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Sonderval · 04-03-2010 02:52PM

I think we're on a downward slope for human space flight, so I dont think were going back there anytime soon.

Things dont look too good for humanity, alas

Sisko · 04-03-2010 02:57PM

I for one enjoy hearing about stuff like this, really hope to see more progress in space exploration in my life time, this time using combined efforts of different countries, rather then rivalries between them.

OutlawPete · 04-03-2010 03:29PM

I thought Obama pulled funding on Nasa?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6JKvK_3OHY

Overheal · 04-03-2010 04:07PM

OutlawPete wrote: »

I thought Obama pulled funding on Nasa?

It wont last long in the face of competition.

Smart Bug · 04-03-2010 04:13PM

I'm really over the moon about this news.

gurramok · 04-03-2010 04:21PM

Lunarcy.

Biggins · 04-03-2010 06:58PM

I look forwards to staying at the first hotel there.

04-03-2010 08:12PM

Biggins wrote: »

I look forwards to staying at the first hotel there.

I wouldn't bother with the hotel bar, there's no atmosphere there! :pac:

D_murph · 05-03-2010 12:03AM

Fago_25 wrote: »

Scene cuts to Brian Cowen on a step ladder reaching his hand toward the moon.

"Nearly there"

Just like he is doing with everything at the moment it seems :rolleyes:.

Duggy747 · 05-03-2010 12:57AM

Finally, I'll have a chance to bang some green chicks in the nite-club up there.

Taxi fare could be a bitch, though.

artanevilla · 05-03-2010 01:05AM

Duggy747 wrote: »

Finally, I'll have a chance to bang some green chicks in the nite-club up there.

Taxi fare could be a bitch, though.

You can pull orange birds all over Ireland.

05-03-2010 01:09AM

artanevilla wrote: »

You can pull orange birds all over Ireland.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1048/1439154784_d23ce64a7a.jpg

Captain Chaos · 05-03-2010 01:16AM

Overheal wrote: »

It wont last long in the face of competition.

But they have canceled the Constallation program. After the next 4 shuttle flights NASA have no way of putting another person in orbit unless they ask Russia.

I don't know how they are going to keep boosting the ISS's orbit over the next 5 years with no shuttle either.

ColaBeDamned · 05-03-2010 01:40AM

Noopti wrote: »

Don't you mean transfer our same problems to a different planet?

ScumLord wrote: »

I don't think we'd make it in space without sorting the problems we have in earth, there actually oddly related.

Resource management, recycling, population control, fixing these type of problems will make space travel easier. The fact is it would be a long time before we found a planet like earth so for the most part we'd be living on space ships or encapsulated colony's on other planets. which would give us many of the same problems we're facing now on our currently overpopulated spaceship earth, so to get into space we have to learn to manage earth much better so we can do it on a smaller scale.

Lies!!
I'm no fool! :mad: I've seen Wall-E, I know how this shít goes down!!

Overheal · 05-03-2010 01:58AM

Captain Chaos wrote: »

But they have canceled the Constallation program. After the next 4 shuttle flights NASA have no way of putting another person in orbit unless they ask Russia.

I don't know how they are going to keep boosting the ISS's orbit over the next 5 years with no shuttle either.

Its interesting you raise that issue.

The fact of the matter Now is, thanks to programs like the X-Prize, that shortly after the Shuttle gets decomissioned we should see the start of the first regular commercial space flights.

Last month's Pop Science magazine had a lengthy article about this: Relegate the Private Sector with the Day to Day resupply and repair of Sattelites (and the ISS) who will do it for fractions of the current cost, and unburden the NASA budget to do much bigger things: Like go back to the Moon. Virgin Galactic (whom is only targeting Space Tourism so far) is just one of 30 odd companies who have made serious headway about establishing the private space industry.

In the meantime, the Soyuz will cease Space tourism flights after the Decomission, to free up the flight time for NASA's needs.

Outside of that, NASA is deep into ideas about doing more in space without Humans. To that end, theres project M (Which is pretty much Avatar) And talk of having orbital robots that can be activated when needed and flown to a target satellite to initiate repairs. Project M would essentially allow a Moon Base to be constructed without the need to support Human Life during the process.

Infinity and Beyond? Nuclear Probe, Cassini, came back recently with these images of one of Saturn's moons, shooting water vapor as its exposed to sunlight. Next stop Pluto? With hydrogen Fueling Stations on the farthest reaches of the System, we can begin to really head out There.

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-02/nasa-budget-constellation-officially-canned-deep-space-future-bright

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-02/nasa-2010-budget-inflatable-space-stations-orbit-refueling-space-uavs-and-more

Capt'n Midnight · 05-03-2010 02:57AM

Captain Chaos wrote: »

I don't know how they are going to keep boosting the ISS's orbit over the next 5 years with no shuttle either.

This is NASA you are talking about, there is no way they'd cancel a spacecraft and let a space station crash and burn.

Oh wait...

Seloth · 06-03-2010 01:23AM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Well I'm sure that reply wasn't directed at me now was it boy? A southern gentlemen like you should know not to be a-callin' someone any manner of tool, let alone a spanner - one of the most versatile and slutty of all the tools.

Of course it wasnt direced at you..it was directed at the guy who said he couldnt give a f**k

You and several others replied as I clicked send.

pirelli · 06-03-2010 02:34AM

Overheal wrote: »

You read that in Farnsworth's voice. Excellent.

Now for the Refreshing news: The Lunar North Pole has been found to house at least 600 Million Metric Tons of Ice on the Surface alone. More than enough to establish a permanent base, and extract Hydrogen and Oxygen for long term sustainability and for use in Refueling Spacecraft, which run n Hydrogen with an Oxygen catalyst.

http://gizmodo.com/5484165/600-million-metric-tons-of-ice-found-on-moons-north-pole-surface-could-be-enough-to-supply-base

Sounds like we may be seeing the spark of another resurgence in the Space Race.

A long time ago when i was a young schoolboy a headmaster observed me in school in the company of a strange man. A man that it transpired was a man very much interested in young boys. The head master interrogated/questioned me and instead of informing my parents he just covered the matter up.

From that point on occasion after calling roll when he came to my name he used to say in front of everyone that I was wired to the moon.

The old master might have failed to realise their was more to the moon than strange men that like boys Or I think the bastard must have been hinting for me to join Nasa!

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