Yes it is a risky endeavour, but we must try, and really, it's not a moment too soon! Perhaps in the future we can go there ourselves, with balloons, rovers, even amfibian vehicles. In a somewhat distant future...
Can't believe how much I'm looking forward to this. It's going to be exciting to learn more about the rings (especially the F-rings perhaps), Saturn itself and then the landing on Titan. It's a good thing there are so many mysteries out there, or the world would be a bit boring.
Amazing indeed, but they can do even better. Just look at the Voyager spacecrafts, they've been out there since the 70's and the reason they will be shut down within a few years is because they're running out of power, rather than hardware failure or something. Now imagine a much faster spaceprobe with an actual reactor onboard. Could last for a century or more? This is why I think the Prometeus and the JIMO projects are great.
I've seen it in my own telescope. It's quite a sight that I can recommend to anyone. Pictures from spaceprobes and Hubble are truly nice and informative and all, but even in the space age it's magic to see Saturn and it's rings with my own eyes.
There are examples from Kansas, Georgia and even Europe, where politicians and other in power wish to introduce pseudoscience and religion in science class instead of actual science. Mostly they have a problem with the theory of evolution.
If this is true it means it's accepted among ignorant politicians. Ronald Reagan consulted astrologers, Bush ask his imaginary friend to bless his country, and some legislators wish to outlaw science from being taught in American schools. What real scientist would agree with such rubbish?
True. I want space exploration to be as safe as possible, but not so safe that we can't afford it, or that our technology wont develop because we will never fly. Failures will always happen, we've been flying around in our atmosphere for about a hundred years and accidents still happen. We can't expect something like spaceflight to be 100% safe. The only way to make it safer is to try and try again. Also competition in the private market will help.
I am sure they are working to make this new vision of exploration come true, that's not the problem. Lack of political support could be a problem though. Also, I think they had insignias and badges and logos since they started. That's not anything all their scientists and engineers are doing, taking up all their time.
The story was implausible, but I don't think that the surgery, or even the terror threat that made the surgery necessary, was what the movie was really about.
I do agree on that one. As a great action movie, the M:I-2 storyline could be under any other title. I wonder how the movie had turned out if they did it like the series, with the acting guy, the tech guy, etc. But as an action film it's still great.
The face mask was important already back in the 60's series "Mission: Impossible". I liked both the M:I movies, and also Face/Off. It's not just mindless action, in my opinion.
Ah yes. I remember playing DOOM 2 on my 486sx 25 with 4(!) MB RAM. I had to reboot and hold down shift to save as much memory as possible, and it still choked itself on level 30:-)
First time I read about their moon base plans, they also mentioned a space station as a step towards that goal. What they have done is not to substitute the moon landing with a space station, just cutting down the space ambitions. The space station was in their plans before this decision.
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Yes it is a risky endeavour, but we must try, and really, it's not a moment too soon! Perhaps in the future we can go there ourselves, with balloons, rovers, even amfibian vehicles. In a somewhat distant future...
Can't believe how much I'm looking forward to this. It's going to be exciting to learn more about the rings (especially the F-rings perhaps), Saturn itself and then the landing on Titan. It's a good thing there are so many mysteries out there, or the world would be a bit boring.
Amazing indeed, but they can do even better. Just look at the Voyager spacecrafts, they've been out there since the 70's and the reason they will be shut down within a few years is because they're running out of power, rather than hardware failure or something. Now imagine a much faster spaceprobe with an actual reactor onboard. Could last for a century or more? This is why I think the Prometeus and the JIMO projects are great.
I've seen it in my own telescope. It's quite a sight that I can recommend to anyone. Pictures from spaceprobes and Hubble are truly nice and informative and all, but even in the space age it's magic to see Saturn and it's rings with my own eyes.
It's fascinating that something that's 1 million years is young.
Yesterday was the rerun of that Spin City episode with Alyssa Milano as the Mayor's daughter. She was riding a horse naked too. :)
If you're being strangled by your tie, it's on too tight.
There are examples from Kansas, Georgia and even Europe, where politicians and other in power wish to introduce pseudoscience and religion in science class instead of actual science. Mostly they have a problem with the theory of evolution.
Ok, explain how it works, and why. (This should be good. A waste of time because I know it already, sure, but still good.)
Because some people are morons. Does this make homeopathy science?
If this is true it means it's accepted among ignorant politicians. Ronald Reagan consulted astrologers, Bush ask his imaginary friend to bless his country, and some legislators wish to outlaw science from being taught in American schools. What real scientist would agree with such rubbish?
Homeopathy is not medical science, and it's not accepted in Europe, not among real scientists and doctors anyway. Please don't lie.
Less than 1% is legitimate email, and that's after I have blocked hundreds of domains. Sad, really.
True. I want space exploration to be as safe as possible, but not so safe that we can't afford it, or that our technology wont develop because we will never fly. Failures will always happen, we've been flying around in our atmosphere for about a hundred years and accidents still happen. We can't expect something like spaceflight to be 100% safe. The only way to make it safer is to try and try again. Also competition in the private market will help.
I like the big star at the end of the road.
I am sure they are working to make this new vision of exploration come true, that's not the problem. Lack of political support could be a problem though. Also, I think they had insignias and badges and logos since they started. That's not anything all their scientists and engineers are doing, taking up all their time.
The story was implausible, but I don't think that the surgery, or even the terror threat that made the surgery necessary, was what the movie was really about.
One of the best action movies that I know of, indeed.
I do agree on that one. As a great action movie, the M:I-2 storyline could be under any other title. I wonder how the movie had turned out if they did it like the series, with the acting guy, the tech guy, etc. But as an action film it's still great.
The time when I'm most awake is not early mornings, despite what my boss thinks it should be.
The face mask was important already back in the 60's series "Mission: Impossible". I liked both the M:I movies, and also Face/Off. It's not just mindless action, in my opinion.
Ah yes. I remember playing DOOM 2 on my 486sx 25 with 4(!) MB RAM. I had to reboot and hold down shift to save as much memory as possible, and it still choked itself on level 30 :-)
So how intelligent is it to clog up the internet with spam?
First time I read about their moon base plans, they also mentioned a space station as a step towards that goal. What they have done is not to substitute the moon landing with a space station, just cutting down the space ambitions. The space station was in their plans before this decision.
I'm sure it's just that they postpone it. I don't think they've decided to never ever go there.