, but a space scientist? Use the player on any of the pages. For those you may like, you can also download them. http://www.themarathonmusic.com/downloads.html Then there is the original Unreal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUDAVddrEj8&index=24&list=PLC214101EC4D53AC7 Something different? From the Half Life franchise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pksB1i-AVvo&list=PL059AC88C849E7A20

Welcome, E-Rikkie. Once you have unlocked certain parts, you will be able to do much more in less time (including "safety experiments" with Kerbals).

More science fiction-y than space-y, but there are some tunes you might like and could use. Unreal (Tournament):

While not an Aussie, the US southwest climate and geography seem to be similar to the interior. Some of my friends have been Australian but I haven't yet had the opportunity of traveling there. Here are a few movies which you may appreciate more than most folk. And no, Crocodile Dundee and Kangaroo Jack didn't make the list. The Nugget Breaker Morant

Fare well Ted!

The final level of "Myth: the Fallen Lords"; 'The Great Devoid':

If you can stand the ads, there is also the Cambridge English Dictionary (and the word "gullible" was never, ever an entry there). No need to log in either.

What do you play, Kozak? OK, so I don't play this:

He thought, therefore he was. Wait, that's philosophy.

I think that one product that would be an "instant" hit would be "dehydrated water". All you need to add is ... wait for it ... water!