Im supprised there is nothing planned (by the community, we all know cryptic never does celebrations) for the 50th anniversary of man in space?
Its amazing that in just 50 years we have gone from just spending 90 minutes in orbit to having space craft leaving the solar system, robots on Mars, we've sent probes into the tails of comets, landed a craft on Venus and even orbited Mercury.
Hats off to the brave men and women who made this all possible.
I don't see what's to celebrate. We haven't done anything amazing in space that expanded our minds and horizons in the last 42 of those years.
Really? Just because we haven't been sending people into space doesn't mean we haven't been broadening our minds and horizons. Just last month the MESSENGER probe entered orbit of Mercury. Soon we'll be able to see the closest planet to the sun in a way we've never been able to before. What about things like the Hubble Space Telescope, giving us a view billions of years back in time? You must have the most narrow definition of broadening horizons I've ever encountered.
There were never a man in space, it was a big hoax.. Filmed in front of a bluescreen..
And Aliens crashlanded in Roswell, they took a wrong turn and got mosquitos into their engine intakes.. They were supposed to stop at the Amazonas, adopting parrots to advance their genepool.
In fact, the Earth is flat.. The notion that it is round is an absurdity.. We would spin off and fly into space if that was the case.
Also, Im fairly positive that Obama is a Alien, sent by the interstellar trade commission to check out the parrot market.
Lastly, God is a woman, no elderly fatherfigure for you to lean on.
So.....finding exoplanets isn't amazing?
The Apollo-Soyuz mission set up international missions, which is bearing fruit with the ISS. Man space endurance records have been shattered with the ISS.
Now I agree, manned-space missions have suffered. I am with many of the Apollo astronauts, we wasted a great chance with the work they did. Watch some interviews with John Young ( probably America's most prolific astronaut, Gemini, Apollo AND Space shuttle flights.....damn, that's a a hell of a career!).
Sadly, we DID blow it, the shuttle was designed backwards for political reasons (the next gen is being done right, disposable crew module, reusable launch craft). So, we have wasted the last 30 years because a reusable orbiter was "sexier".
The good news is that manned space flight has shown that it has some great uses. The Hubble repair mission was probably the most important manned mission since at least Apollo-Soyuz, if not up there with Gagarin's flight or Apollo 11. Because of humans being in space, on-site, the Hubble was fixed, and we are still recieving value from that mission).
Hopefully, the Chinese will scare us into action, in a good way. Otherwise, the first man on Mars will most likely be from China. The U.S. has kind of become the rich kid in high school who didn't do anything , so much potential and chances, just squandered.
Agreed. Would have thought there would be some mention of it. However many amazing feats have been accomplished in space. The space shuttle has been incredibly important in LEO and has helped to assemble the ISS which is an absolutely astonishing piece of engineering. Not to mention all the satellites that help us to even communicate like this online. And now NASA has said their aim in human spaceflight by the end of the decade is to have landed humans on an asteroid. That will be exciting.
I get annoyed with people who say space exploration is a waste of money.
NASA's annual funding every year is only about $17billion whereas Americans spend $80 billion on cigarrettes each year which seems very silly considering there is no state provided healthcare.
Really? Just because we haven't been sending people into space doesn't mean we haven't been broadening our minds and horizons. Just last month the MESSENGER probe entered orbit of Mercury. Soon we'll be able to see the closest planet to the sun in a way we've never been able to before. What about things like the Hubble Space Telescope, giving us a view billions of years back in time? You must have the most narrow definition of broadening horizons I've ever encountered.
Seeing pictures of something distant and fantastic and amazing in space is wonderful and thought-provoking, but I consider going there to be a truly world-changing achievement.
But we are in space, just a bit close to this Tellus object. Bad jokes aside, it's been somewhat disappointing lately, seeing as those old Sci-Fi books I used to read, had Men on Mars ten years ago, and all those public transportation tubes never appeared? Ahh well, I would say the effort is worth a bit of celebration nonetheless.
Back in the days they literally died to get to the Moon. The time of true heroes.
I would have to agree that we wasted a huge milestone(Apollo), and then decided to use robots instead. While we have seen amazing things from the comet missions, and space based telescopes, we only increased the cost of further exploration.exploitation of resources.
We, as in the world, need to get our asses back into manned missions to the moon and beyond. Maybe that will be the long desired spark of true cooperation for the world community.
But this doesn't deter from this great day in history. Blessed are the explorers.
Well, maybe to celebrate some of you might pick up a really exciting book series about space travel and space exploration.
I myself would put forward reading the Rama series by Arthur C Clarke (who passed away March 3 years ago):
Rama
Rama II
The Garden of Rama
Rama Revealed
(Book 1 is somewhat stand-alone and you could hop into Rama II without having read it.)
I will not give any spoilers on this, other than perhaps mentioning that Sierra On-Line made a PC games based on Rama II in the late 1990s - and it even had Clarke play an active part in the game!
Well, maybe to celebrate some of you might pick up a really exciting book series about space travel and space exploration.
I myself would put forward reading the Rama series by Arthur C Clarke (who passed away March 3 years ago):
Rama
Rama II
The Garden of Rama
Rama Revealed
(Book 1 is somewhat stand-alone and you could hop into Rama II without having read it.)
I will not give any spoilers on this, other than perhaps mentioning that Sierra On-Line made a PC games based on Rama II in the late 1990s - and it even had Clarke play an active part in the game!
Would this be Homeworld? And Homeworld II? I LOVED those games.
Would this be Homeworld? And Homeworld II? I LOVED those games.
Nope. I believe the English version was simply called "Rama". (The German versionw as called Rama: Rendevous in Space)
Such a lovely game. I broke my poor teen brains trying to learn base 2, 8 and 16 maths for some of the puzzles in the game... in alien numerals. >.<
Homeworld 1 was an awesome game - especially for the story.
Homeworld: cataclysm introduced another enemy (and a particularly nasty one at that)
Homeworld 2 attempted to improve on it (it kinda did), but simplified a little on the combat side of things - it became even more of a 'rock, paper, scissor' thing.
damn.. making me nostalgic and wanting to install them again LOL!
Well, maybe to celebrate some of you might pick up a really exciting book series about space travel and space exploration.
I myself would put forward reading the Rama series by Arthur C Clarke (who passed away March 3 years ago):
Rama
Rama II
The Garden of Rama
Rama Revealed
(Book 1 is somewhat stand-alone and you could hop into Rama II without having read it.)
I will not give any spoilers on this, other than perhaps mentioning that Sierra On-Line made a PC games based on Rama II in the late 1990s - and it even had Clarke play an active part in the game!
Or "Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers" Though... that's more or less about the "last" man in space.
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Really? Just because we haven't been sending people into space doesn't mean we haven't been broadening our minds and horizons. Just last month the MESSENGER probe entered orbit of Mercury. Soon we'll be able to see the closest planet to the sun in a way we've never been able to before. What about things like the Hubble Space Telescope, giving us a view billions of years back in time? You must have the most narrow definition of broadening horizons I've ever encountered.
you do realize that the last 30 or so years have been kind of a rough awakening for many formerly accepted theories and lines of thought?
Just because you do not keep up with it... does not mean it doesn't happen.
And Aliens crashlanded in Roswell, they took a wrong turn and got mosquitos into their engine intakes.. They were supposed to stop at the Amazonas, adopting parrots to advance their genepool.
In fact, the Earth is flat.. The notion that it is round is an absurdity.. We would spin off and fly into space if that was the case.
Also, Im fairly positive that Obama is a Alien, sent by the interstellar trade commission to check out the parrot market.
Lastly, God is a woman, no elderly fatherfigure for you to lean on.
In seriousness.. Yey us.. We rock.
The Apollo-Soyuz mission set up international missions, which is bearing fruit with the ISS. Man space endurance records have been shattered with the ISS.
Now I agree, manned-space missions have suffered. I am with many of the Apollo astronauts, we wasted a great chance with the work they did. Watch some interviews with John Young ( probably America's most prolific astronaut, Gemini, Apollo AND Space shuttle flights.....damn, that's a a hell of a career!).
Sadly, we DID blow it, the shuttle was designed backwards for political reasons (the next gen is being done right, disposable crew module, reusable launch craft). So, we have wasted the last 30 years because a reusable orbiter was "sexier".
The good news is that manned space flight has shown that it has some great uses. The Hubble repair mission was probably the most important manned mission since at least Apollo-Soyuz, if not up there with Gagarin's flight or Apollo 11. Because of humans being in space, on-site, the Hubble was fixed, and we are still recieving value from that mission).
Hopefully, the Chinese will scare us into action, in a good way. Otherwise, the first man on Mars will most likely be from China. The U.S. has kind of become the rich kid in high school who didn't do anything , so much potential and chances, just squandered.
Anyways......
HAPPY YURI'S DAY TO ALL!
I get annoyed with people who say space exploration is a waste of money.
NASA's annual funding every year is only about $17billion whereas Americans spend $80 billion on cigarrettes each year which seems very silly considering there is no state provided healthcare.
To see just the tip of the iceberg of NASA inventions that have made life better on earth can be found here:
http://www.thespaceplace.com/nasa/spinoffs.html
Space Exploration is important and is vital for the long term survival of humanity.
Seeing pictures of something distant and fantastic and amazing in space is wonderful and thought-provoking, but I consider going there to be a truly world-changing achievement.
Back in the days they literally died to get to the Moon. The time of true heroes.
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I know right!!! Pluto isn't a planet anymore!!!! just some rock in space and the name is just a dog now...and some god thingy.....
I was In-game last night shootin' off Fireworks.
Was the best I could do with such short notice...
Short notice? It happened 50 years ago!
We, as in the world, need to get our asses back into manned missions to the moon and beyond. Maybe that will be the long desired spark of true cooperation for the world community.
But this doesn't deter from this great day in history. Blessed are the explorers.
I myself would put forward reading the Rama series by Arthur C Clarke (who passed away March 3 years ago):
(Book 1 is somewhat stand-alone and you could hop into Rama II without having read it.)
I will not give any spoilers on this, other than perhaps mentioning that Sierra On-Line made a PC games based on Rama II in the late 1990s - and it even had Clarke play an active part in the game!
In Soviet Russia, Yuri Day celebrates you!!
Shame the space suits won't arrive until Tuesday though...
The Reality Dysfunction
The Neutronium Alchemist
The Naked God
by Peter F Hamilton
Really? Seriously? Go read some actual science journals instead of science fiction and you will see how wrong you are.
Would this be Homeworld? And Homeworld II? I LOVED those games.
What about Cataclysm? Don't forget Cataclysm!!!
Nope. I believe the English version was simply called "Rama". (The German versionw as called Rama: Rendevous in Space)
Such a lovely game. I broke my poor teen brains trying to learn base 2, 8 and 16 maths for some of the puzzles in the game... in alien numerals. >.<
Homeworld: cataclysm introduced another enemy (and a particularly nasty one at that)
Homeworld 2 attempted to improve on it (it kinda did), but simplified a little on the combat side of things - it became even more of a 'rock, paper, scissor' thing.
damn.. making me nostalgic and wanting to install them again LOL!
Ten Forward had a survey about it.
But we are the nice and fun forum.
Or "Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers" Though... that's more or less about the "last" man in space.