NASA's New Space Wheels

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Posted by Hemos on Monday September 29, 2003 @01:31AM from the and-the-wheels-in-the-sky-keep-on-turning dept.

jvarsoke writes "ABCNEWS.com has an article on proposals for NASA's next generation Space Shuttle. But the replacement for the 1970's era wonder look a bit like a step backward baring one exception. Choices are a splash-down capsule, a"half-cone lifting body" (sounds bumpy), and two aircraft landing types . . . and what's that in the upper left corner. Could it be? The Farscape 1 module?"

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Mmmm... Space Chix0r5.. by grub · 2003-09-29 01:34 · Score: 4, Funny

"Could it be? The Farscape 1 module?"

Dibs on Aeryn and Chiana! (You can keep Zhaan, she wouldn't shut up: "Oh great Spirit, grant me this orgasm blah blah blah..")

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Not exactly the Enterprise credits is it. by DrJAKing · 2003-09-29 01:35 · Score: 3, Funny

At this rate it'll take years before we make a warp drive.
1. Re:Not exactly the Enterprise credits is it. by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-29 01:37 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  NASA and the US government have Zeffram Cochrane in hiding, the Borg are coming you know. Don't you watch the movies?
2. Re:Not exactly the Enterprise credits is it. by nick-less · 2003-09-29 02:15 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  [...] and was created in Montana by a backwoods hillbilly of a rocket scientist who had more fun drinking than he did thinking.
  
  In contrast for what?
Re:Farscape's influence... by grub · 2003-09-29 01:39 · Score: 2, Funny

It always amazes me how science fiction drives innovation in real science.

Fiction? You haven't snuck around Area 51, have you?

/me wraps another layer of tinfoil on the hat.

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Forget elevators... by WIAKywbfatw · 2003-09-29 01:39 · Score: 3, Funny

...what they really want is a monorail. Oh yeah, and more asbestos. Then they'll show that Space King who's boss.

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What about our future history... by thebruce · 2003-09-29 01:45 · Score: 5, Funny

from the Enterprise intro? Isn't that shuttle-jet craft we see in the intro going to be built? I mean, it's in Star Trek history, so it must eventually happen, otherwise Star Trek's just a bunch of science fiction!
beam me up by jan.korky · 2003-09-29 01:47 · Score: 1, Funny

i'm still waiting for the moment i can say: "Beam me up Scotty"
Re:Farscape's influence... by !the!bad!fish! · 2003-09-29 01:50 · Score: 2, Funny

yes, but I bet they didn't make the proper whooshing sound as they opened.

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Re:Funding. by TheFlyingGoat · 2003-09-29 02:02 · Score: 3, Funny

Nigeria won't be able to fund their space program for long... one of their officials wants to send $19 million to my bank account. If this continues, I'm sure they'll run out of money.

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Re:Upper-left isn't New by BESTouff · 2003-09-29 02:34 · Score: 4, Funny

I don't like this. If we continue this trend of sending machines instead of humans to do risky jobs, sooner or later the machines will revolt and we will have to live underground like miserable rats.
Re:the new space race by Virtex · 2003-09-29 08:29 · Score: 3, Funny

we havent goen into space for the same reason we never really colonized antartica: becuase no one wants to live in hell ...

OMG! Antarctica is hell? That means hell has frozen over! And that girl who said she'd sleep with me just as soon as hell freezes over; it's finally going to happen! This is the greatest day of my life!

(Sorry, couldn't resist)

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