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Start here => Free For ALL => Topic started by: punkdrew on July 20, 2009, 12:20:34 AM
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Less than an hour away USA Pacific time.
I'm a big space buff, so it disappoints me that the media hasn't talked about this more. It's as if we've lost interest in space. Hopefully, recent orbital and satellite ventures by China and India, plus the possibility of Virgin Galactic doing LEO flights starting in 2011, will reignite our long-dormant interest in the long-range exploration of space.
"Earth is the cradle of Humanity, but one cannot remain in a cradle forever."--Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, mathematician, an early Russian proponent of space exploration who was the first to design space stations and space elevators, invented the multistage rocket, and calculated the amount of energy needed to reach escape velocity for Earth orbit.
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Oh, and anyone even THINKING of doing a bit on "Moon Landing Hoax" is invited to start their own thread. That is one conspiracy theory up with which I will not put.
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My uncle woke a bunch of us cousins/sibling up real early to watch the Moon Landing. It was impressive.
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My dad was an electrical engineer so I'm sure he woke us up to watch it. But I have no memory of doing so. I was 5.5 years old @ the time, so I guess my memory neurons weren't quite up to the job. I'll quiz my older brother see what he remembers.
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My dad was an electrical engineer so I'm sure he woke us up to watch it. But I have no memory of doing so. I was 5.5 years old @ the time, so I guess my memory neurons weren't quite up to the job. I'll quiz my older brother see what he remembers.
The Hippocampus takes a while to get fully kicked in with long term memory. I had just turned 10 when it happened and was probably able to stay awake better than you were at the time. I am in favor of much more space exploration.
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My dad was an electrical engineer so I'm sure he woke us up to watch it. But I have no memory of doing so. I was 5.5 years old @ the time, so I guess my memory neurons weren't quite up to the job. I'll quiz my older brother see what he remembers.
I am in favor of much more space exploration.
:indeed: :agreed:
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/19/Yuri_Gagarin_official_portrait.jpg)
Yuri Gagarin! One of my heroes. To quote Lit, Yuri Gagarin was BRAVE!
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It is! 8)
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I'd like to see NASA--while it's commemorating the 40th anniv of Apollo XI--put up on its site a cost-benefit analysis of the benefit to humanity from space exploration. The spinoffs alone make it worth the candle.
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"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish."--John F Kennedy, 1961
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The Moon Landing was B-R-A-V-E! :thumbup: :alien:
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It is the greatest achievement of humanity to date and I'd love to see them go again someday. But the biggest problem is cost and considering current economic times, I doubt it'll happen any time in the near future. Also due to current scientific and engineering capacity, I doubt we'd ever go further than Mars practically.
But if one could build a Alcubierre drive, or generate wormholes (both concepts are theoretically plausible with Relativity, but require exotic matter), then interstellar exploration is a definite certainty. Too bad I won't probably live the day to see that actually happen though.
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I'd like to see NASA=while it's commemorating the 40th anniv of Apollo XI--to put up a cost-benefit analysis of the benefit to humanity from space exploration. The spinoffs alone make it worth the candle.
Money spent on Space exploration and research is not wasted even when it doesn't pay off immediately.
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"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish."--John F Kennedy, 1961
Wish the current generation of leaders had more balls. If they were properly committed, we could be at Mars by the end of the next decade.
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"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish."--John F Kennedy, 1961
Wish the current generation of leaders had more balls. If they were properly committed, we could be at Mars by the end of the next decade.
We could have been there since long. :(
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(http://astroprofspage.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/laika.jpg)
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Poor little doggy. :(
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But brave.
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:agreed:
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If we could establish a lunar launch platform--or even one at the ISS--then getting to Mars would be relatively easy. It would still be a matter of months in transit, though, and as more than one commentator has pointed out, our national/planetary short attention span would probably result in a post-launch "ho-hum" response.
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What are the benefits of space exploration? I wasn't aware that there were any.
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In about 2.5 hours Pacific, it will be 40 years since Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on another planet. :respect:
Will raise a glass at that time.
Sorry should have said "solar body" or "another world." The Moon is definitely not a planet. :asthing:
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Benefits of space exploration--here's a short list:
Microcomputer technology (necessity due to limited cabin space on lunar vehicles), Sped up development of smaller as well as faster computers for scientific, business and personal use.
Brain/body imaging/scanning technology. How else are you going to monitor your astronauts' heart rates, body temps, etc. from 240,000 mi away?
Age of the universe. Has now been traced back to within microseconds of "Big Bang."
Finding out what would be needed for humans to be able to live in space for months/years, esp. in zero and low-gee environments.
Robert Heinlein wrote an excellent article on this subject called "Spinoffs." It was originally published by OMNI magazine and appears in his Expanded Universe collection.
"Earth is the cradle of Humanity. But one cannot live in a cradle forever."--Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
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I watched the moon landing when I 6 years old.
I even had a space helmet.
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The moon landing was a hoax :zoinks:
I don't believe that just yanking your chain
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The moon landing was a hoax :zoinks:
I don't believe that just yanking your chain
:asthing:
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In about 2.5 hours Pacific, it will be 40 years since Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on another planet.
What planet?
I have wondered why astronauts went to the moon only that once.
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I just realize that there is strategic interest with the moon, it has more abundance of He3 there than on Earth. It would be a useful contribution to nuclear fusion research and potential application.
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Also, if you can set up a permanent base there, and want to be free from Earth control, just build a catapult and throw rocks at 'em.
(See THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS by Robert A. Heinlein)
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In about 2.5 hours Pacific, it will be 40 years since Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on another planet. :respect:
Will raise a glass at that time.
Sorry--should have said "solar body" or "another world." The Moon is definitely not a planet. :asthing:
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The Moon is a satellite - in the original sense of the word.
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im still convinced the moon landing was fake, besides usually if your in space there isnt a bright light that looks like a lightbulb out
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Have you been in space many times, Richard? :P
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im still convinced the moon landing was fake, besides usually if your in space there isnt a bright light that looks like a lightbulb out
What about the sun?
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:agreed:
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im still convinced the moon landing was fake, besides usually if your in space there isnt a bright light that looks like a lightbulb out
What about the sun
well yes, but the sun doesnt look like a lightbulb when your in space. it looks like the sun :laugh:
seriously, look at some of the old footage and its quite clear that space is lit by a stage light :zoinks: