{"id":752,"date":"2008-03-14T17:46:16","date_gmt":"2008-03-14T17:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=752"},"modified":"2008-03-14T17:46:16","modified_gmt":"2008-03-14T17:46:16","slug":"isaac-asimov-debate-2008:-mining-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=752","title":{"rendered":"Isaac Asimov Debate 2008: Mining the Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conclusion, mining the Moon, Mars, etc. is still not so feasible in near future (20 years).<\/p>\n<p>However, I did learn something interesting. Rapid Prototyping, also known as 3D printing, as Curtis Manning presented. It is a technology that uses lasers to form any shape and form of object from engine casting to incredibly delicate mesh.<\/p>\n<p>It is noted that this machine is manufactured in Sweden. While the American purchased it at around $1Mil for research in space application.<\/p>\n<p>During the debate, Tyson Neil DeGrasse the host, remarked on Henry Hertzfeld&#39;s use of term &quot;less advanced countries&quot; that whether America is less advanced or not, as we can see bridges are falling, fighting waves of storms helplessly, etc.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[@more@]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conclusion, mining the Moon, Mars, etc. is still not so feasible in near future (20 years). However, I did learn something interesting. Rapid Prototyping, also known as 3D printing, as Curtis Manning presented. It is a technology that uses lasers &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=752\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}