E. F. Block IV
February 2004
| The possibility of serious longterm colonization of the Earth's Moon and Mars are a very remote possibility. There are almost unsurmountable obstacles for such a venture. NASA found out that an artificial Schumann resonance needed to be generated aboard the Apollo missions for the health and wellbeing of the astronauts in space. The schumann resonances (basic frequency of 7.83 Hz and its harmonics: 15.66, 23.49, 31.32, 39.15, 46.98, 54.81 Hz, although some variation is due to Solar wind fluctuations) are generated upon the Earth by the 300 or so electrical storms taking place upon the Earth at any given moment in time. The energy is injected into the ionosphere into what is called a resonance cavity in the lowest layer of the ionosphere labeled the D-Region. The Moon has no atmosphere and thus is not capable of generating a similar resonance. The atmosphere of Mars does produce a feeble areomagnetic field, but nothing like the Schumann resonances. Thus, man will by necessity need to generate an artificial Schumman resonance for all manned facilities upon the Moon or Mars. The manned space station and limited excursions to the surface of the Moon have shown that the geomagnetic field pulsations and the Schumann resonances of the Earth are absolutely vital to the health and well being of mankind. The research concerning what other possible field fluctuations and resonances attendent to the Earth that are vital the the health and wellbeing of man has not been adequately conducted. This is why I make the statement that serious longterm colonization of the Moon and Mars are, as of this date, a very remote possibility! |