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Its official we're going to Mars, or two people are, actually. As if we don't have enough problems on our own planet at this time, President Bush looks set to announce Poject Prometheus in 10 days time, detailing a 2 month journey to be taken by two humans with the intentions of landing on Mars and (if all goes well) returning again, in a similar 2 month journey, but in reverse.
Using some kind of nuclear propulsion the craft will be able to make NASA's current space shuttles look like some 1980 Skoda, as they're average speeds of 18,000 miles per hour are whupped like Ipswich in a game versus the mighty Norwich City.
This means the 6 or 7 month journey times will be shortend considerably, but it will be expensive. We are all apparently going into a recession - all except the games industry, that is :) - and with the War on Saddam Hussein that will almost definately take place sooner or later the US's pockets are going to be left a little emptier than usual - a bit like Bill Gates' after his great Xbox "profits"...
Bush's old daddy, bless his heart tried for the same thing in the prehistoric days of the early 80s, but was denied. Just like their hatred for Iraq, the two Bush's are very similar, and Bush Jr. is going to try to make his daddy proud.
Funnily (well I thought so anyway) it looks like astronauts undertaking this journey will of course come back weaker than when they set off, due to space's zero gravity effects on the body (which is nothing new). However, they will also get massive radiation doses from the engines.
Boeing is probably going to be working on the rocket, and NASA has spent $1 Billion of it's pocket money to making a Nucleur rocket of sorts. Either that or it's Bush's backup plan if Saddam starts winning the Iraq war.
Well although a slight waste of money in my opinon, I have always wanted to see humans on Mars, and this looks like the best way of getting them there, if they can cut the raiation risk.
So there we go, thought you'd like to hear about this news. For more info, see Google News, or BBC news.
Using some kind of nuclear propulsion the craft will be able to make NASA's current space shuttles look like some 1980 Skoda, as they're average speeds of 18,000 miles per hour are whupped like Ipswich in a game versus the mighty Norwich City.
This means the 6 or 7 month journey times will be shortend considerably, but it will be expensive. We are all apparently going into a recession - all except the games industry, that is :) - and with the War on Saddam Hussein that will almost definately take place sooner or later the US's pockets are going to be left a little emptier than usual - a bit like Bill Gates' after his great Xbox "profits"...
Bush's old daddy, bless his heart tried for the same thing in the prehistoric days of the early 80s, but was denied. Just like their hatred for Iraq, the two Bush's are very similar, and Bush Jr. is going to try to make his daddy proud.
Funnily (well I thought so anyway) it looks like astronauts undertaking this journey will of course come back weaker than when they set off, due to space's zero gravity effects on the body (which is nothing new). However, they will also get massive radiation doses from the engines.
Boeing is probably going to be working on the rocket, and NASA has spent $1 Billion of it's pocket money to making a Nucleur rocket of sorts. Either that or it's Bush's backup plan if Saddam starts winning the Iraq war.
Well although a slight waste of money in my opinon, I have always wanted to see humans on Mars, and this looks like the best way of getting them there, if they can cut the raiation risk.
So there we go, thought you'd like to hear about this news. For more info, see Google News, or BBC news.
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Woohoo! More fake pictures from Nasa!
I suppose you could cut the radiation risk by creating a 'shield' from a block of lead 20ft thick. It would weigh it down heavily though...
Hmmm indeed.
Hmmm indeed.
Yeah.
That crazy computer.
Sens his matey off to Saturn!
Grr......
That crazy computer.
Sens his matey off to Saturn!
Grr......
Cyclone wrote:
> Its 2001: A Space Odyssey.
>
> And its most chillingly brilliant line.
Open the door HAL?
> Its 2001: A Space Odyssey.
>
> And its most chillingly brilliant line.
Open the door HAL?
Its 2001: A Space Odyssey.
And its most chillingly brilliant line.
And its most chillingly brilliant line.
> Using some kind of nuclear propulsion the craft will be able to make
> NASA's current space shuttles look like some 1980 Skoda
Actually, the Shuttle is a 1970s Skoda. Interesting fact for us nerds, the Shuttle to this day runs on 5 Intel 286's (4 running functionally the same software (but each written in a different language by a different team - to eliminate common mode failures), the fifth with the 'get-home-safe' flight profile always loaded in case of the fan being hit with poop). The main flight computers have so little memory that they can't actually run the entire mission profile, so the crew have to periodically reload them with the software for the next bit of the mission.
So there you go. It looks like those years studying engineering at uni weren't _completely_ wasted then.
> NASA's current space shuttles look like some 1980 Skoda
Actually, the Shuttle is a 1970s Skoda. Interesting fact for us nerds, the Shuttle to this day runs on 5 Intel 286's (4 running functionally the same software (but each written in a different language by a different team - to eliminate common mode failures), the fifth with the 'get-home-safe' flight profile always loaded in case of the fan being hit with poop). The main flight computers have so little memory that they can't actually run the entire mission profile, so the crew have to periodically reload them with the software for the next bit of the mission.
So there you go. It looks like those years studying engineering at uni weren't _completely_ wasted then.
sideshow buzz wrote:
> oh 'that' soundbite, thats my friends fault I've heard it
of course....
> oh 'that' soundbite, thats my friends fault I've heard it
of course....
LL Cool TT wrote:
> Tphi wrote:
> LL Cool TT wrote:
> Norwich City, eh? Can't say you're wrong there, my friend, can't
> say
> you're wrong.
>
> support the canaries do you?
>
> They're my local band of footy players
WEY!! some class.
> Tphi wrote:
> LL Cool TT wrote:
> Norwich City, eh? Can't say you're wrong there, my friend, can't
> say
> you're wrong.
>
> support the canaries do you?
>
> They're my local band of footy players
WEY!! some class.
cookie monster wrote:
> Tphi wrote:
> Cyclone wrote:
> 'Oh my god - its full of stars!'
>
> lol. I wonder if anyone else got that hidden meaning?
>
> Ho ho ho. I think i recognise that as a soundbite on a certain
> website.
oh 'that' soundbite, thats my friends fault I've heard it
> Tphi wrote:
> Cyclone wrote:
> 'Oh my god - its full of stars!'
>
> lol. I wonder if anyone else got that hidden meaning?
>
> Ho ho ho. I think i recognise that as a soundbite on a certain
> website.
oh 'that' soundbite, thats my friends fault I've heard it
Tphi wrote:
> cookie monster wrote:
> Tphi wrote:
> Cyclone wrote:
> 'Oh my god - its full of stars!'
>
> lol. I wonder if anyone else got that hidden meaning?
>
> Ho ho ho. I think i recognise that as a soundbite on a certain
> website.
>
> yay! three people now, and JC99041 knows it too....
>
> hey staffies - you know what we're talking about?
I know I don't!
> cookie monster wrote:
> Tphi wrote:
> Cyclone wrote:
> 'Oh my god - its full of stars!'
>
> lol. I wonder if anyone else got that hidden meaning?
>
> Ho ho ho. I think i recognise that as a soundbite on a certain
> website.
>
> yay! three people now, and JC99041 knows it too....
>
> hey staffies - you know what we're talking about?
I know I don't!
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