The Kingdon of Tycho

Environmentalism is not really about saving the planet. The Earth was here long before mankind came into being and if we wipe ourselves out the planet will continue along just fine without us. There are five mass extinctions in Earth’s fossil record. Mass extinctions that wiped out as many as 90% of living species. So even if mankind were to take most of the living species with us in some environmental disaster the Earth will survive and life will recover and get along just fine without us. So when I talk about environmentalism and “green issues”

The use of Bioplastic and Desktop Manufacturing will allow our Moon base to become self sufficient in spare parts at a relatively early stage.
Bioplastics are plastics made from renewable biomass sources, such as vegetable starch or microbes, rather than petroleum as traditional plastics are made from. Obviously we don’t expect to find petroleum on the [...]

As the first step in my prototype moon base I purchased a wormery. I bought it one month ago and set up as per the instructions. However I have made what is apparently the most common mistake with new wormery owners, I have over fed the worms and so the first month’s kitchen waste is [...]

When I first founded TKoT(The Kingdom of Tycho) I envisioned myself learning about, experimenting with and developing the technologies needed to live on the moon. But I got side tracked by information over load and the shear enormity of developing a new country project. It has been a steep learning curve. For instance before founding [...]