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Re: Arthur C Clark, prophet.
« Reply #15 on: February 12, 2015, 04:00:27 PM »
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2001 is awesome, one of my all-time favourites.

I think it could all have happened by now if the US hadn't decided to shrink NASA's budget and refocus what remains every few years. The technology to establish a moon base is there, and there is an orbiting space station, but the focus has been elsewhere.

And there is Virgin Galactic, that will bring spaceflight to the masses at some point.

Yes, blame the US. :P I don't see Sweden planning a moon base. :hahaha:

I think NASA should be a globally funded program.  :orly:

You do know that there are other space agencies, right?

Sure, but you were the one faulting NASA in particular. I still think space exploration should be a global effort, so that would make all space stations belonging to the same agency. A new name would be in order. We could still call it NASA though if you need to mock it.  :zoinks:

I'm not mocking NASA. Whatever gave you that idea? I'm saying that their budget has been refocussed too many times. How are they supposed to plan ahead when their goals are being redefined every couple of years?
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Re: Arthur C Clark, prophet.
« Reply #16 on: February 12, 2015, 04:01:02 PM »
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Oh, and Semi: remind me. How are astronauts transported to the International Space Station, currently? :zoinks:

In Volvos?  :zoinks:

Sort of.
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Re: Arthur C Clark, prophet.
« Reply #17 on: February 12, 2015, 04:09:28 PM »
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Oh, and Semi: remind me. How are astronauts transported to the International Space Station, currently? :zoinks:

In Volvos?  :zoinks:

:trollface:

How did the International Space Station get into space? :zoinks:

In pieces. Why?
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Re: Arthur C Clark, prophet.
« Reply #18 on: February 13, 2015, 08:19:21 AM »
Quote from: odeon on February 12, 2015, 04:09:28 PM
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Oh, and Semi: remind me. How are astronauts transported to the International Space Station, currently? :zoinks:

In Volvos?  :zoinks:

:trollface:

How did the International Space Station get into space? :zoinks:

In pieces. Why?

Just checking. :police:
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Re: Arthur C Clark, prophet.
« Reply #19 on: February 13, 2015, 04:23:00 PM »
I'm hoping that something will happen to revive the interest in space exploration. IMHO the shuttle was a step in the right direction, but it should never have been the only step in terms of human exploration.
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Re: Arthur C Clark, prophet.
« Reply #20 on: February 13, 2015, 04:24:19 PM »
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I'm hoping that something will happen to revive the interest in space exploration. IMHO the shuttle was a step in the right direction, but it should never have been the only step in terms of human exploration.



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Re: Arthur C Clark, prophet.
« Reply #21 on: February 13, 2015, 04:30:53 PM »
Mars One is not a realistic project. They don't have the resources to do it. A part of me is rooting for them, but another is thinking "idiots".

It's a very good example of (or it will be, given some time) why a Mars mission takes something like NASA, especially NASA as it was in the 60s and early 70s. Not a bunch of eager amateurs.
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Re: Arthur C Clark, prophet.
« Reply #22 on: February 13, 2015, 04:31:59 PM »
Quote from: odeon on February 13, 2015, 04:30:53 PM
Mars One is not a realistic project. They don't have the resources to do it. A part of me is rooting for them, but another is thinking "idiots".

It's a very good example of (or it will be, given some time) why a Mars mission takes something like NASA, especially NASA as it was in the 60s and early 70s. Not a bunch of eager amateurs.

I agree they are all going to die horribly, and nowhere near Mars.  But they do represent an "interest in space exploration" as misguided as it may be.
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Re: Arthur C Clark, prophet.
« Reply #23 on: February 13, 2015, 04:37:51 PM »
Just to pick one single example: radiation. There's the intense radiation they will face while getting there. Then there's the radiation on the surface. The Mars atmosphere is quite thin and there's no real van Allen belt equivalent to protect them once there. The way I see it, the would-be Martians will be glowing in the dark long before they have managed to protect their settlement against the environment.

But most likely no one will die because they won't ever lift off.
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Re: Arthur C Clark, prophet.
« Reply #24 on: February 14, 2015, 10:26:11 PM »
Quote from: odeon on February 12, 2015, 04:00:27 PM
I'm not mocking NASA. Whatever gave you that idea? I'm saying that their budget has been refocussed too many times. How are they supposed to plan ahead when their goals are being redefined every couple of years?

I'm just giving you a hard time, I realize you were taking a shot at the US.  :M

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Re: Arthur C Clark, prophet.
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Re: Arthur C Clark, prophet.
« Reply #26 on: February 21, 2015, 02:30:07 AM »
Quote from: Gopher Gary on February 14, 2015, 10:26:11 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 12, 2015, 04:00:27 PM
I'm not mocking NASA. Whatever gave you that idea? I'm saying that their budget has been refocussed too many times. How are they supposed to plan ahead when their goals are being redefined every couple of years?

I'm just giving you a hard time, I realize you were taking a shot at the US.  :M

Sheesh. I'm taking a shot at the changing policies, not at the country. FFS, stop being so sensitive.
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