Quote from: pstephens on 06/11/2017 06:12 pmQuote from: yokem55 on 06/11/2017 05:49 pmThat and space liners would never fly with an empty flight like that.Space liners of the future will be navigated by computers rather than by two pilots as in Kubrick's vision.That's right!And video payphones.....I mean video calls, ok. But they missed the whole phone-in-your- pocket thing..
Quote from: yokem55 on 06/11/2017 05:49 pmThat and space liners would never fly with an empty flight like that.Space liners of the future will be navigated by computers rather than by two pilots as in Kubrick's vision.
That and space liners would never fly with an empty flight like that.
I mean video calls, ok. But they missed the whole phone-in-your- pocket thing..
Star Trek previewed the flip-phone just a year or two earlier. Now they're passe...
Quote from: Jcc on 06/11/2017 03:24 pmMusk said it would be something crazy. If not cheese related, it is likely Pythonesque."Nooobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
Musk said it would be something crazy. If not cheese related, it is likely Pythonesque.
Quote from: meekGee on 06/11/2017 08:19 pmI mean video calls, ok. But they missed the whole phone-in-your- pocket thing..Star Trek previewed the flip-phone just a year or two earlier. Now they're passe...
Quote from: Jcc on 06/11/2017 03:40 pmQuote from: Pete on 06/11/2017 05:54 amQuote from: Lar on 06/11/2017 01:36 amactually this one is betterOh dear.. I had hoped to do something productive today, but now you are *forcing* me to watch this masterpiece again.The mindboggling thing is, this movie is old. *ancient* even. It is actually 2 months older than I am!And still it is a more accurate portrayal of spaceflight than any of the modern movies. Gravity, anyone? How about some Interstellar gravity?The only bit that seems inaccurate is the idea of attempting to walk upright in zero g. Up to this point everyone just flies around and doesn't bother wearing shoes. Maybe ITS can "fix" that by enforcing corridors to walk and inventing "grip shoes" that work as God and Kubrick intended.That and space liners would never fly with an empty flight like that. They'd have it overbooked ten ways to Sunday with a survival of the fittest scrum in the loading area.
Quote from: Pete on 06/11/2017 05:54 amQuote from: Lar on 06/11/2017 01:36 amactually this one is betterOh dear.. I had hoped to do something productive today, but now you are *forcing* me to watch this masterpiece again.The mindboggling thing is, this movie is old. *ancient* even. It is actually 2 months older than I am!And still it is a more accurate portrayal of spaceflight than any of the modern movies. Gravity, anyone? How about some Interstellar gravity?The only bit that seems inaccurate is the idea of attempting to walk upright in zero g. Up to this point everyone just flies around and doesn't bother wearing shoes. Maybe ITS can "fix" that by enforcing corridors to walk and inventing "grip shoes" that work as God and Kubrick intended.
Quote from: Lar on 06/11/2017 01:36 amactually this one is betterOh dear.. I had hoped to do something productive today, but now you are *forcing* me to watch this masterpiece again.The mindboggling thing is, this movie is old. *ancient* even. It is actually 2 months older than I am!And still it is a more accurate portrayal of spaceflight than any of the modern movies. Gravity, anyone? How about some Interstellar gravity?
actually this one is better
Quote from: darkenfast on 06/10/2017 06:32 amOkay, that's 55 seconds that I will never get back....Isn't that the very definition of of a party thread?
Okay, that's 55 seconds that I will never get back....
Quote from: Herb Schaltegger on 06/11/2017 05:10 pmQuote from: Jcc on 06/11/2017 03:24 pmMust said it would be something crazy. If not cheese related, it is likely Pythonesque."Fetchez le vache!"Quote from: envy887 on 06/12/2017 04:42 pmMusk said they want to try getting the upper stage back, so no GEO insertion or escape trajectory burns. They could do a GTO or even lunar free return and get the stage back at perigee, depending how long it can last on orbit and whether it can do deep space nav and comms.They could send an inflatable or other model of a cow - though, how much does a dead cow mass? - on a lunar free return. That way, a cow really would have jumped over the moon. (They might even be able to fit on a (model) cat, a fiddle, a small (model) dog, a dish and a spoon for the sake of completeness.)
Quote from: Jcc on 06/11/2017 03:24 pmMust said it would be something crazy. If not cheese related, it is likely Pythonesque."Fetchez le vache!"
Must said it would be something crazy. If not cheese related, it is likely Pythonesque.
Musk said they want to try getting the upper stage back, so no GEO insertion or escape trajectory burns. They could do a GTO or even lunar free return and get the stage back at perigee, depending how long it can last on orbit and whether it can do deep space nav and comms.
Is the cow spherical?
I really think that people need to take some sort of chill pill about this matter. If the X-37B could not fit, comfortably and with safety margin, inside the Falcon-9's PLF, then this launch would not be happening.
Saddened that they don't seem to appreciate talking about lunch in the discussion threads? Oh well, time to grab some rocket fuel and hunker down for tonight's attempt at lunch. Sixth times a charm I guess.
Quote from: kevin-rf on 06/13/2017 11:37 pmSaddened that they don't seem to appreciate talking about lunch in the discussion threads? Oh well, time to grab some rocket fuel and hunker down for tonight's attempt at lunch. Sixth times a charm I guess.This is strictly a re-lunch thread. If you aren't skiving out to take a personal lunch after a company/employer lunch so you can watch a launch, this thread isn't for you.
Quote from: yokem55 on 06/14/2017 12:40 amQuote from: kevin-rf on 06/13/2017 11:37 pmSaddened that they don't seem to appreciate talking about lunch in the discussion threads? Oh well, time to grab some rocket fuel and hunker down for tonight's attempt at lunch. Sixth times a charm I guess.This is strictly a re-lunch thread. If you aren't skiving out to take a personal lunch after a company/employer lunch so you can watch a launch, this thread isn't for you.Sometimes I have a serious failure to lunch. I get piled up with projects, and my lunch window is missed. Of course I typically will try to catch a launch at lunch, if there is one...
"June 15: NICER executes initial pointing control test and detector initial checkout."
Had to pop in, very tired (but happy) after a different kind of party:
They missed the computer a few orders of magnitude faster than HAL in your pocket...
Quote from: yokem55 on 06/11/2017 08:25 pmThey missed the computer a few orders of magnitude faster than HAL in your pocket...Are they though? We don't really know how many teraflops (or whatever) HAL is capable of. Is my phone faster by raw speed? Maybe. But have you tried having a conversation with Siri? Computers aren't anywhere close to HAL.