Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops
D | Monday, September 19, 2005

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We're going back to the moon. At least that is what NASA is trying to get us to do. My comments:

1. We've already been there. We've already done that. Let's go to Mars (Alex: "Well, you have to feed the soul, too. Ever look through a telescope?" Josh: "In school. Uh, a guy on my floor liked to aim one at the women's dorm.", WW Season 5, Ep13). Now that; that's something I'll be really excited about (Mars, not the dorm thing (well, the dorm thing too)).

2. In 40 years, the theory for how to get to and from the Moon is almost exactly the same. Watch the video and look at the pictures. A rocket takes up the equipment which is the pod thing and the lander, the crew then docks with the equipment and heads over to the moon, the lander lands, the top blasts off, they reconnect, then they fall back to Earth. BAH! George Lucas figured out how to land the Millennium Falcon inside an earthworm living in an asteroid all while being chased by The Imperial Empire. Come on NASA, get on the ball here.

D | 9/19/2005 06:36:00 PM |   Post your comment

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I'm imagining a lunar space station from which it'll be easier and cheaper to launch missions to Mars. Would you go to Mars if you had the chance? A two year (or more) roundtrip with a high probability of death that, if successful, would make you one of the most celebrated people in human history. Tough choice.
Ruvym | September 20, 2005 2:47 PM | permalink
 

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Would I go to Mars? Sure. I've gotten nothing better to do for the next two years.

Do you think the IRS would let me delay my tax filings?
D | September 20, 2005 3:41 PM | permalink
 

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I have no idea. What do I look like? A lawyer?
Ruvym | September 20, 2005 5:35 PM | permalink
 

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