Space stuff...

Brigadier · Saturday at 8:59 AM

motorbiking said:
sorry I caught you out again.

Until humans are safely back from tramping around on Mars, you've caught no one out.

You'll be dead long before it happens.

Highway Man · Saturday at 8:59 AM

Brigadier said:
Mars. The post was about mars.......

Yes I know but I was answering your question about why they flew past the moon rather than landing on it.

motorbiking · Saturday at 8:59 AM

Brigadier said:
"test"

In other words, NASA are not currently confident that they could safely land humans on the moon.

Which is what some on here have been saying, repeatedly.

Your definition of Test is quite a stretch... NASA don't appear to share your opinion.

pete01 · Saturday at 9:02 AM

100 quid bet to anyone we will do it by 2050

Diynot will still be here hopefully

Nosealls too chicken to take the bet

Highway Man · Saturday at 9:07 AM

pete01 said:
100 quid bet to anyone we will do it by 2050

Diynot will still be here hopefully

Nosealls too chicken to take the bet

Maybe a good idea for DIYnot forum to set up its own space race against NASA as there seems to be plenty of space experts on here who have more knowledge than NASA. What a great advert for DIYnot to have that advert on the side of a rocket. It could be launched out of your garden as you have the runway lights?

noseall · Saturday at 9:10 AM

Odds said:
Interstellar space travel is impossible.

Absolutely. We can barely swing around the Moon.

pete01 · Saturday at 9:10 AM

Highway Man said:
Maybe a good idea for DIYnot forum to set up its own space race against NASA as there seems to be plenty of space experts on here who have more knowledge than NASA. What a great advert for DIYnot to have that advert on the side of a rocket. It could be launched out of your garden as you have the runway lights?

Great plan

Odds · Saturday at 9:11 AM

noseall said:
Absolutely. We can barely swing around the Moon.

Speed is the key.

Odds · Saturday at 9:11 AM

Mind-bending speed is the only way to reach the stars – here are three ways to do it

noseall · Saturday at 9:12 AM

Highway Man said:
I fail to see how anyone on here could argue against NASA and the space industry in general

What? That they have said it is theoretically possible? Forgive mankind if they don't break out the bunting and party poppers.

Highway Man · Saturday at 9:12 AM

noseall said:
Absolutely. We can barely swing around the Moon.

Erm hasn't NASA just done it/?

Highway Man · Saturday at 9:14 AM

noseall said:
What? That they have said it is theoretically possible? Forgive mankind if they don't break out the bunting and party poppers.

You are more of a party pooper though so I suppose we can forgive your view.

noseall · Saturday at 9:14 AM

Highway Man said:
They did it with the Apollo missions in the 1969 and have landed 6 times. I don't think there is any doubt that they can do it. Only money is the reason for not landing.

Going to the Moon is like popping into the kitchen, in terms of space travel. It all manageable and within touching distance of sanctity. Mars is a whole new ball game. We are not even in the vicinity of close.

motorbiking · Saturday at 9:15 AM

Odds said:
Mind-bending speed is the only way to reach the stars – here are three ways to do it

but you just said..

Odds said:
Interstellar space travel is impossible.

now you are saying we have 3 ways to do it

noseall · Saturday at 9:15 AM

Highway Man said:
Erm hasn't NASA just done it/?

At great cost, effort and much consternation. And that was straight forward and simplistic in terms of distance travelled.

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