Saturday, August 13, 2005
Space
Well, I read today that NASA finally managed to launch its latest space probe to Mars, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. I'm a bit of a space nerd, you see, and I was chuffed to see that we've taken another small step for mankind. I'm living for the day that we see space elevators and moon mining and all that good stuff. But not today. Today I can simply be thankful that we can get a Space Shuttle back from orbit without burning up, and launch a space probe to our nearest planetary neighbour.
# posted by Cthu1hu @ 3:05 pm 
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Isn't our nearest planetary neighbour in fact Venus?
I'd sure like to probe Venus.
Hurh, Hurh, Hurh, Hurh
Mikey
I'd sure like to probe Venus.
Hurh, Hurh, Hurh, Hurh
Mikey
WTF is up with NASA? They sent a manned mission to the moon in the sixties and brought them home safe. It's been 36 freakin' years - and now we breathe a sigh of relief when a shuttle lands successfully or an unmanned probe doesn't miss an entire planet. Where's my freakin' orbital habitats, my lunar shuttle service and my manned missions to mars and the outer planets?
Well apparently the Russians are offering the chance for a two day close orbit of the moon to tourists. For 100 million US a pop. Using Soyuz. 40 year old technology.
It's funny. The russians were never associated with quality brand name engineering. But I suppose if you look at things like AK47's (which you can dunk in a puddle and skill work a treat), and russian tanks which are still the mainstay of many a 3rd world countries' army, well they keep on ticking.
Keep the red flag flying comrades !
PS Good luck with the birth
It's funny. The russians were never associated with quality brand name engineering. But I suppose if you look at things like AK47's (which you can dunk in a puddle and skill work a treat), and russian tanks which are still the mainstay of many a 3rd world countries' army, well they keep on ticking.
Keep the red flag flying comrades !
PS Good luck with the birth
Yeah, and I don't even know the dude. Thanx, by the way, Canadian dude, for your kind comment. Much appreciated.
I did go and check out your blog too, but it was in French and I am sadly monolingual. I tried using the Google language tools but the French to English translation ended up with a sequence of seemingly random words interspersed with untranslatable French words. What I could make of the recipe sounded pretty good though.
I wonder if you ever get sick of those "South Canadians" who insist on thinking of themselves as the world's only superpower.
I did go and check out your blog too, but it was in French and I am sadly monolingual. I tried using the Google language tools but the French to English translation ended up with a sequence of seemingly random words interspersed with untranslatable French words. What I could make of the recipe sounded pretty good though.
I wonder if you ever get sick of those "South Canadians" who insist on thinking of themselves as the world's only superpower.
Yeah, the Russians are pretty good at making nigh-indestructible tech. It makes sense, though; anything too complex is difficult and expensive to get fixed in the boondocks, and Russia is millions of square kilometers of boondocks.
OTOH don't bother with the Russian pay-a-million-dollars-and-spend-a-month -on-a-submarine trip. Stick with Russian roulette; it's safer.
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OTOH don't bother with the Russian pay-a-million-dollars-and-spend-a-month -on-a-submarine trip. Stick with Russian roulette; it's safer.
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