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http://inothernewz.com/source-nasa-scientists-working-on-top-secret-missile-to-destroy-doomsday-asteroid-headed-for-earth/ I'm scared. :rofl:

Then again, most people here are expecting it to be nothing. What if the announcement does live up to the hype and they have discovered ETs? NASA would deserve a lot of extra funding if that is the case. I hope it's fossilized microbes or something of that nature.

I read in an article recently that it would take 50,000 years for a :hailprobe: to reach Alpha Centauri using current technology. Obviously the probe would run out of power a long time before then with a full battery of scientific instruments active (I believe the Voyager probes have a decade...

I just downloaded this and was amazed by how beautiful everything is. Of course we have no idea what planets out of our solar system look like, but it is fun to imagine. Most of it seems plausible. I love taking screenshots to use for my desktop background. Beats the boring Windows logo...

RIP Neil. Neil Armstrong has done more in his lifetime than any of us here on this forum probably ever will, and his accomplishment as the first human being to walk on the Moon will live forever in our souls. I'm not sad that he died just as I am never really saddened when anyone else dies...

Let's say the lunar lander had already made it to the surface of the Moon, and the explosion occurred in the service module while Swigert was waiting for Lovell and Haise to return. I was wondering about a few things. 1. Would Lovell and Haise, knowing that they were doomed anyway, open the...

Everything about the plot was so asinine, I was laughing through the whole thing. This is one of those movies that was so bad that it was hilarious.

I was stalking AilantD's website (http://www.ailantd.com/) and found that he has done some additional work in 2012 on one of the ships for "Aresa World." I'm still awestruck by this guy's graphical design talent. It's just amazing.

The shuttles were built in the 80s. Just like an old car, they were old and needed to be replaced. I wouldn't feel safe going up on a 30 year old shuttle, just like I wouldn't feel safe driving a 30 year old car. Also, the shuttles were obscenely expensive, all in the name of having a...

I haven't been in space personally, but a guy who lives six houses down from me is an astronaut. I've been over to his house once for a neighborhood barbeque. He was on one of the shuttle missions several years ago, but he no longer flies and has another job with NASA now. I live about 15...

I was in Vegas a couple of years ago and took a little plane with about 15 seats to the Grand Canyon. The two male pilots held each other's hand when they pushed up the throttle to take off. Why do they do that? Can't the main pilot just do it himself?

I just bought the 1/72 Saturn V from Flying Mule. It is available for pre-order for $220 (free shipping) and should be arriving in July sometime, for those are still looking for this model. I built Dragon's 1/72 Mercury Redstone and have it sitting next to the Apollo 10 LM + CSM for the time...

Even if they go to to the Moon one day, we were there first.

That's right. Space shuttles and capsules are very boring. The masses demand gigantic spaceships like what we are used to seeing on Star Trek and Star Wars. That is the only way to turn around our pathetic existence in space. Who should be the captain though? Kirk and Picard will probably...

So in most reality shows, they kick people out periodically. They call it "evicting" in Big Brother. How will that work in Mars One? Will they suit up, the mission commander states "The Tribe has spoken, it is time for you to go," and then the least popular one is pushed out the hatch?

Yeah, I watched the U.S. Big Brother one year, I think it was season 2 or 3. Most of the contestants were obnoxious, immature morons. The average IQ of that crowd must have been in the 80-90 range. Their stupid antics made for good tv, but you don't want dummies flying a Mars mission. The...

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I saw something on Fox News about this the other day: http://www.buildtheenterprise.org/ Personally, I'm more of a Star Wars fan. I would much rather see the Millennium Falcon built.

As far as I'm aware, all of the astronauts have performed their missions properly. I don't see how any one is better than another. They all have done their jobs well.

I was watching Apollo 18 tonight and one of the major themes of the movie is trust. Nate (the guy who was infected) pleads with Anderson not to kill him even though his eyes are bloodshot, he has a gray spiderweb thing on his chest, and he is bleeding profusely. Eventually Anderson has to...