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Re: Curiosity has landed.
« Reply #30 on: August 06, 2012, 10:48:47 PM »
Quote from: eagl on August 06, 2012, 10:45:27 PM
You were channeling the president, I know.  Now drop it before skuzzy bans us   :aok

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Re: Curiosity has landed.
« Reply #31 on: August 06, 2012, 10:53:54 PM »
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Re: Curiosity has landed.
« Reply #32 on: August 06, 2012, 11:41:06 PM »
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Re: Curiosity has landed.
« Reply #33 on: August 07, 2012, 12:44:16 AM »
Quote from: Bruv119 on August 06, 2012, 06:50:26 PM
you won't be saying that when the Chinese are all super dooper and takeover space whilst your still worrying about your hard earns.

'the chinaman is not the issue here'

If anyone really believes China has any hope of accomplishing *anything* in space, I got a bridge I'd like to sell you.  Just youtube some of those chinese rocket launches, highest death toll of any space program to date.


But I still say the money could've been better spent.  While NASA still blows millions on crap like this, the US supercollider that was going to be built in Texas back in the 90's that would've found the higgs boson a heck of a lot sooner then got canned.  And here we are almost 20 years later and it's discovered... in Europe.  But in my book that's the greatest scientific achievement of the year, perhaps the past decade, not some RC car taking 64x64 thumbnails of rust pebbles.
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Re: Curiosity has landed.
« Reply #34 on: August 07, 2012, 01:13:46 AM »
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Re: Curiosity has landed.
« Reply #35 on: August 07, 2012, 01:21:20 AM »
Quote from: HPriller on August 07, 2012, 12:44:16 AM
'the chinaman is not the issue here'

If anyone really believes China has any hope of accomplishing *anything* in space, I got a bridge I'd like to sell you.  Just youtube some of those chinese rocket launches, highest death toll of any space program to date.


But I still say the money could've been better spent.  While NASA still blows millions on crap like this, the US supercollider that was going to be built in Texas back in the 90's that would've found the higgs boson a heck of a lot sooner then got canned.  And here we are almost 20 years later and it's discovered... in Europe.  But in my book that's the greatest scientific achievement of the year, perhaps the past decade, not some RC car taking 64x64 thumbnails of rust pebbles.
China has one of the largest submerged satellite programs around.
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Re: Curiosity has landed.
« Reply #36 on: August 07, 2012, 06:57:18 AM »
Wow.  Incredible.

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Re: Curiosity has landed.
« Reply #37 on: August 07, 2012, 07:12:04 AM »
HPriller, this dude does not abide.


Please meet Mr. Neil Degrasse Tyson...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbIZU8cQWXc
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Re: Curiosity has landed.
« Reply #38 on: August 07, 2012, 07:35:12 AM »
Quote from: HPriller on August 07, 2012, 12:44:16 AM
'the chinaman is not the issue here'

If anyone really believes China has any hope of accomplishing *anything* in space, I got a bridge I'd like to sell you.  Just youtube some of those chinese rocket launches, highest death toll of any space program to date.


But I still say the money could've been better spent.  While NASA still blows millions on crap like this, the US supercollider that was going to be built in Texas back in the 90's that would've found the higgs boson a heck of a lot sooner then got canned.  And here we are almost 20 years later and it's discovered... in Europe.  But in my book that's the greatest scientific achievement of the year, perhaps the past decade, not some RC car taking 64x64 thumbnails of rust pebbles.

Oh Hpriller, oh so short sighted.  In my understanding it is the process to accomplish things like this that is really just as important if not more than the specific mission goals themselves. It proves we can accomish things with a high level of accuracy in an environment with multiple variable changes. This is an improvement to our space IQ.
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Re: Curiosity has landed.
« Reply #39 on: August 07, 2012, 10:25:09 AM »
Quote from: Tordon22 on August 07, 2012, 07:12:04 AM
Please meet Mr. Neil Degrasse Tyson...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbIZU8cQWXc


:D

( Seriously, Way to go NASA! now we just need people there. :) )
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Re: Curiosity has landed.
« Reply #40 on: August 07, 2012, 11:14:47 AM »
Quote from: Tordon22 on August 07, 2012, 07:12:04 AM
HPriller, this dude does not abide.


Please meet Mr. Neil Degrasse Tyson...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbIZU8cQWXc

NDT has to easily be one of my favorite scientific minds, and he does not mess around.
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Re: Curiosity has landed.
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« Reply #42 on: August 08, 2012, 03:53:28 AM »
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Re: Curiosity has landed.
« Reply #43 on: August 08, 2012, 03:55:50 AM »
Quote from: Bruv119 on August 06, 2012, 06:50:26 PM
you won't be saying that when the Chinese are all super dooper and takeover space whilst your still worrying about your hard earns.

The Chinese are not super dooper :old:

They have the investment to pursue space projects :old:

WHERE does this financial ability come from? Western capital that has poured in to China over the past 25 years :rofl

It is not a us and them scenario anyway, the Chinese can pursue these projects and everyone can use the knowledge gained :)

By the way China is dependant on US trade and Imports, Obama told them last year to get into line, they are tied to the world financial system now :rofl

Investment does not stop anywhere it is just investment elsewhere :) at present its third world countries for better returns.

India for gods sake launched a space rocket and 95% of the population live in poverty :)

In 30 years time they will be a base on Mars developed by Kenya. :)
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Re: Curiosity has landed.
« Reply #44 on: August 08, 2012, 04:18:22 AM »
Quote from: Tordon22 on August 07, 2012, 07:12:04 AM
HPriller, this dude does not abide.


Please meet Mr. Neil Degrasse Tyson...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbIZU8cQWXc

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