27-07-2005 11:45									#91
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quote: Originally posted by Sn00py Did I bash bush or are you referring to someone else?

Maybe I'm a little pricky

quote: Anyway, what would be so hard about a wireless link?

See Winston.

quote: Can't we set up small satellite type devices and spread a few hundred of them out evenly between the Earth and Mars; they can act as jump points to link the two planets.

There is a little problem - earth and mars doesn't have the same orbit and they aren't fixed to each other, so it would be quite difficult to keep them in sane places - besides, they wouldn't be much more that fueling stations, and they would be quite expensive both to establish and maintain.

	27-07-2005 12:55									#92
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Nah, I'm sure it can be done.

Just have to get them to talk to each other, and of course solar power will be more than enough to carry out the jobs it needs to do.

A fueling station is something like ISS, which is something MUCH bigger.

The devices I am talking about would probably be no bigger than a dining table with large solar powered wings.

It uses the energy to stay in correct position with the other two devices on either side of it and to send communication data.

	27-07-2005 13:04									#93
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why do we need that? We have no problem communicating with mars orbiters. Okay, we do have some problems. but it can be done.

It's just that there's a delay. I can't remember how long the delay is. I think it's several minutes.

so I'd love to play games with the astronauts. They'd be suffereing from intolerable lag. I'd get so many kills on them. .

	27-07-2005 15:24									#94
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What they need is a ship that they can walk in (anti-zero gravity, what do you call it)

Computers with high speed connection to Earths Internet; supplying hundreds of TV channels, unlimited movies, unlimited access to games/latest games

a gym, a lounge and maybe a few other things

that should keep em happy for the trip to Mars, while they're there, and back again

Civ3's Penis Spaceship is perfect. Lets build it!

	27-07-2005 15:31									#95
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they would also need sex. I suggest sending out prostitutes along with them.

	27-07-2005 15:43									#96
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quote: (anti-zero gravity, what do you call it)

Gravity?

	27-07-2005 15:46									#97
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artificial gravity

	27-07-2005 19:35									#98
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quote: Originally posted by Winston Jeez... It'd be a little difficult to achieve if it wasn't wireless.

Yeah, but think of the lag time.

	27-07-2005 19:36									#99
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quote: Originally posted by The Mad Monk Apparently it did -- they're looking at the damage to see how bad it is.

Checking to make sure and saying it hit are two different things.

	08-08-2005 10:20									#100
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Discovery is scheduled for landing 3½ hours from now, at 4:47 EDT, that's 10:47 CET.

Once again, I hope all goes well.

	08-08-2005 10:50									#101
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quote: Originally posted by Dis they would also need sex. I suggest sending out prostitutes along with them.

why can't they just have sex with eachother?

JM

	08-08-2005 11:09									#102
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I'm staying up to watch Discovery land.

Gatekeeper

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I'm watching the lead up now. The first landing opportunity will require an engine firing from the Shuttle in about 45 minutes.

But we have to remember it'll be dark at the landing site. Just saying.

	08-08-2005 12:20									#104
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The cloud cover is too heavy over Kennedy Space Center right now, so they will not attempt the first landing opportunity (4:47). They have another opportunity at 6:22 EDT.

	08-08-2005 12:31									#105
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quote: Originally posted by Jon Miller why can't they just have sex with eachother? JM

wasn't there once a problem on the space station with drunk russian cosmonauts hitting on american women astronauts? And wasn't there an attempted rape? That last part may not be true, I can't remember where I heard it.

The problem is, american women don't put out. . either that or they just don't like to cheat on their husbands while out in space.

	08-08-2005 12:41									#106
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I have heard that the russians have all sorts of crazy sex on their stations/space experiences..

JM

	08-08-2005 12:43									#107
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Never heard anything about Russians going after our women astronauts but could you blame them if they did? They've probably been in space far to long and there just looking for some action. I mean masturbation in a zero gravity environment isn't exactly a good idea.

	08-08-2005 12:45									#108
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quote: Originally posted by Smiley I believe most of the psychological barriers will be overcome by today's online gaming generation. Just give the can a big fat wireless link.

I personally think that the best idea is to just send crazy people to start with. I am certain there are no shortage of people who would remain relatively sane when cooped up in a tin can for 6 months. Problem being they traditionally don't make good astronauts material, because any astronaut is going to be some kind of extroverted super overachiever and the kind of person who can stay sane in a can is going to be something of an introverted lazy bum. It would actually be better to say that astronauts don't make good spacefarers, it would be nessecary to select and train people with good space faring traits.

The main problem with online gaming from an interplanetary spaceship is latency. Not just 500ms or a few s, but minutes, or hours! Forums would still work pretty well though (with the right communication protocols and modified forum software) and any kind of game with really slow turns (like PBEM games). Imagine the excuses "Sorry guys, couldn't submit the turn. Solar flare."

But it would be quite possible to carry nearly every (good) movie and game known to man, and that would be quite a lot of singeplayer entertainment.

	08-08-2005 12:46									#109
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I have heard that russians are more sexist then the west

like if a female physicist wanted a post, the top people would ask eachother if any of them wanted to have sex with her, if none did then she would not get the position

this might be all heresy, but I do know that russian physics was/is? a lot more harsh/conservative then american physics

JM

	08-08-2005 12:47									#110
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good point. Those one one of the questions I keep meaning to ask Nasa. I really want to go to a press conference and ask them if they masturbate.

NASA takes themselves way too seriously. These are important questions. Imagine how far you could shoot your load in a microgravity environment? That's kind of disgusting I know. Other people have to inahale the stuff. So i'd imagine you would use a sock. But do they do it in front of other people?

	08-08-2005 13:19									#111
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I imagine mature women would become more attractive in zero gravity.

They could use it as a selling point when recruiting female astronauts. "Have a full set of personal photos taken while orbiting, free of charge."

	08-08-2005 13:42									#112
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tic toc... will they get back down.... ?

	08-08-2005 13:45									#113
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In about 10 minutes we should know whether they will attempt the final landing opportunity for today.

	08-08-2005 13:48									#114
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are we that close to the last chance?

	08-08-2005 13:51									#115
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We're that close to the decision being taken for the last try today, yes. If they go for landing, it will be at 6:22 EDT, 12:22 CET.

I think they'll go for it; the cloud video they're showing at mission control looks much more scattered than 1½ hours ago.

We'll see about it any minute now.

	08-08-2005 14:05									#116
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It's off. Called off for 24 hours, it won't land until tomorrow. Cloud cover is still too thick over Kennedy, although technically the weather situation is "go" at this moment, ground control thinks it's too unstable to attempt a landing.

* Winston twiddles thumbs

Two opportunities tomorrow at Kennedy: 5:08 a.m. and 6:43 a.m. And two opportunities at Edwards: 8:13 a.m. and 9:48 a.m., all times EDT.

	08-08-2005 14:06									#117
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they better do this soon. I have to go to sleep soon.

	08-08-2005 14:06									#118
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ahhh tomorrow then - well maybe tomorrow

at least they got a pizza and coke to pass the night

	08-08-2005 14:43									#119
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this is what happens when you put a space center in florida.

yeah, yeah I know. It's more efficient to be closer to the equater. And taking off over water is preferrible when bad things happen...

	09-08-2005 18:00									#120
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Has landed safely

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/...ttle/index.html