Competition in the private space market, this can only be good. Will prices go down more than ever, now? And also consider the X-prize. It's going to be a very interesting near future.
There's another Mercury probe too,
BepiColombo. And I'm surprised we haven't heard more about the Japanese asteroid sample return mission in the mainstream media. It's more interesting than that.
Before the Shuttle, there were just relatively small, disposable capsules for two-three crewmen.
Then all of a sudden they developed a giant spaceship, that could carry seven astronauts and big pieces of hardware in a huge cargobay. This vehicle could land like a glider, and could be reused many many times. This is, in my opinion a huge step up. It's mankind's first spaceship of this kind. I think they did a bloody good job.
Haven't read the article, but regarding these two quotes... it seems like he wants to see all the KBO's and the asteroids as planets as well, after all they aren't any less planets simply because they're too small. Right? I mean we have planets and asteroids and kuiper objects, would it be wrong to at least try to classify them differently, even though the lines between are blurred? And what about the analogy with people? I can't see how that is applicable here.
Blah-blah... What's wrong with donating to science and technology? Someone donates money to SpaceShipOne and a SETI project and all of a sudden it's an uproar where people are mad about nothing, saying "the money could feed the hungry and give shelter for the homeless etc., and if you excuse me, I'm going out to buy a new Pentium 4". And all the space exploration is a waste, too, right? But who is complaining about the global annual military spending? Must be hundreds of billions of dollars, only so that we can beat the hell out of each other. THAT is a waste, of money, resources, time and human lives. If we could become intelligent enough to work together in peace, then we *could* feed the hungry and make sure noone has to be homeless and that everyone can get a proper education and clean water, etc. I fail to see how donating money to science is evil.
Because NASA will probably be busy developing their own Crew Exploration Vehicle. I think that a partnership between ESA and Russia could work out well in this case. It will help the russians build a new spaceship, and it might help speed up ESA's Aurora programme.
Heh, actually have that game. It's pretty good but I wish that someone could make it with more... freedom for the player. Make a complete rendition of the entire spaceship in the Doom 3 engine etc. Sure you'll need a supercomputer to run it, but it should be good...
Personally I would love to see Rendezvous with Rama become reality, but for some reason imdb.com removed it and now I can't seem to find any info at all.
Our spaceprogram is certainly modest compared to yours, but ESA is working hard towards some great goals in the future. Check out the ESA homepage for info on the different space science projects, such as Planck, Rosetta, Venus Express... and add to that the bold new program Aurora, which aims to put men on the moon as well as Mars. I certainly hope it will happen some day. And I also hope that ESA's budget will be greatly increased.
Do we want freedom to invent and produce any products you wish, and charge any amount you wish, or do we not? It's simply wrong to force MS to change their distribution of Windows like this. I don't see a need for this at all. If you wish to get rid of all MS products, there are alternatives, some of them for free.
To say that creationism is a huge bunch of baloney is NOT intolerant, it's the way it is. Creationism is NOT science, and if you are a creationist who still "believe" in science, then that means you have chosen to disregard certain parts of biology, geology, cosmology and paleontology, because it doesn't fit well with your beliefs. And if an ignorant moderator wish to mod me down, please go ahead; I'm not the one making an ass out of myself by cowardly modding people down becuase you feel insulted.
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Competition in the private space market, this can only be good. Will prices go down more than ever, now? And also consider the X-prize. It's going to be a very interesting near future.
The link to the directories should've been left on the first page.
There's another Mercury probe too, BepiColombo. And I'm surprised we haven't heard more about the Japanese asteroid sample return mission in the mainstream media. It's more interesting than that.
Then all of a sudden they developed a giant spaceship, that could carry seven astronauts and big pieces of hardware in a huge cargobay. This vehicle could land like a glider, and could be reused many many times. This is, in my opinion a huge step up. It's mankind's first spaceship of this kind. I think they did a bloody good job.
Haven't read the article, but regarding these two quotes... it seems like he wants to see all the KBO's and the asteroids as planets as well, after all they aren't any less planets simply because they're too small. Right? I mean we have planets and asteroids and kuiper objects, would it be wrong to at least try to classify them differently, even though the lines between are blurred?
And what about the analogy with people? I can't see how that is applicable here.
Yes because Iron is really Vitamin Fe+
I always thought that there was a plutonic friendship between our two worlds!
Not in the forseeable future, no. But some time we will have to think about what a planet is.
No, but it does come with "hey I got Clyde Tombaugh's telescope" bragging rights.
I would rather downgrade Pluto as a Kuiper object, and Sedna as well.
Blah-blah... What's wrong with donating to science and technology? Someone donates money to SpaceShipOne and a SETI project and all of a sudden it's an uproar where people are mad about nothing, saying "the money could feed the hungry and give shelter for the homeless etc., and if you excuse me, I'm going out to buy a new Pentium 4". And all the space exploration is a waste, too, right? But who is complaining about the global annual military spending? Must be hundreds of billions of dollars, only so that we can beat the hell out of each other. THAT is a waste, of money, resources, time and human lives. If we could become intelligent enough to work together in peace, then we *could* feed the hungry and make sure noone has to be homeless and that everyone can get a proper education and clean water, etc. I fail to see how donating money to science is evil.
Everyone knows that. Well, except for 99% of those posting comments to this story, that is.
Because NASA will probably be busy developing their own Crew Exploration Vehicle. I think that a partnership between ESA and Russia could work out well in this case. It will help the russians build a new spaceship, and it might help speed up ESA's Aurora programme.
Surely I should be able to visit any website I want?
I'm leaning towards defining Pluto as a KBO, the other eight ones are planets.
Mods on crack, not just a bad idea... it's the law.
Heh, actually have that game. It's pretty good but I wish that someone could make it with more... freedom for the player. Make a complete rendition of the entire spaceship in the Doom 3 engine etc. Sure you'll need a supercomputer to run it, but it should be good...
Personally I would love to see Rendezvous with Rama become reality, but for some reason imdb.com removed it and now I can't seem to find any info at all.
Our spaceprogram is certainly modest compared to yours, but ESA is working hard towards some great goals in the future. Check out the ESA homepage for info on the different space science projects, such as Planck, Rosetta, Venus Express... and add to that the bold new program Aurora, which aims to put men on the moon as well as Mars. I certainly hope it will happen some day. And I also hope that ESA's budget will be greatly increased.
Do we want freedom to invent and produce any products you wish, and charge any amount you wish, or do we not? It's simply wrong to force MS to change their distribution of Windows like this. I don't see a need for this at all. If you wish to get rid of all MS products, there are alternatives, some of them for free.
Thank you... thank you very much.
Kinda like the poor sucker who has to rebuild Townsville everytime.
Excellent idea. I would love to bring Britney and Michelle over to try out some touching. I could even write a review about it on slashdot :)
To say that creationism is a huge bunch of baloney is NOT intolerant, it's the way it is. Creationism is NOT science, and if you are a creationist who still "believe" in science, then that means you have chosen to disregard certain parts of biology, geology, cosmology and paleontology, because it doesn't fit well with your beliefs. And if an ignorant moderator wish to mod me down, please go ahead; I'm not the one making an ass out of myself by cowardly modding people down becuase you feel insulted.
Not me. Microsoft has the right to sell their own product just as the open source community is free to give away theirs.