Space Shuttle to fly again tomorrow

[BlackCat]

Originally posted by Sn00py
Did I bash bush or are you referring to someone else?

Maybe I'm a little pricky

Anyway, what would be so hard about a wireless link?

See Winston.

Can't we set up small satellite type devices and spread a few hundred of them out evenly between the Earth and Mars; they can act as jump points to link the two planets.

There is a little problem - earth and mars doesn't have the same orbit and they aren't fixed to each other, so it would be quite difficult to keep them in sane places - besides, they wouldn't be much more that fueling stations, and they would be quite expensive both to establish and maintain.

[FrostyBoy]

Nah, I'm sure it can be done.

Just have to get them to talk to each other, and of course solar power will be more than enough to carry out the jobs it needs to do.

A fueling station is something like ISS, which is something MUCH bigger.

The devices I am talking about would probably be no bigger than a dining table with large solar powered wings.

It uses the energy to stay in correct position with the other two devices on either side of it and to send communication data.

[Dis]

why do we need that? We have no problem communicating with mars orbiters. Okay, we do have some problems. but it can be done.

It's just that there's a delay. I can't remember how long the delay is. I think it's several minutes.

so I'd love to play games with the astronauts. They'd be suffereing from intolerable lag. I'd get so many kills on them. .

[FrostyBoy]

What they need is a ship that they can walk in (anti-zero gravity, what do you call it)

Computers with high speed connection to Earths Internet; supplying hundreds of TV channels, unlimited movies, unlimited access to games/latest games

a gym, a lounge and maybe a few other things

that should keep em happy for the trip to Mars, while they're there, and back again

Civ3's Penis Spaceship is perfect. Lets build it!

[Dis]

they would also need sex. I suggest sending out prostitutes along with them.

[Eli]

(anti-zero gravity, what do you call it)

Gravity?

[Dis]

artificial gravity

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Winston
Jeez...

It'd be a little difficult to achieve if it wasn't wireless.

Yeah, but think of the lag time.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
Apparently it did -- they're looking at the damage to see how bad it is.

Checking to make sure and saying it hit are two different things.

[Winston]

Discovery is scheduled for landing 3½ hours from now, at 4:47 EDT, that's 10:47 CET.

Once again, I hope all goes well.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Dis
they would also need sex. I suggest sending out prostitutes along with them.

why can't they just have sex with eachother?

JM

[Gatekeeper]

I'm staying up to watch Discovery land.

Gatekeeper

[Winston]

I'm watching the lead up now. The first landing opportunity will require an engine firing from the Shuttle in about 45 minutes.

But we have to remember it'll be dark at the landing site. Just saying.

[Winston]

The cloud cover is too heavy over Kennedy Space Center right now, so they will not attempt the first landing opportunity (4:47). They have another opportunity at 6:22 EDT.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Jon Miller


why can't they just have sex with eachother?

JM

wasn't there once a problem on the space station with drunk russian cosmonauts hitting on american women astronauts? And wasn't there an attempted rape? That last part may not be true, I can't remember where I heard it.

The problem is, american women don't put out. . either that or they just don't like to cheat on their husbands while out in space.