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Post by Cybermortis on Dec 3, 2014 23:02:00 GMT
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Post by the light works on Dec 4, 2014 1:30:04 GMT
which means it is time for the hair on fire extremists to shift their rants from the government killing the space program to the government wasting money on the space program. meanwhile, I think it is a cool thing that there is something big and new on the horizon. something that hasn't happened since I was a schoolboy. hopefully it will do what space programs do best: encourage kids to go into science fields and encourage technological innovation. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Dec 4, 2014 5:46:59 GMT
which means it is time for the hair on fire extremists to shift their rants from the government killing the space program to the government wasting money on the space program. meanwhile, I think it is a cool thing that there is something big and new on the horizon. something that hasn't happened since I was a schoolboy. hopefully it will do what space programs do best: encourage kids to go into science fields and encourage technological innovation. And produce more dreamers. Something I really think our current generation could use more of. And you're absolutely right. It was an exciting time. The space program was something really that big back in the 60's and 70's. People were glued to their TV's for days before a launch listening to Walter Cronkite tell us what was going on. And I'm sure anyone that was alive back then could tell you exactly where they were and what they were doing when Neil took that giant leap for us all. Hopefully, I'll still be around to watch our second giant leap. But even if I'm not, I'll be thankful I got to see our first step. |
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Post by the light works on Dec 4, 2014 5:53:13 GMT
which means it is time for the hair on fire extremists to shift their rants from the government killing the space program to the government wasting money on the space program. meanwhile, I think it is a cool thing that there is something big and new on the horizon. something that hasn't happened since I was a schoolboy. hopefully it will do what space programs do best: encourage kids to go into science fields and encourage technological innovation. And produce more dreamers. Something I really think our current generation could use more of. And you're absolutely right. It was an exciting time. The space program was something really that big back in the 60's and 70's. People were glued to their TV's for days before a launch listening to Walter Cronkite tell us what was going on. And I'm sure anyone that was alive back then could tell you exactly where they were and what they were doing when Neil took that giant leap for us all. Hopefully, I'll still be around to watch our second giant leap. But even if I'm not, I'll be thankful I got to see our first step. producing less money grubbing greed-heads would be nice, too.the older I get, the more I think there are people who base success on their ability to deny things to others. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Dec 4, 2014 6:11:37 GMT
...the older I get, the more I think there are people who base success on their ability to deny things to others. I'm sure there are. But not everyone that is successful is like that. There are many that want to get ahead but want to take as many with them as they can. The nice thing about the space program is that everyone can feel like they are part of the success. That's because it's not any one individual's accomplishment but all of humanity's accomplishment. It wasn't just Armstrong. We, the people of Earth, got to the Moon. And WE will someday get to Mars. |
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Post by the light works on Dec 4, 2014 14:38:22 GMT
...the older I get, the more I think there are people who base success on their ability to deny things to others. I'm sure there are. But not everyone that is successful is like that. There are many that want to get ahead but want to take as many with them as they can. The nice thing about the space program is that everyone can feel like they are part of the success. That's because it's not any one individual's accomplishment but all of humanity's accomplishment. It wasn't just Armstrong. We, the people of Earth, got to the Moon. And WE will someday get to Mars. I remember back when I would have been happy to sign on a colony ship. |
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Post by WhutScreenName on Dec 4, 2014 21:10:35 GMT
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Post by GTCGreg on Dec 4, 2014 21:12:57 GMT
yea, we're having a little trouble getting this puppy off the ground. But have patients, it will eventually go. |
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Post by WhutScreenName on Dec 5, 2014 13:07:34 GMT
We have lift-off!
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Post by GTCGreg on Dec 5, 2014 14:57:33 GMT
When you think about it, we've been on this planet for about 200,000 years and have barely scratch the surface in space travel.
Maybe a controlled explosion isn't the way to go. But I guess it's a start until we figure out something better.
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Post by the light works on Dec 5, 2014 14:59:44 GMT
I'd rather see them reschedule than try to push through a launch with an unhappy rocket. I've seen what happens when that is done. |
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Post by WhutScreenName on Feb 23, 2015 20:50:11 GMT
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Post by the light works on Feb 24, 2015 4:39:06 GMT
you know, that really wasn't something I had on my bucket list... don't know why it didn't occur to me. |
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Post by silverdragon on Feb 24, 2015 9:31:48 GMT
They have recently been updating the wiring on the international space station. www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-spacestation-spacewalks-20150221-story.htmlHows THAT for a job?.. "Sparkie needed must have a head for heights"..... And yes, I would volunteer for that.... This is so that "Commercial" flights from private companies can dock up there. Want to die on Mars?... Erm... We all got to die somewhere?... Ok, so, thats all folks, I have done most all I wanted to do, would I want to be the first to put a gravestone on another planet?... NO ONE EVER will do that one again.... Hell, why not? I have just about the same sense of adventure I had when I was young, and more able, and I did things purely for the hell of them. Will I get an internet connection?.. If I can still post on here, how would you guys like a poster who is now the REAL transport manager of our very own ESM headquarters on Mars?... Yeah, I am up for that. Wages?. just make sure my Kid gets a seat on the engineering training course at NASA, I am sure he will pass, and make a [***]ing brilliant scientist, and if that helps to support the rest of my family, for the rest of their lives, I am free to go, as long as they get my wages and retirement plan.... Give my other kids jobs somewhere as well... ok, rethink that, give my other kids the chance of jobs somewhere else at NASA or other space company as well... they have free choice after all. I just think they wouldnt pass off the chance to say "I work for NASA"........ To die whilst furthering the knowledge of the species. Dont look for any kind of picturesque tribute to me up there, you would be standing in it. |
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Post by WhutScreenName on Feb 24, 2015 14:18:50 GMT
I'm too young to want to go on a 1 way trip to Mars. I hope that one day I'll get to walk my daughter down the isle for her wedding, and get to have some grandchildren and if I'm lucky enough, live to see great grandchildren. I would not be opposed to a there and back mission, that'd be amazing! But knowing it's a 1 way trip... not for me.
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Post by silverdragon on Feb 25, 2015 10:06:57 GMT
Who knows what the future may bring?...
I have reason to suspect One way may turn to be Return trips eventually...
Maybe even in my own lifetime.
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Post by WhutScreenName on Sept 10, 2015 19:57:31 GMT
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Post by the light works on Sept 11, 2015 4:08:25 GMT
Well, Hm... if it worked it would be quicker...
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Post by silverdragon on Sept 11, 2015 6:41:39 GMT
So, Nuke Mars.
Then destroy any hope we ever had of studying a "Developing planet" that isnt Earth...
How will we ever work out what makes other planets work if the first thing we do is destroy them, and try and make them something else?..
Is Mars ever going to be a second Earth?.
No.
Its distance from the sun is completely different, so, there is zero chance that the atmosphere will ever be the same.
Its always going to be colder, its half-again as far from the sun as Earth.
If we dont leave it as it is, we wont ever find out what the natural weather there is.
Do we know for sure there isnt any life on Mars yet?...
Isnt that one of the reasons its being studied?.
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Post by WhutScreenName on Sept 11, 2015 14:15:38 GMT
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