A Interplanetary Currency

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Delusional? I think you, I and Elon realize that Marstizens won't be happy if their lives consisted of only all work and no play. Now what could be a perfect fit to compliment the current Martian landscape?

I got it!



Below, you're possibly looking at the first Marsfiaoso.

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[Rassah]

Mars has water. Not a lot, but it may be enough. And if you use some solar panels to pump electricity through that H2O, you'll have some H fuel and O to breathe. But yes, it's not as nice as landing on a tropical island. However, tropical islands don't have drinkable water (unless you manage to find a spring), and don't really have food, unless you feel like chewing on vines and bark. So, although it looked prettier, back then it was rather inhospitable as well.

[grondilu]

Mars has water. Not a lot, but it may be enough. And if you use some solar panels to pump electricity through that H2O, you'll have some H fuel and O to breathe. But yes, it's not as nice as landing on a tropical island. However, tropical islands don't have drinkable water (unless you manage to find a spring), and don't really have food, unless you feel like chewing on vines and bark. So, although it looked prettier, back then it was rather inhospitable as well.

It very much depend on the size of tropical islands.  Indeed lots of them are too small to provide fresh water for any human.   But I think (though I'm not sure), that where Colomb first landed, there was water, coconuts, vahine and everything.


There's lots of water in sahara also, if you don't mind digging deep enough.   For some reason it doesn't help making the place less hostile, though.   I wonder why it should be different on mars.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Mars has water. Not a lot, but it may be enough. And if you use some solar panels to pump electricity through that H2O, you'll have some H fuel and O to breathe. But yes, it's not as nice as landing on a tropical island. However, tropical islands don't have drinkable water (unless you manage to find a spring), and don't really have food, unless you feel like chewing on vines and bark. So, although it looked prettier, back then it was rather inhospitable as well.

At least there will be food to eat.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

I mentioned above about printing food to eat on Mars. Well, check this out: http://www.seattlepi.com/business/boeing/article/WSU-prints-shapes-from-moon-rock-4074709.php

Bandyopadhyay and colleague Susmita Bose were already well known for researching three-dimensional printing of bone-like materials for orthopedic implants. In 2010, researchers from NASA asked if the research team might be able to print 3-D objects from moon rock. The idea is to limit how much material spaceships would have to carry to an off-planet outpost.

[bbit]

Whenever Phinn contributes to a thread it suddenly becomes a conversation stopper anyone else notice that ? LOL

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Whenever Phinn contributes to a thread it suddenly becomes a conversation stopper anyone else notice that ? LOL

Oh yea! Oh Yea! Well, I got news for you... (brb, for I need to Google up some news) 

[marcus_of_augustus]

Plastic found on Mars! 

old credit cards?

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Whenever Phinn contributes to a thread it suddenly becomes a conversation stopper anyone else notice that ? LOL

Oh yea! Oh Yea! Well, I got news for you... (brb, for I need to Google up some news)  

Found something intellegent--AGAIN--to add to the conversation.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi_Universal_Intergalactic_Denomination

The end result was a series of circular clear discs with colored centers, symbolizing the eight planets of the Solar System inside, and denominations ranging from 1 to 10.[1] Each quid coin would have its own unique code number, similar to the serial number on paper currency, to allow tracking, and to prevent counterfeiting. Travelex stated it planned to work with the Bank of England to begin registering the Quid as possible legal currency in the future.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7029564.stm

New currency for space travellers
 
Quids are made from the polymer used in non-stick pans
Scientists have come up with a new currency designed to be used by inter-planetary travellers[sic].

It is called the Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination, or Quid.

[J-Norm]

Mars has water. Not a lot...

If the frozen water on Mars was melted it would cover over a third of the world with an ocean. There is a lot of water there.

[Mushroomized]

Wouldn't we just use some form of quantum internet. If not, We could super-cool cas coins into BEC's scan them with lasers and beam the info to mars, shoot it at some more supercooled mass and teleport the coins of course.

[J-Norm]

Wouldn't we just use some form of quantum internet. If not, We could super-cool cas coins into BEC's scan them with lasers and beam the info to mars, shoot it at some more supercooled mass and teleport the coins of course.

This.

If we could incoorperate a shark somehow it would be the perfect internet.

[Mushroomized]

Wouldn't we just use some form of quantum internet. If not, We could super-cool cas coins into BEC's scan them with lasers and beam the info to mars, shoot it at some more supercooled mass and teleport the coins of course.

This.

If we could incoorperate a shark somehow it would be the perfect internet.

Obviously the lasers shooting the BEC info to mars would be mounted on sharks

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Wouldn't we just use some form of quantum internet. If not, We could super-cool cas coins into BEC's scan them with lasers and beam the info to mars, shoot it at some more supercooled mass and teleport the coins of course.

This.

If we could incoorperate a shark somehow it would be the perfect internet.

Obviously the lasers shooting the BEC info to mars would be mounted on sharks

Be sure the correct shark species is chosen, for we don't want any remoras hitching a ride.

[J-Norm]

Wouldn't we just use some form of quantum internet. If not, We could super-cool cas coins into BEC's scan them with lasers and beam the info to mars, shoot it at some more supercooled mass and teleport the coins of course.

This.

If we could incoorperate a shark somehow it would be the perfect internet.

Obviously the lasers shooting the BEC info to mars would be mounted on sharks

Be sure the correct shark species is chosen, for we don't want any remoras hitching a ride.

Didn't you know that transaction fees for solely for the purpose of nurishing remoras?

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Wouldn't we just use some form of quantum internet. If not, We could super-cool cas coins into BEC's scan them with lasers and beam the info to mars, shoot it at some more supercooled mass and teleport the coins of course.

This.

If we could incoorperate a shark somehow it would be the perfect internet.

Obviously the lasers shooting the BEC info to mars would be mounted on sharks

Be sure the correct shark species is chosen, for we don't want any remoras hitching a ride.

Didn't you know that transaction fees for solely for the purpose of nurishing remoras?

And on Mars lemmings fly.

[Rassah]

Found something intellegent--AGAIN--to add to the conversation.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi_Universal_Intergalactic_Denomination
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So... where is this intelligent thing you said you were going to add? I think I missed it 

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Found something intellegent--AGAIN--to add to the conversation.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi_Universal_Intergalactic_Denomination
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So... where is this intelligent thing you said you were going to add? I think I missed it 

You're the guy with the creepy coffee table. 

[MrGaSp]

Sounds far fetched, but Virgin and other companies are seriously looking into mining in space already.

Indeed they are looking into it,  but honestly I don't understand why.  If you really want to mine stuff, I'm pretty sure it would be cheaper to mine sea floors than asteroids.

It costs way less to mine for water and materials in space, and transport those materials through zero gravity to the space station, than it does to mine for them on earth and launch them from here. The plan is to provide water and resources for the ISS to start with, and then space hotels and other space tourism venues once they become available.
So, it's mostly the gravity thing

Mars would end up playing a part for things we may need to process first, and a processing factory in space is too costly to build (building airtight caves on mars is cheaper than building large airtight can in space) or for things that we do need on earth that may be hard to get here (gold, plutonium, platinum, rare earth metals, etc.)

I know this quote is a little old, just REALLY want to add to it: At current rates, the estimated minerals on the asteroids between Mars and Jupiter alone would be enough for every person on earth to have 100 mil usd worth.. (granted the value would lower drastically)

[Desolator]

There's a lot going on with this idea.  First, long-distance entangled quantum particles will allow instantaneous communication to Mars soon.  Secondly, aliens could intercept the transmissions and crack the hash calculations and replace the data in the chain with their superior computers.  Third, anyone rich enough to get to Mars has enough goddam money already and would just use a USD credit card, lol.