Thoughts from some time ago:

Booster Rockets:

            I understand that if these are parachuted they may be refurbished and reused, but if not, could they remain attached longer, and after refurbishment in space used as containers for the collection of damaged equipment (which is then available for use as spare parts), or, even at a stretch, since they held liquid, used to hold manufactured or excess water or in the manufacture of compost for experimentation in food growing (looking at long-term living and/or travel).

If they are partially dismantled, they could be used as shielding against micro debris, or configured as collecting and/or storage devices for such debris – in future, the debris can then be reprocessed.

Possibly they could become connecting passageways, or, with partitioning, safety accommodation when surrounded by other modules.

 Nose Canopies:

Instead of being discarded, could they not be left in-situ for longer until they hit a higher orbit and then be used as panels for extra compartments, or for additional shielding for orbiting space vehicles (depending on configuration).

 

I realize that these suggestions may not, at this juncture, be wholly practical for weight and/or stability reasons, but maybe they can be born in mind when designing space equipment for the future.

Just a query

Moon Landing Frames (left on the Moon):

                Would they have residual fuel left in them available for emergency use or would that have lost any potency over time, or possibly just ‘evaporated’?

 

Pollies: (These are blunt ideas, and could use minor tweaking.)

*Grandiose Plan fails – permanently lose 25 to 100 % of pension.  (e.g. SA State Bank Sale, Robo Debt-How many politicians and/or High Level Public Servants were ‘fined’, or had their job benefits altered as a result of these major ‘stuff-ups’?  Especially when it appears some Lower Level Public Servants apparently tried to prevent such plans on legal grounds.   I think none.)

 *10 year politicians enter a lottery.  Winners (up to 10) are told Sunday night, ‘For the next 28 days, your pay will be equivalent to the ‘dole’’ and you lose Parliamentary ‘perks’.  They cannot get subsidised Parliamentary meals or travel (including free vehicles).  They can have meals cooked in the Parliamentary kitchens, but, only ingredients that are purchased using the ‘dole’ can be used.  They can ‘pool’ monies to bulk buy ingredients.

*Alternatively, politicians exist for three months without ‘perks’, on an irregular basis.  (All or some?)

 Just an idea:

Any animal/bird, particularly a feral/wild animal/bird, taken to a Vet has blood taken and the blood sent to a central establishment in each State (maybe a Health Department or a University or a co-operative of some sort) where two databases are kept, and are linked nation-wide and possibly globally.  One database is part of disease control and the other holds genome information.

PROTOTYPE TESTING 

This was originally intended for an establishment which did not reply to first and second contact.

Who tests prototypes or similar (e.g. computer programmes)?  Is it somebody who worked on the project or somebody who only knows what it is supposed to do?

 General idea, have someone who has no connection test the project, then provide feedback, though either/both survey or interview.  Essentially all they are told is what it is supposed to do, and any safety concerns.  For a university, use staff and/or students from a different discipline, to get a feel for the process.  Then expand it to include relatives and friends of the university staff/students.  Slowly get the entire population involved.

Have other establishments do the same procedure.

Eventually, have a lottery type system to create a ‘pool’ of people that exist for a period of time, arbitrarily, twelve months, depending upon what is being tried/tested and the length of time required; the number of people needed for the process, and the knowledge which may be needed for specialist processes.  Maybe initially some ‘serve’ three months, some six months, some nine months, so that there is a staggered replacement.  After that all ‘serve’ twelve months, or what is considered appropriate.  After that there is a break of at least five years, maybe ten, before you can ‘serve’ again.  If you ‘serve’ in the initial arbitrarily three, six or nine months you have the option to ‘serve’ earlier, full term.  After doing ‘service’ there is the option to ‘opt-out’ until further notice or permanently.

The timings were first thought of as discussion points, and should be 'negotiated' up or down as circumstances dictate.

 

Processing unwanted fruit into sour beer and other possible uses.

 A radio (ABC-Country Hour) story had unwanted (by supermarkets) fruit converted to pulp and used in the making of sour beers.  I wondered if the residue (seeds and/or skins could be used as stock/chicken feed and/or compost.  The seeds themselves, after drying, might be added to the dried pumpkin seed market.  If not, could they be processed for chemical or medical uses, thereby leaving no residual waste?

 Ocean Rubbish:

Is it feasible to have two tanker style ships sail up to one hundred metres apart, and tow a net between them?  Periodically they stop, clear the net, and continue.  Any rubbish collected is then sorted and reprocessing procedures are started by persons employed to do such.  Studies could be about the origin and aging/disintegration of the rubbish.  Once back on land, the sorted rubbish is inserted into local waste streams.  If there are two or more 'pairs', a 'factory' ship might be added to assist in the sorting/reprocessing.

Notice should be made of possible removal of schools of fish, and other assorted ocean life.  Biologists could be among the persons employed.  For the possibly long voyages the accommodation might be 'motel' style.

Depending upon the fuel requirements, some of the rubbish could be reprocessed on board for fuel - in other words, burnt (bearing in mind possible inconvenient by-products).

 

Is co-vid a means that GAIA fights back as man seems to be killing nature?  Is it possible that the planet is becoming over-populated?  Think of what happens when an area that is fenced and contains livestock when the livestock cannot leave the fenced area.  What happens when the once massive herds on the planet are restricted and/or somehow restrained from their usual wandering range?  If I am correct in my basic knowledge, the land becomes stripped, that is, bare, unsuitable for sustaining any life.  Is Big Business at last taking notice of what they might be doing to their own living space instead of to someone else’s?