Re: Space!
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:00 pm
by Cheeky Devlin
Moggy wrote:Cheeky Devlin wrote:We're totally going to Mars at some point. It's crazy exciting.
That’s Musk’s dream and I think he may well be the guy to do it.
I think the first human on Mars is a long way off, but I think it’ll be a company that does it, not NASA.
Absolutely. Very exciting times.
Re: Space!
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:03 pm
by Mini E
Wow.
Re: Space!
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:05 pm
by Moggy
twitter.com/exploreplanets/status/960980643747217408
Re: Space!
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:29 pm
by Preezy
Absolutely incredible stuff. So there’s now a Tesla hurtling through space, this is now a thing
Re: Space!
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:50 pm
by D_C
Re: Space!
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:55 pm
by Peter Crisp
That will be a bugger to repair if it breaks down.
Re: Space!
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:56 pm
by Dblock
Space is fake, flatearth is the truth!
Re: Space!
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:57 pm
by Peter Crisp
Dblock wrote:Space is fake, flatearth is the truth!
Yep, where are the turtles for a start.
Re: Space!
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 10:01 pm
by Moggy
Dblock wrote:Space is fake, flatearth is the truth!
The trouble with you Dblock is I actually think you believe that.
Re: Space!
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 10:03 pm
by Xeno
You would have thought this would be the ideal time to start reading HHGTTG.
So is the suit hooked up to monitoring equiptment to test it long term or is it fake?
Re: Space!
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 2:43 am
by Alvin Flummux
Preezy wrote:Absolutely incredible stuff. So there’s now a Tesla hurtling through space, this is now a thing
It's
going to Mars too.
Elon Musk has to be the leading contender for Man of the Century so far.
► Link Epic. Awesome. Spectacular.
Shame the central core didn't make it, but damn that was exciting to watch.
Re: Space!
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 8:34 am
by Moggy
Re: Space!
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 8:35 am
by Rax
Incredible scenes. Space is awesome.
Re: Space!
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 10:15 am
by Squinty
I thought that rocket was in reverse. That's quite an achievement.
Re: Space!
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 10:41 am
by OrangeRKN
This is goddamn incredible
Re: Space!
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:00 am
by Moggy
OrangeRakoon wrote:This is goddamn incredible
It really is and private space flight is developing at an astonishing rate. It was less than 15 years ago that SpaceShip One became the first private craft to go into space, now we have the Falcon Heavy, a craft that can carry enormous loads into space and can vertically land its boosters.
Astonishing progress!
Re: Space!
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:05 am
by Cheeky Devlin
It's quite damning that it's taken this long to reach this point. Private companies shouldn't have to be the ones who are taking up the slack left behind by NASA who've spent decades pottering about in the back yard rather than pushing things to their next step. Admittedly that's most likely due to funding, but they should have been developing and driving down the cost of this stuff long ago.
Finally good to see some progress being made though. Exciting times.
Re: Space!
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:12 am
by Preezy
They really should paint the booster rockets so they look like Thunderbird 1.
Re: Space!
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:15 am
by Moggy
Cheeky Devlin wrote:It's quite damning that it's taken this long to reach this point. Private companies shouldn't have to be the ones who are taking up the slack left behind by NASA who've spent decades pottering about in the back yard rather than pushing things to their next step. Admittedly that's most likely due to funding, but they should have been developing and driving down the cost of this stuff long ago.
Finally good to see some progress being made though. Exciting times.
We would see amazing progress if we told Trump that we would change the name of Mars to “Trump Planet” if he gave NASA the funding to land people there.
Although he’d probably want to paint the whole planet gold.
