thanatos355 Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Elessar said: In 69 the VERY BEST engineers coming out of college went to NASA for top dollar, today they can't pay #### compared to Boeing or McDonnel Douglass. If the public interest was focused on space travel and not Video games NASA would HAVE the budget. But when software engineers make a lot more working for EAgames and Nintendo, it's no wonder we're still on this planet. Hell, it's a wonder some people leave the living room.... hey, if i didnt have to work, and take a piss, i would never leave the living room! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engineer101 Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 c'mon earth, just build a damn colony on the moon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mic Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 We spend more money on pizza than we do space exploration...... Does that give you any indication? :stare: we spend more money on toilet paper than on space :-) lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psheldrake1 Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 c'mon earth' date=' just build a damn colony on the moon[/quote'] Why build on something that will never improve. We should be putting are efforts into Mars. At least there is a posibility of tera forming the planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonHelton Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 nothing has stopped us from returning to the moon at any time' date=' except ourselves.[/quote'] Exactly right......We should've had well established colonies on the Moon by now. :stare: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaska Posted February 4, 2005 Author Share Posted February 4, 2005 We spend more money on pizza than we do space exploration...... Does that give you any indication? :stare: we spend more money on toilet paper than on space :-) lol Not quite. Sales for toilet paper world wide reached more than 3.5 billion dollars in 1995. (Only stats I could find) B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonHelton Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 NASA was created to be NON military. That's why it was formed/seperated from the Air Force. If plans are made to "colonize" the moon' date=' I think that should be a joint effort between countries, and not done for strategic military reasons![/quote'] I'm well aware of NASA's origins. ......I don't want ANY govt institution involved, peaceful or otherwise. To be frank, I'm tired of waiting. :stare: I enjoy watching Star Trek, but to honest, I'd much rather BE on a "Star Trek" of my own! :cyclops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonHelton Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 The only way that space exploration will proceed in a nominally democratic nation is if the people insist on it. The political will isn't there right now. Don't know what it will be in five or ten years. I expect' date=' that like the Easter Islanders, we may live so unsustainably for so long that we will end up trapped on this planet, without the resources to save ourselves or to migrate.[/quote'] May I remind you that it only takes 1 medium sized asteroid to extinguish all life on Earth? ......And that it theoretically could happen at any time? :stare: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonHelton Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 The only way that space exploration will proceed in a nominally democratic nation is if the people insist on it. Then we might as well pull up a chair to the table & deal some cards. We'll be here a very long time. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahaha Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 They are IDIOTS and MORONS, plain and simple. Look at all the shuttle disasters. They couldn't fix a ham sandwhich. These are the people who have to ask the PUBLIC for suggestions on a launch platform and design improvements! I would have suggested they build a maglev launch platform, but hey, if they're so smart why didn't they think of it. I even thought there was a roller coaster that was maglev. Not to mention that in a vacuum, a maglev propelled object can reach ridiculous speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonHelton Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 Go to NASA's site and look at their mission roadmap for 2000-2019. Oh be still my heart! I'm going to know the exact longitude & latitude of a Moon Crater! :rolleyes: I don't get how anybody who DOESN'T work there can call NASA a bunch of idiots. Well now you've met one. The money spent on probes could've given us a colony on Mars. Had I been taken even MILDLY serious, we'd be exploring the Galaxy by now. I'd be in favor of something being established like the "Civilian Space Corps" like a research foundation basically around the X-prize concept...Some kind of private foundation to create a civilian space industry. Glad we agree! :cyclops: So it'd have to be carefully orchestrated I think' date=' but I believe if we're going to really accelerate ourselves out there, it's going to take Corporate money...Which will start coming I think, once the advantages of spaceflight technology are more readily realized.[/quote'] All anyone has to do is point out the huge deposites of natural minerals & precious gems and they'll come on board. :D "Smaller' date=' Faster, Cheaper" isn't the [i']research[/i] philosophy of the computer industry...In fact it's not even the retail end if it, if it were, you'd be saying that one could go buy a 3.0 ghz proc. for significantly cheaper than an identical but lower clocked 2.0 ghz proc...Which obviously isn't the case. The first computer was the size of a large building. That same processing power will now fit in your shirt pocket. ......It's a solar calculator. :stare: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thanatos355 Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 nothing has stopped us from returning to the moon at any time' date=' except ourselves.[/quote'] Exactly right......We should've had well established colonies on the Moon by now. :stare: you ever notice how rediculessly much we quote each other? :cyclops: The only way that space exploration will proceed in a nominally democratic nation is if the people insist on it. Then we might as well pull up a chair to the table & deal some cards. We'll be here a very long time. :( blackjack or texas hold em? ;) They are IDIOTS and MORONS, plain and simple. Look at all the shuttle disasters. They couldn't fix a ham sandwhich. These are the people who have to ask the PUBLIC for suggestions on a launch platform and design improvements! I would have suggested they build a maglev launch platform, but hey, if they're so smart why didn't they think of it. I even thought there was a roller coaster that was maglev. Not to mention that in a vacuum, a maglev propelled object can reach ridiculous speeds. i would laugh myself to tears if it wasnt so damn true man! :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonHelton Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 you ever notice how rediculessly much we quote each other? As long as we don't finish each others sentences, I think we'll be alright! :D blackjack or texas hold em? ;) Maybe a good game of Gin to start....... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thanatos355 Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 well, we might still need some medical attention man. ;) oh sure, now i'll have to try to remember how to play gin! :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonHelton Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 oh sure' date=' now i'll have to try to remember how to play gin![/quote'] That's good for ya.......Get's the brain working! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thanatos355 Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 sure, you're just saying that so you can win my desert rations for the whole trip out there! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonHelton Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 sure' date=' you're just saying that so you can win my desert rations for the whole trip out there! ;)[/quote'] You actually NEED "Sta-Puft" marshmallows?? Since when? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thanatos355 Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 nah, i dont care for marshmallows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonHelton Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 nah' date=' i dont care for marshmallows.[/quote'] See? I was right! I claim these marshmallows in the name of....... Well, I don't know yet, but I'll figure out something! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thanatos355 Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 when you do, let me know. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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