It's been a long time coming ... but we are going back.
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Nearly fifty years ago Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. Now NASA Artemis[^] is going back, aiming to land a crew in 2024. Thank :elephant: for that: we should have moon bases and a colony on Mars by now!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt -
Nearly fifty years ago Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. Now NASA Artemis[^] is going back, aiming to land a crew in 2024. Thank :elephant: for that: we should have moon bases and a colony on Mars by now!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Nearly fifty years ago Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. Now NASA Artemis[^] is going back, aiming to land a crew in 2024. Thank :elephant: for that: we should have moon bases and a colony on Mars by now!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
I'm sorry to rain on both of our parades, but I don't believe that either the political or public will exists to support manned space travel, at least by the United States. That spirit died somewhere between the last of the Apollo missions and the end of William Proxmire's tenure in the U.S. Senate. Frankly an announcement like this so close to a presidential election strikes me as a tactic, one to be discarded as soon as the election is over, one way or another.
Software Zen:
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Nearly fifty years ago Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. Now NASA Artemis[^] is going back, aiming to land a crew in 2024. Thank :elephant: for that: we should have moon bases and a colony on Mars by now!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
At the rate we're destroying this planet we better hurry our colonization efforts.
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27. JaxCoder.com
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I'm sorry to rain on both of our parades, but I don't believe that either the political or public will exists to support manned space travel, at least by the United States. That spirit died somewhere between the last of the Apollo missions and the end of William Proxmire's tenure in the U.S. Senate. Frankly an announcement like this so close to a presidential election strikes me as a tactic, one to be discarded as soon as the election is over, one way or another.
Software Zen:
delete this;I think you're probably right
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27. JaxCoder.com
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At the rate we're destroying this planet we better hurry our colonization efforts.
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27. JaxCoder.com
Soon there will only be 7 planets!
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Soon there will only be 7 planets!
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.Aliens will know our planet as 3rd garbage pit from the sun
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27. JaxCoder.com
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I'm sorry to rain on both of our parades, but I don't believe that either the political or public will exists to support manned space travel, at least by the United States. That spirit died somewhere between the last of the Apollo missions and the end of William Proxmire's tenure in the U.S. Senate. Frankly an announcement like this so close to a presidential election strikes me as a tactic, one to be discarded as soon as the election is over, one way or another.
Software Zen:
delete this;Oh, I disagree. Mr Trump wants to create a new branch of the military: the "Space Force". So far it is only talk, but the private enterprises (SpaceX and a few others) are gearing up. They will provide all of the launch vehicles.
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I think you're probably right
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27. JaxCoder.com
You wouldn't believe how furious it makes me that I have to make an observation like that. I'm of the opinion that Proxmire ought to be dug up, resurrected, and then publicly executed as a traitor not just to the United States, but to the entire human species. It's his fault that the momentum of the Apollo era wasn't maintained. He made it his goal to saddle NASA with management that was either outright opposed to their mission or incompetent to execute it.
Software Zen:
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Oh, I disagree. Mr Trump wants to create a new branch of the military: the "Space Force". So far it is only talk, but the private enterprises (SpaceX and a few others) are gearing up. They will provide all of the launch vehicles.
James Lonero wrote:
a new branch of the military: the "Space Force"
The so-called "Space Force" is posturing, nothing more.
James Lonero wrote:
the private enterprises (SpaceX and a few others) are gearing up.
I sincerely hope they do.
Software Zen:
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Nearly fifty years ago Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. Now NASA Artemis[^] is going back, aiming to land a crew in 2024. Thank :elephant: for that: we should have moon bases and a colony on Mars by now!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
The earth ejected the moon from its belly because it was infected with craters, and had a bad attitude about asteroids; it accepted its fate, its exile, with grace, only retaliating with one kick that tilted earth just 23.5 degrees off its axis. The moon doesn't want earth people going there ! That ,,, will end badly. Mars ? It's connected with the manipura chakra ... Don't get me started.
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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I'm sorry to rain on both of our parades, but I don't believe that either the political or public will exists to support manned space travel, at least by the United States. That spirit died somewhere between the last of the Apollo missions and the end of William Proxmire's tenure in the U.S. Senate. Frankly an announcement like this so close to a presidential election strikes me as a tactic, one to be discarded as soon as the election is over, one way or another.
Software Zen:
delete this;The "I don't want to live on this planet anymore" meme was quite popular a while back. You may just find you'll need more than one rocket to get them all there :laugh: If we really can't find anyone we may assign some volunteers :rolleyes:
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Nearly fifty years ago Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. Now NASA Artemis[^] is going back, aiming to land a crew in 2024. Thank :elephant: for that: we should have moon bases and a colony on Mars by now!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
You mean back to the studio!? The moon landing was fake! We're ruled by lizards! Chemtrails make us docile! 5G spreads corona! And most importantly, Epstein didn't kill himself! (this one may actually be true, I don't know...) If they do manage to put people on the moon, perhaps those moon landing conspiracists will finally shut up. And if they make some pictures of the earth while they're there we may root out the flat-earthers as well. Only 8561348613487647821 more conspiracies left to go :laugh: Of course that's not how it goes and we'll get conspiracists saying the first was fake, but the second wasn't, people who'll say only the second was fake and people who'll say both are fake. Also, some flat-earthers may believe the earth "popped" into a round shape right the minute those astronauts took a picture. And there'll probably spawn a whole new breed of flat-mooners :sigh:
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
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Nearly fifty years ago Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. Now NASA Artemis[^] is going back, aiming to land a crew in 2024. Thank :elephant: for that: we should have moon bases and a colony on Mars by now!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
The chances of anything going to Mars Are a million to one, he said The chances of anything going to Mars Are a million to one, but still, they go
(With apologies to H.G. Wells, and to Jeff Wayne (The War of the Worlds musical))
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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James Lonero wrote:
a new branch of the military: the "Space Force"
The so-called "Space Force" is posturing, nothing more.
James Lonero wrote:
the private enterprises (SpaceX and a few others) are gearing up.
I sincerely hope they do.
Software Zen:
delete this;Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
The so-called "Space Force" is posturing, nothing more.
No, no, it's real. I saw it on Netflix a couple of months back. I assume it's a documentary. It certainly looked very realistic. ;) For anyone that hasn't seen it, check out the trailer. It's probably going to be the most entertaining 3 minutes you'll have for a while: Space Force | Official Trailer | Netflix - YouTube[^]
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You mean back to the studio!? The moon landing was fake! We're ruled by lizards! Chemtrails make us docile! 5G spreads corona! And most importantly, Epstein didn't kill himself! (this one may actually be true, I don't know...) If they do manage to put people on the moon, perhaps those moon landing conspiracists will finally shut up. And if they make some pictures of the earth while they're there we may root out the flat-earthers as well. Only 8561348613487647821 more conspiracies left to go :laugh: Of course that's not how it goes and we'll get conspiracists saying the first was fake, but the second wasn't, people who'll say only the second was fake and people who'll say both are fake. Also, some flat-earthers may believe the earth "popped" into a round shape right the minute those astronauts took a picture. And there'll probably spawn a whole new breed of flat-mooners :sigh:
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
Sander Rossel wrote:
perhaps those moon landing conspiracists will finally shut up
You cannot convince people refusing evidence with more evidence.
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At the rate we're destroying this planet we better hurry our colonization efforts.
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27. JaxCoder.com
You're too cynical. If we continue destroying the planet at our current rate, and taking into account that most of these bad practices are positive feedback loops, we won't have to go to the barren surface of the moon at all. It will be here.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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Nearly fifty years ago Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. Now NASA Artemis[^] is going back, aiming to land a crew in 2024. Thank :elephant: for that: we should have moon bases and a colony on Mars by now!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
"On 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the surface of the moon. In the months leading up to their expedition, the Apollo 11 astronauts trained in a remote moon-like desert in the western United States. The area is home to several Native American communities, and there is a story - or legend - describing an encounter between the astronauts and one of the locals. One day as they were training, the astronauts came across an old Native American. The man asked them what they were doing there. They replied that they were part of a research expedition that would shortly travel to the moon. When the old man heard that, he fell silent for a few moments, and then asked the astronauts if they could do him a favour. 'What do you want?' they asked. 'Well,' said the old man, 'the people of my tribe believe that holy spirits live on the moon. I was wondering if you could pass on a message to them from my people.' 'What's the message?' asked the astronauts. The man uttered something in his tribal language, and then asked the astronauts to repeat it again and again until they had memorized it correctly. 'What does it mean?' asked the astronauts. 'Oh, I cannot tell you. It's a secret that only our tribe and the moon spirits are allowed to know.' When they returned to their base, the astronauts searched and searched until they found someone who could speak the tribal language, and asked him to translate the secret message. When they repeated what they had memorized, the translator started to laugh uproariously. When he calmed down, the astronauts asked him what it meant. The man explained that the sentence they had memorized so carefully said, 'Don't believe a single word these people are telling you. They have come to steal your lands.'" --From the book, "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Cheers, Mike Fidler "I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright "I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright "I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
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"On 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the surface of the moon. In the months leading up to their expedition, the Apollo 11 astronauts trained in a remote moon-like desert in the western United States. The area is home to several Native American communities, and there is a story - or legend - describing an encounter between the astronauts and one of the locals. One day as they were training, the astronauts came across an old Native American. The man asked them what they were doing there. They replied that they were part of a research expedition that would shortly travel to the moon. When the old man heard that, he fell silent for a few moments, and then asked the astronauts if they could do him a favour. 'What do you want?' they asked. 'Well,' said the old man, 'the people of my tribe believe that holy spirits live on the moon. I was wondering if you could pass on a message to them from my people.' 'What's the message?' asked the astronauts. The man uttered something in his tribal language, and then asked the astronauts to repeat it again and again until they had memorized it correctly. 'What does it mean?' asked the astronauts. 'Oh, I cannot tell you. It's a secret that only our tribe and the moon spirits are allowed to know.' When they returned to their base, the astronauts searched and searched until they found someone who could speak the tribal language, and asked him to translate the secret message. When they repeated what they had memorized, the translator started to laugh uproariously. When he calmed down, the astronauts asked him what it meant. The man explained that the sentence they had memorized so carefully said, 'Don't believe a single word these people are telling you. They have come to steal your lands.'" --From the book, "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Cheers, Mike Fidler "I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright "I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright "I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
wonderful, thank you
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Nearly fifty years ago Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. Now NASA Artemis[^] is going back, aiming to land a crew in 2024. Thank :elephant: for that: we should have moon bases and a colony on Mars by now!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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