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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: SJKOO01 on 29 June 2009, 22:01:51
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Anyone else here about this ?.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/space/3785197.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/space/5566137/Nasa-prepares-to-bomb-the-moon.html
Expect Moon-onians to plan a return bombing campaign in retaliation on our doorstep then !!. ::) ;D
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I personally don't see any gain from inhabiting the moon. The cost incurred must run into billions. Maybe they should try spending it on making our own planet a more pleasant place to live >:( >:( >:( >:(
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for the amount of money involved I think they should look at remedying the state of affairs closer to home in the present climate
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I agree it will cost mega bucks.. :(
but mankind need to find some extra places to live sooner or later ..
or else we need to stop multiplying in numbers like rabbits..No resource is unlimited :(
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I can seea sci-fi film coming on! 8-) 8-) 8-)
NASA bomb the moon but miscalculate the affects, with the moon being pushed significantly from its orbit of earth. This leads to the realisation that the moon will be on a collision course with Earth in 6 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, 5 hours and......counting!!
Hollywood are you interested?? I have the script and are prepared to sell for $10 million ;) ;) ;)
Oh well, that's this mornings fantasy over!! ::) ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;)
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Water - PAH!!! - here's the real reason for the proposed bombing ::) ::)
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIW2cLOgMl8&feature=related[/media]
;D ;D :y
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I agree it will cost mega bucks.. :(
but mankind need to find some extra places to live sooner or later ..
or else we need to stop multiplying in numbers like rabbits..No resource is unlimited :(
Think I have to agree with you on this Cem. There will come a time in the future whereby mankind will need to expand to the stars either through over population or destruction of our own planet. Having a base on the moon will be an ideal platform for launching deep space exploration. It might seem like science fiction but it has to start somewhere.
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stop worrying people!! with an american guidance system its bound to miss!!!! ;D ;D ;D
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Lets just hope the aliens don't see us launching bomb's at our sattelite, see us as a thret, and blow us out of space with their superior fire power ;D
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stop worrying people!! with an american guidance system its bound to miss!!!! ;D ;D ;D
when the day comes it will require many nations to involve .. that kind of operations really require mega budgets even USA alone cant handle..
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stop worrying people!! with an american guidance system its bound to miss!!!! ;D ;D ;D
when the day comes it will require many nations to involve .. that kind of operations really require mega budgets even USA alone cant handle..
.......who do you think requisitioned a fair proportion of their funds then cem........could it have been your friends and mine? ;D ;D :y
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All right I have had my funny five minutes on this one, but now let's get serious....... ::) ::)
The origins of the USA space programme go back to the late 1950s when it was obvious that the other world super power was going to make a bid for the control of space. Along came JKF in 1961 with the realization that the United States could not be left behind by the Russians for political, military or reasons.of prestige. So the race for the moon began, and at the same time the control of space was considered essential for the security of the United States. As Great Britain had enjoyed the control of the world's oceans for trade, political, military and reasons of prestige to maintain and protect the Empire, so the United States, in 'their Century', as one of the two world superpowers, would control the world through space.
Over the last 50 years the USA has exercised their control through satellites, military communication and missile systems. Therefore behind any mission to create bases on the moon, behind all the peaceful 'one world' rhetoric, will be the intention by the military advisors at the Pentagon to ensure the US gains a sole advantage of military base(s) on the moon, and indeed eventually elsewhere in space as the human race expands. That makes the cost of setting up these bases perfectly acceptable and it will be perceived to give the United States yet further political and military power over the earth using very advanced technology that we now probably cannot even imagine. This will defend the United States from the perceived enemies of the east, and no longer just Russia, although she continues to cause concern to the hawks of the Pentagon.
I suggest that this is what the intended renewed space programme is really about. ;) ;)
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I dont want to be sarcastic here, but remembering the shuttle accidents they are far from building a very far base thinking that thay cant just build a rather rubber nail to keep rockets together :(
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I dont want to be sarcastic here, but remembering the shuttle accidents they are far from building a very far base thinking that thay cant just build a rather rubber nail to keep rockets together :(
Good to see you're improving your English Cem. ;D ;D ;D
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I dont want to be sarcastic here, but remembering the shuttle accidents they are far from building a very far base thinking that thay cant just build a rather rubber nail to keep rockets together :(
I hear what you are saying Cem, but in fairness you have to say that NASA have made significant steps to improve the performance of the shuttle fleet, with modifications to advance them still going on:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
Obviously these machines are becoming life expired, and of course any re-newed lunar mission programme would include a new launch system and vessels. ;) ;)
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I dont want to be sarcastic here, but remembering the shuttle accidents they are far from building a very far base thinking that thay cant just build a rather rubber nail to keep rockets together :(
Good to see you're improving your English Cem. ;D ;D ;D
;D :y
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I dont want to be sarcastic here, but remembering the shuttle accidents they are far from building a very far base thinking that thay cant just build a rather rubber nail to keep rockets together :(
I hear what you are saying Cem, but in fairness you have to say that NASA have made significant steps to improve the performance of the shuttle fleet, with modifications to advance them still going on:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
Obviously these machines are becoming life expired, and of course any re-newed lunar mission programme would include a new launch system and vessels. ;) ;)
Lizzie , sometimes I like provoking you ;D :y as you do also ;D :y
but this time I cant ;D
Seriously the plastic thingy was not a nail.. was a gasket which has to be double checked during tests of the producer firm and by NASA..
And to our surprise although one engineer stated the fact and warned the firm , in the proceeding events NASA dont accept to delay the launch >:(
why because their budget was limited and a delay means more $$$ >:(
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stop worrying people!! with an american guidance system its bound to miss!!!! ;D ;D ;D
I bet they wait till it's a full moon so they have a bigger target ;D ;D
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I dont want to be sarcastic here, but remembering the shuttle accidents they are far from building a very far base thinking that thay cant just build a rather rubber nail to keep rockets together :(
I hear what you are saying Cem, but in fairness you have to say that NASA have made significant steps to improve the performance of the shuttle fleet, with modifications to advance them still going on:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
Obviously these machines are becoming life expired, and of course any re-newed lunar mission programme would include a new launch system and vessels. ;) ;)
Lizzie , sometimes I like provoking you ;D :y as you do also ;D :y
but this time I cant ;D
Seriously the plastic thingy was not a nail.. was a gasket which has to be double checked during tests of the producer firm and by NASA..
And to our surprise although one engineer stated the fact and warned the firm , in the proceeding events NASA dont accept to delay the launch >:(
why because their budget was limited and a delay means more $$$ >:(
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D 8-) 8-)
As for the shuttle, do you mean with the Challenger disaster of 1986?
If so here it is yet again, and I will never forget the bewildering feeling that set in as I watched Challenger explode, then that terrible feeling that all had been lost :'( :'( :'(
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4JOjcDFtBE[/media]
;) ;)
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stop worrying people!! with an american guidance system its bound to miss!!!! ;D ;D ;D
I bet they wait till it's a full moon so they have a bigger target ;D ;D
;D ;D ;D :y
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I dont want to be sarcastic here, but remembering the shuttle accidents they are far from building a very far base thinking that thay cant just build a rather rubber nail to keep rockets together :(
I hear what you are saying Cem, but in fairness you have to say that NASA have made significant steps to improve the performance of the shuttle fleet, with modifications to advance them still going on:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
Obviously these machines are becoming life expired, and of course any re-newed lunar mission programme would include a new launch system and vessels. ;) ;)
....it may not be a human based programme in the interim Ms Zoom, so any development of a new carrier system might well be more financially achievable:-/ :-/
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I dont want to be sarcastic here, but remembering the shuttle accidents they are far from building a very far base thinking that thay cant just build a rather rubber nail to keep rockets together :(
I hear what you are saying Cem, but in fairness you have to say that NASA have made significant steps to improve the performance of the shuttle fleet, with modifications to advance them still going on:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
Obviously these machines are becoming life expired, and of course any re-newed lunar mission programme would include a new launch system and vessels. ;) ;)
....it may not be a human based programme in the interim Ms Zoom, so any development of a new carrier system might well be more financially achievable:-/ :-/
Indeed Zulu, as I stated earlier in this thread, it will be of a type that will suit the military needs of the USA, with nuclear payload a big consideration along with the requirement to carry technologically advanced hardware into space. ;) ;)
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Perverse isn't it how the great strides made in the field of technology that benefits humankind on a day to day basis are generally borne on the back of research done for military purposes. :y
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Long but worth sticking with...........
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouRbkBAOGEw[/media]
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Perverse isn't it how the great strides made in the field of technology that benefits humankind on a day to day basis are generally borne on the back of research done for military purposes. :y
Yes Zulu, all so often. The two world wars alone advanced technology by a tremendous degree in many fields, but especially in avaition, nuclear development, ship building, electronics, including radar along with computer technology, communications generally, and of course rocket development linked to space research.
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;D i take it NASA haven't seen Space 1999 on cable tv ,that should tell them about explosions on the moon!! ;D
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Perverse isn't it how the great strides made in the field of technology that benefits humankind on a day to day basis are generally borne on the back of research done for military purposes. :y
Yes Zulu, all so often. The two world wars alone advanced technology by a tremendous degree in many fields, but especially in avaition, nuclear development, ship building, electronics, including radar along with computer technology, communications generally, and of course rocket development linked to space research.
Sorry Lizzie it is wind up time, you missed the biggest development of the wars, the one thing we are still using to this day, medical developments. I will say no more :'(
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Perverse isn't it how the great strides made in the field of technology that benefits humankind on a day to day basis are generally borne on the back of research done for military purposes. :y
Yes Zulu, all so often. The two world wars alone advanced technology by a tremendous degree in many fields, but especially in avaition, nuclear development, ship building, electronics, including radar along with computer technology, communications generally, and of course rocket development linked to space research.
Sorry Lizzie it is wind up time, you missed the biggest development of the wars, the one thing we are still using to this day, medical developments. I will say no more :'(
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) ;) I know MH, and I also realise that you are right and I did leave that great advancement out :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ Can't win em all I suppose.....or even some of them! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)
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Crickey !, Seam to have started quite a bit of a thread here !!.
Actually Lizzie you're too late with your script for a film based on the moon being broken up and it causing untold disaster on Earth..... They've already beaten you / gone down that road with the film screen remake of the Time Machine !. Probably why they haven't sent your cheque through !!. Yes I can hear you now >:( !!.
A lot of the comments I laughed at, like the one about it being done on a full moon as it'll be a bigger target !.
Seriously though. NASA's track record isn't that good. Okay so they've landed man on the moon a few times, but there were a few they don't like to talk about that they lost trying in the process, as well as the Shuttle disaster.
We had both Voyager missions (no no no Trekies, I'm on about the probes sent into space, not the TV series ! - Focus people ::) ). Aparently these were successful upto a point I belive, then there was the fact that the little six (or eight, or however many) wheeled rover that was sent to Mars, and they lost it. (though some say it was the first every Alien car jacking !).
Now we can say that they have been successful in one way, but the other way to think about it is, well its been an expensive loss with regard to machinary, but I have to be honest. If we're going to be sending humans up into space I think we need to start with the basic's of getting a craft that is safer (and cheaper to run !), before we even think about venturing out again.
I do agree with others though, all the money could be spent wisely on this planet to get it sorted first, then maybe we can learn lessons for the next planet we go to. But somehow, I think we've got a long way to go before we can even think about our journey outwards !. We're still like babies learning to walk in comparison to the likes of Aliens and Sci-Fi (different topic thread altogether ?).
And to end, what if our space explorers did meet an Alien, do you think the imortal words will be spoken "we come in peace".......
And their reply "Yeah, untill your military find out were here, then what ?".
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"Go back home to your planet imigrants, we're full !". ::)
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Crickey !, Seam to have started quite a bit of a thread here !!.
Actually Lizzie you're too late with your script for a film based on the moon being broken up and it causing untold disaster on Earth..... They've already beaten you / gone down that road with the film screen remake of the Time Machine !. Probably why they haven't sent your cheque through !!. Yes I can hear you now >:( !!.
A lot of the comments I laughed at, like the one about it being done on a full moon as it'll be a bigger target !.
Seriously though. NASA's track record isn't that good. Okay so they've landed man on the moon a few times, but there were a few they don't like to talk about that they lost trying in the process, as well as the Shuttle disaster.
We had both Voyager missions (no no no Trekies, I'm on about the probes sent into space, not the TV series ! - Focus people ::) ). Aparently these were successful upto a point I belive, then there was the fact that the little six (or eight, or however many) wheeled rover that was sent to Mars, and they lost it. (though some say it was the first every Alien car jacking !).
Now we can say that they have been successful in one way, but the other way to think about it is, well its been an expensive loss with regard to machinary, but I have to be honest. If we're going to be sending humans up into space I think we need to start with the basic's of getting a craft that is safer (and cheaper to run !), before we even think about venturing out again.
I do agree with others though, all the money could be spent wisely on this planet to get it sorted first, then maybe we can learn lessons for the next planet we go to. But somehow, I think we've got a long way to go before we can even think about our journey outwards !. We're still like babies learning to walk in comparison to the likes of Aliens and Sci-Fi (different topic thread altogether ?).
And to end, what if our space explorers did meet an Alien, do you think the imortal words will be spoken "we come in peace".......
And their reply "Yeah, untill your military find out were here, then what ?".
or
"Go back home to your planet imigrants, we're full !". ::)
But perhaps NASA / USAF have already................here we go again...........
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDZBgHBHQT8[/media]
:D :D ;) ;)
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Our alien friends pose absolutely no threat at all ;) ;)
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3rWghGSm4Y[/media]
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Think I've got one of these clanger types that has landed under my sink at the moment !!.
Can never seem to find it though when I look ??. Perhaps the damn thing beams out just in time when I go looking for it ?!.
Is pretty friendly though, though I haven't tried one of the little round chocolate pressies that it keeps leaving behind !!!!!!!! :D :D :D ::) :y