Bill Stone: Journey to the center of the Earth ... and beyond!

http://www.ted.com Bill Stone, a maverick cave explorer who has plumbed Earths deepest abysses, discusses his efforts to mine lunar ice for space fuel and to build an autonomous robot for studying Jupiters moon Europa.

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[Za7a7aZ]

It is so stupid to see governments planning wars,billions and triljons of dollars being invested in machines that can kill people more efficient as the machine before and so on.Why can governments not leave other nations in peace and respect their way of living?Let them do as Bill Stone does.Use those brilliant scientist and money for exploring space,oceans,Earth and finding ways to help poverty and other problems that need to be solved for a better world. Who wants war besides the greedy scum?

[Memington]

Just look out for Creepers down there...

[codename22111991]

Am I the only one who thinks he looks like Mark Zuckerberg actor from Social Network :P

[gasdive]

Rotating momentum exchange tethers seem like a much better way to get from Low Earth Orbit to the lunar surface and back. Check it out on wikipedia. No need for "disney beating" rides through the stratosphere. Just gentle acceleration. No propellant used.

[kenatlaw]

The book about Bill Stone, Blind Descent, is a great read. I could not put it down. Highly recommend it; it gives a lot of insight into Bill Stone's personality. He is one hell of a man.

[errindon]

@Za7a7aZ Another oil/fuel leak? Unfortunately this is how we progress.

[alexhamster1134]

@johntheechidna1 this guy looks so angry, wouldnt wanna argue with him, otherwise he would knock me out.

[alexhamster1134]

for fucks sake, stop making the intro so fucking loud!

[Apvatar3000]

He could easily raise a trillian dollars..if he formed a company and sold shares, to the entire global audience, and I am sure many millions will buy it for their "future generations" as they will not expect the profits to be start rolling in as quickly.Hence,I wonder what is he waiting for for launching "his space exploration company"?

[kenatlaw]

@gavinplaysbass Just cost prohibitive. There are at least a TRILLION dollars worth of rare minerals in Afghanistan, but how does one mine in that hostile environment?

[kenatlaw]

This man is incredible.