Inside the world's deepest caves | Bill Stone
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- Опубликовано: 27 июн 2007
- Bill Stone, a maverick cave explorer who has plumbed Earth's deepest abysses, discusses his efforts to mine lunar ice for space fuel and to build an autonomous robot for studying Jupiter's moon Europa.
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This was the best TED talk ever. Inspired me so much when I was in High School. Can't believe it was 13 years ago...
My goodness what a brave soul. We need more men like him - bold, daring and with an immense spirit of adventure that completely shatters the conventions of the society! Hero indeed
2019 and we still have flat earth believers.
Yup
Humanity will only make progress if we continue to be fortunate to have people like this man in our species to push the envelope of what's possible.
Awesome!!! thanks for sharing these videos;-)
Dr. Bill Stone (CEO, Stone Aerospace) is recognized as a world authority on expeditionary exploration and advanced technology development with more than 120 engineering publications and 11 patents. In addition to the Cis-Lunar project, he currently leads the development team for the NASA Europa lander third stage prototype known as DEPTHX a fully autonomous underwater vehicle designed to explore the sub-ice world of Europa and to search for the first microbial life detected off Earth.
One of the best talks.
He is amazing, they had success in final trial in Antarctica last yr. Next he will start building his team after the probe is otw. I had to fight back tears when he first made the announcement. Anyone on that team is mythic. I mean Astronauts risk their lives all the time going up on machines; But this is beyond their ability. This guy and his team is going on a 1 way trip in order to give humanity its first real foothold in space. I don't even know how to put words to that. God damn hero....
Go Bill. You are truly the bravest and most ambitious man I have ever met.
You are right, I ment forgotten in my comment instead of nobody, bad English from my side, i love this guy and his spirit for adventure.
Awesome video and beautiful vision. Where do I sign up?
Welp, his time frame is up.... where is he now? Any news on him and his ideas? Thoroughly enjoyed watching this! Love his enthusiasm and ideas!
I see Bill every few years . This is his web-sight and you can find out from their . He stays busy .stoneaerospace.com
Anyone know where to volunteer for his underground explorations?
Im watching it from 2020, and we succeded! Thanks guys!
Yo, how's 2032?
He's enthusiastic. I'll give him that.
very inspiring
Reading the book Blind Descent right now. Simply amazing. I am in complete awe.
Listening to the book right now, that's how I got here. Amazing indeed!
@@MrAchile13 that's awesome! I still remember!
How does one apply to be part of Stone's expeditions?
And you know, despite how badly the news is about the wars, we need our military too. They didn't start the wars, they were ordered to fight them. Sure, we don't all agree with everything. That will never happen. But we still need all of it because this is what being human means. There just needs to be enough people and a movement is started. It doesn't require that all people on earth support Bill Stone's take on life. Only enough are needed so that these kind of visions can be made real.
We need people to care for the earth. We need people to care for other people. We need people to explore the unknown. We need people to tell stories and serve as inspiration. We need people to understand the minute processes of our universe.
We need all of these people. We need Bill Stone too.
The entire last third of this makes me cheer for the human race and it's possibilities. If I get to die on the moon with a (metaphorical) shovel in my hand alongside this guy, I think that I'd be more than satisfied with the adventure I'd been lucky enough to take part in.
easy, easy.. Stone is one on the best cavers in the world
Bill is a dreamer, an inventor, an explorer, and a pioneer. I have worked for the man over the last four years......He is as far from a "nobody" as it gets. You should stick to talking about things that know.
Epic.
Actually, this is a serious concern that's been a primary factor in delays. There is the inherent risk of contaminating Europa with bacteria transported by the spacecraft! "Oh look, we found life" could give rise to "Oh look, we transplanted life, and accidentally wiped out anything that was there previously." Not insurmountable, but a high-priority issue.
It's crazy how much technology has changed. He explains the autonomy of the new technology like its breathtaking, where from the 2020 perspective that level of tech is standard and expected from organizations like NASA
But if you look at it from a different perspective, how little do we know and it's been more than 10 years. Forget about deep space exploration, our science has even failed to combat a virus that we've seen time and again throughout history. This was a really interesting look back into how far we've come and how clueless we still are.
So much of this earth is unexplored. Arrogant to think otherwise.
Im a rope access climber. Was sitting home with a friend watching some ted talks. Told him i think a college of mine is climbing caves like this, and then BAM! 1:45 there he is in the center. Think my friend believed me? Turns out hes doing some work for NASA down there.
Awesome stuff. The shift from describing caverns on earth to "I WANT TO LEAD THIS MISSION!" came a bit abrupt tho
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.
just curious...because I dont know much about the resources on the moon and etc...but what happens when the resources on the moon are used up? and how will that affect Earth? will "changing" the moon's structure also change the earth in some way ? (i.e. moonlight changes due to resource depletion?) serious question, not looking for insults...I am inquisitive...correct me, school me...etc...thanks
Now, That's commitment! 7 years to a moon fueling station, and he will only be able to return if he gets the job done! a big wow from Dingaroo Press!
"If you wait until you are ready, you never will be."
2019, any results?
@Raxarax
I was thinking we could mine rare minerals that are plentiful in space that are more destructive to access here. There are billions of asteroids potentially laced with rare minerals the destruction of which would essentially be neither here nor there. Getting the material back to earth efficiently is something i don't have an answer for. You definitely have a persuasive point with regards to using robotics though.
Carl Sagan, after years of looking out at space, admitted we needed to do something to protect Earth; we have paid little attention to that. We are governed by morons, engaged in petty acts of violence and money, unable to see a more global, greater picture.Stone has balls, creativity and intelligence and we need people like him and Branson because we will have no choice but to leave Earth one day.BUT we shouldn`t throw in the towel on Earth , we need to be smarter here, now, as this is HOME.
This is a fucking TEDtalk
@ donnie2164: Despite the negative flags, this is a very good point. I thought the same thing. My guess is that artificial gravity technology can compensate effectively. Currently that technology does not exist (as far as I know), but sufficient monetary incentive could drive a technological revolution there.
Wow, that guy has some big ideas. However, I think we have to refine the technology here on earth first. Like maturing fusion technology.
we can do wathever we want, we are the chosen ones
I wonder if we start mining the moon, will it change its weight significally? cos we know that earth rotates as it does cos of the gravitational dance it has with the moon... if the moon changes its mass we could have bad effects down here...
@Raxarax
Those are all things i agree are extremely important. But i don't think its all or nothing. Maybe mining in space would alleviate some of the environmental footprint we make mining on earth, or other similar possibilities. This is one way to improve the human condition that i personally think seems just as worthwhile as the ones you mentioned. I wouldn't want to see problems on earth ignored in lieu of space exploration any more than i would want to see the opposite.
I could buy that water exists under the ice on Europa, but life? With a metallic core that doesn't produce any heat, it must be pretty cold even with the heat Jupiter produces.
@Raxarax
Mars, Titan... potentially nearby earth-like exoplanets if we ever build the propulsion systems that can get us to those places in less than hundreds or thousands of years.
Having a more practical means by which to explore space will increase our chances of finding a place to go at any rate. Even if you completely disagree with the above reasoning, it would at least make research far easier.
I'm ready to go to the moon
I have to say...this guy's got balls to the max...
what about his rock band?
Yeah yeah space
What about the Hollow Earth theory? This guy should have been close to find this utopia.
when these guys dive in , don't they find gold , diamonds , arkenstone , balrogs etc ??
They find things that are much more valuable . Knowledge .
Life without photosynthesis to support it or its food source and no heat? Unless the life forms we are talking about are transformer robots, I don't think any life could exist in those conditions.
вот таким людям нужна спонсорская поддержка без всякой отчётности. был бы миллиардером, закинул бы ему несколько миллионов на счёт
@robotpanda77 Just because life as we know it can't survive in that kind of extreme cold doesn't mean that life couldn't adapt to live in those environments. Life has developed in some of the most remote and unfriendly places on Earth (go look up giant tube worms, they grow on the bottom of the ocean.)
wow
@Raxarax
Human beings need to expand into space in order to guarantee our continued existence. Even if we were to master ecologically viable technology it would not prevent the eventual inhabitability of the planet due to other factors. The moon is an excellent launching pad for that because, as he argues here, there is the presence of an enormous fuel source as well as low gravity and no atmosphere which combine to make a far easier object to get spacecraft off of than the earth.
Terminal Siphon is a badass name for a band!....just sayin'
Bill Stone always have big ideas but his execution sometimes is lacking. I know some of the people that were part of the Huautla expedition and they were scared death of things he did, lack of safety, etc. His Wakula work didn't help him either, massive amount of equipment and man power that didn't go very far.
He is a heck of a gutsy caver though. Too gutsy for most's taste.
"In seven years, we could pull off an industrial mission to Shackleton..."
this was 2007...it's 2012...so in two years will we be able to do this?
hello from 2020. I find it fascinating to watch old videos and hear their predictions about future.
@gavinplaysbass Ah, and where in space are you going to expand to?
He looks like Frank Zappa.
bill stone is a fu*king boss.
''show me the water"" i'am in ! will crew with you Bill...
@Za7a7aZ Another oil/fuel leak? Unfortunately this is how we progress.
Since you "Know" that we are looking in the wrong direction point us in the right one. If you can't, how do you know we are looking in the wrong one? Also, you couldn't carve a stone with the hard end of the feather either.
I believe that the value of manned space flight is doubtful until man can be mad far more durable and live far longer. Space is so hostile and dangerous and man lives such a short time and is so fragile that any additional manned space flight will cost...trillions with little chance of success and Mr. Stone admits part of that. Having said that it seems the key to continued space exploration is intelligent UNmanned space flight and the use of thorium as the fuel to make it possible.
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"?
Yes it will- the sun is destined to expand then explode, and the universe is always surging outward and dissipating all existing energy.
No matter what, it will end eventually.
Now, I find hard to believe men actually went to moon and came back 36 years ago! WTF! let s go!
I think people are failing to see how this would further scientific advancement. He estimates 20 billion. 20 billion is not that much money. It doesn't matter what the peace loving environmentalists think. If enough people can produce 20 billion than we can try this. It doesn't require the whole world anymore. The cost will continue to go down until some bold investors go for it. This WILL happen!!
It's just a matter of time, and not much time either.
did he die?
For someone like me who suspects the presence of intelligent alien life already visiting Earth, I can't help but feel sorry for these people who are racking their brains to invent ways to explore space, like trying to carve stone with the soft end of a feather, when the capability to visit other stars is already here, right under our noses. They're looking in the wrong direction. So sad.
@Za7a7aZ because there is no profit there
I thought creepers were reptiles.
2021...why not ride the energy fields for free?
Yup, remote and unfriendly... sulphuric acid even... but still earth.
I think it will cost more than 20 billion, but keep in mind that the pentagon is receiving over 500 billion every single year and that the wars have costed us over a trillion so far. Bad congressional moves and irresponsible financial workers have further wasted our economy, leading to 100's more billions lost. I hate to say it, but these problems will never go away. Humans will expand into space and our quality of life will steadily get better as it always has.
better than Disney ... audience all quite .
Just look out for Creepers down there...
Am I the only one who thinks he looks like Mark Zuckerberg actor from Social Network :P
Buffett has money he's willing to spend!
@Za7a7aZ yea like that show future weapons. youre favorite bald gijoe
@Za7a7aZ people who want their nation not to starve are always looking for more resources . this probably is the basis of tribal conflict which escalates into larger conflicts , not just "greed". don't be so brainwashed 7 think for yourself on occasion.
take it easy, explore the inner earth first before you go outside of it. it looks like you might've been through the polar opening and you shit in your pants so much that you vowed not to leave home without wearing a big pair of baggy pants.
buy a gas station in a small little town and forget about everything
theboy01,
Who cares? The Moon has no atmosphere to ruin. There's no life to destroy. It's just a rock. A fairly large one, but that's it.
how is he a "nobody" now?
AWSUM!!!! ill jus do there to that fake ringtone site.wow look at me waste time and bandwith!
Bill Stone is a dreamer, this was 4 years ago and he is a nobody now....sad.
wow, why would anyone want to work on going to space. There is nothign up there. Working for everyone to go to heaven would be much better.
Go there, why? What for? Mr. Overconfidence here needs to have reasons why he's doing the things he's doing. How about we finish exploring earth first before sending billions of dollars into space.