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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Rolex on July 20, 2011, 09:46:57 AM
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Forty two years ago, Buzz Aldrin took this photo of the area outside the lunar module after returning from their first walk on the moon:
(http://trainers.hitechcreations.com/files/rolex/footprints2.jpg)
Buzz Aldrin descending the ladder:
(http://trainers.hitechcreations.com/files/rolex/buzz.jpg)
July 20, 1969 was in the summer between my junior and senior years in high school. I was glued to the TV for what seemed like the entire mission, from launch to splashdown. I'm sure some of you guys old enough to remember were "space geeks" like I was.
I thought we'd be to Mars by now...
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You know the Jetsons portrayed flying cars by the year 2000 and interplanetary travel, here it is 2011 and we aren't even close :cry
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Forty two years ago, Buzz Aldrin took this photo of the area outside the lunar module after returning from their first walk on the moon:
(http://trainers.hitechcreations.com/files/rolex/footprints2.jpg)
Buzz Aldrin descending the ladder:
(http://trainers.hitechcreations.com/files/rolex/buzz.jpg)
July 20, 1969 was in the summer between my junior and senior years in high school. I was glued to the TV for what seemed like the entire mission, from launch to splashdown. I'm sure some of you guys old enough to remember were "space geeks" like I was.
I thought we'd be to Mars by now...
I don't remember it, but I'm sure I listened to the whole thing from the womb I was in.
That reminds me, birthday is in 8 days, PM me for where to send gifts. :x
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I don't remember it, but I'm sure I listened to the whole thing from the womb I was in.
That reminds me, birthday is in 8 days, PM me for where to send gifts. :x
:rofl Mines next month, gimme a car for the big 16 :rofl :rofl
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u guys ever see the nat geo show where Buzz (i think) punched this moon landing sceptic in the face (on camera). The guy called buzz a liar or something and buzzed socked him. :lol The police would not press charges because...obviously. :lol
:salute
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You know the Jetsons portrayed flying cars by the year 2000 and interplanetary travel, here it is 2011 and we aren't even close :cry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7UyspBr0-8
http://www.futurecars.com/reviews/moller-skycar.html
:)
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u guys ever see the nat geo show where Buzz (i think) punched this moon landing sceptic in the face (on camera). The guy called buzz a liar or something and buzzed socked him. :lol The police would not press charges because...obviously. :lol
:salute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOo6aHSY8hU
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7UyspBr0-8
http://www.futurecars.com/reviews/moller-skycar.html
:)
Oh please that was almost 5 years ago (earliest I can remember) so why havn't I seen it flying or on you tube with newer videos? My point still stands we aren't close to cars that don't have to transform into planes to fly.
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Oh please that was almost 5 years ago (earliest I can remember) so why havn't I seen it flying or on you tube with newer videos? My point still stands we aren't close to cars that don't have to transform into planes to fly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo0MEQSGW8w
:D
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I remember being glued to the TV during the mission.
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I don't remember it, but I'm sure I listened to the whole thing from the womb I was in.
Me too... Unless I was the result of a celebratory romp after the landing... The timing would be pretty close... Hmmm... Perhaps I should ask my parents... Hehe
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I remember a hot, Summer day at the Community Pool.
Lifeguard had news of it playing on a transistor radio.
Saw Walter Cronkite talking about it on the 6 o'clock news.
I was almost 9 :)
:cheers: Oz
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Vivid memories of that too. Figures it would be a couple of fighter pilots there first :)
Ahh what ever became of my old Major Matt Mason?:)
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NEIL!!!! You're supposed to rake the trap!
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:salute i remember when i was a kid watching that on tv. i was so mizmerized at that. it was so shiny. :x thanks for the post :aok
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I had a poster of the second image growing up.
And a Major Matt Mason with a jet pack. And a Sgt Storm too. Pretty cool toys, hours of imaginative fun. Every end table in the house became a lunar mountain.
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You know the Jetsons portrayed flying cars by the year 2000 and interplanetary travel, here it is 2011 and we aren't even close :cry
Our lack of that is not because of lack of technology but lack of desire. While there are certainly plenty of people willing to drive flying cars and to travel to other planets there are two BIG reasons why this hasn't really happened yet:
1> Profitability. If there is no money to be made then no company is going to pursue it. Reason #2 factors into this a great deal! This leads to only Government and Non-profit programs to develop these things and when times get tough these are usually the first kinds of programs to go. Look at the cancellation of the Shuttle program for an example.
2> Accountability. Here's the deal. You think a flying car is a FANTASTIC IDEA! You know thousands of people ready to invest RIGHT NOW in one and you know that your development will be an instant success! So you spend millions of dollars developing a flying car knowing that you're going to make ten-fold that amount! You sell a few hundred units and are JUST STARTING to see your finances in the black and pulling a profit. Then some moron hits a power line and their flying car slams into a family of five in a sub-compact pushing it into a busy restaurant which explodes killing dozens of people. Guess what the survivors and the families of the deceased are going to do? That's right. You get sued. You file bankruptcy and close your doors and end up just as broke as you were to begin with. After that no one else DARES to develop a flying car for fear of the same result.
Simply put yes the technology is there but the infrastructure is lacking. The desire is there but there is no protection from idiots in a world full of ambulance chasers. It's simply not feasible at the moment to make these things happen, especially when people are struggling to keep their gas tanks full in a car that gets 30-40MPG. Imagine what their fuel bill would be if they drove a flying car!