Yeah, very slow. Maybe it's because they're fixing the problems.
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Yeah, very slow. Maybe it's because they're fixing the problems.
Improvements seem to have been made, though some seem to still remain to be made.
Either that or it is cyclical.
Can't wait for my cheat meal Burger king tonight!
I thought this might have happened. https://www.yahoo.com/news/intuitive...223928967.html
I watched the landing. There was problems, a delay and then they announce "the lander was on the moon" . Already knew that. They never came out and said it was successful landing, it went as planned. Been checking the news today and they still never gave a clear description of the landing other than it was on the moon. To be honest the darn thing looks top heavy and be easy to tip over. But hey, they were able to hit the moon.
Well, the lander didn't get destroyed, that is something. :-)
Success in such endeavors is a matter of degrees.
In this case they were about 90 degrees off. :p
The first manned landing on Mars looks to be off by centuries rather than decades. :-(
I've never seen much benefit in sending a person to Mars. Until we're able to propel much larger crafts, much much faster, Earth is the only viable habitat.Quote:
The first manned landing on Mars looks to be off by centuries rather than decades. :-(
The benefits of such endeavours is always debatable. What exactly was the benefit of the first manned moonlanding except for beating the Soviets to it and some limited scientific benefits? Clearly scientific probes are already hard to do and even there politics tend to get somewhat involved as it appears to be of great importance which specific country sent one. And here I was thinking advances in space flight were meant to benefit all of humanity instead of some country's ego. Why silly me. (sarcasm)
I sort of agree with going to the moon in '69. It was definitely political but there was a lot to learn. Like what it takes to propel a manned vehicle and land on a distant object. Could we even do it. But now it's 50+yrs later and we want to go to Mars using basically the same method. The electronics have improved but not the propulsion method. As of now that would mean physical damage to the astronauts even if the mission was successful. If I could see some meaningful benefit I'd probably feel different. I guess it could be a stepping stone but to where? Until we solve the problems of the damage zero gravity causes and vehicle size and speed, what's the point?
We were all suppose to be jetting around in fly cars by now. Maybe I'm just bitter because I was looking forward to that. lol
To be honest, the bitter tone in my last post was kind of due to the fact that I am a bit bitter about the promised Mars landings. I vividly remember reading science magazines from the 70's/80's during my teenage years and watching sci-fi which basically said we'd be going to Mars somewhere during the early 21st century. I guess I took even the purportedly serious magazines way too seriously. Oh, and add the newscasts with some politician making the same promise to that as well. And do you know where we are, in my humble opinion? We are cowering in low-Earth orbit in fear of the dangers of outer space and fighting among each other on Earth's surface. Don't get me wrong, I am not for hasty, reckless, and costly missions which endanger human lives; that would be going too far, but they really should stop making unrealistic promises, inflating expectations of susceptible individuals. Also, YouTube is crawling with pointless videos about the subject. On the other hand, I am left wondering whether anyone really would want to hear a manned mission to Mars could be done somewhere in the distant future, but not within their lifetime? Perhaps now something may come of it, after several decades, somewhere very late this century or early in the 22nd century. Many people today probably would want to be around when a manned landing finally does happen but could not be.
(I asked Chat-GPT) to rephrase my original text a bit for the sake of clarity.)
The lack of progress has made me bitter. I wanted to work for Spacely Space Sprockets :)Quote:
To be honest, the bitter tone in my last post was kind of due to the fact that I am a bit bitter about the promised Mars landings.
I want my robot maid and flying car! ;-)
I want my MTV.
Are you jokingly referring to that music channel from decades ago? :-)
I want my Rudy-like talking computer! (Not the fake stuff we have now! XD)
The roller coaster still rolls. If you'd asked me Saturday morning I'd say I'd been ghosted. By Saturday noon friend zoned/dumped for some local James William Bottomtooth III. By Saturday afternoon really confused. By Saturday night back to normal++. No change Sunday morning. Day's not over yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
If I had a nickel for everyone who's said "Run, Forrest, run!" by now I could fund a Presidential campaign.
Dire Straits - Money For NothingQuote:
Originally Posted by Peter Swinkels
How does that abbreviate to MTV? :rolleyes: