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Apollo 1 Tribute
Just a small reminder that we do things that are important, not because they are easy but because they are hard.
May 17, 2016 2:47 AM
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Just a small reminder that we do things that are important, not because they are easy but because they are hard.
GodApollo
Did someone say Apollo?
ScaryDreams
That's out of this world.
rxcthulhu
*We do impoahtant things nawt becawse they ah easy, but becawse they ah hahd* seriously though, it sounds much better when he says it.
JRTL
- Tom Hanks
KnightofMalta
I just fuckin love space.
Mofz
space... the final frontier
boobcat
“Hey, Natalie, could you do me a favor?” “Sure, Jackie. Anything.” “Could you wash my back for me?”
MakerMarine
And there are actually people that think the moon landing was a hoax! It's sad.
bigmacsasquatch
Ayy, Rocket City.
PattiMichelle
And then we decided to ignore space and instead develop SUVs and mass consumerism.
Bricmpt
Like buying the next Iphone! Go, millenials!!!
blitherypoop
Fun fact: The urine collection device used in these suits was put on like a condom. Proper fitting was important, but NASA anticipated 1/
blitherypoop
/2 the potential for embarrassment in having to request small ones. They sized them medium through extra-large.
Klingon00
"But wouldn't that make the medium size, the small?" "I don't know, I'll have to ask my manager"
AnnaExMachina
The crew compartment's breaking up.
ThefluteCaptainPicardplayedfirstinhisimaginationtheninreallife
John Roderick played that at a (Jonathan Coulton) show in Houston where about a third of the crowd worked at NASA. Gut-wrenching.
ThefluteCaptainPicardplayedfirstinhisimaginationtheninreallife
Not the Houston show, but the song being referenced. https://youtu.be/eTt_By7RAOo
ThefluteCaptainPicardplayedfirstinhisimaginationtheninreallife
It occurs to me none of these posts, nor that video of the song state that that song was written about the space shuttle Columbia.
AnnaExMachina
I think that the sentiment behind the song fits most of the space program disasters.
boobcat
NASA killed a lot of good astronauts, i'd trust robust, unsexy Russian space tech, much better safety record.
Ichabond
Riiiight. Crashing into the ground at terminal velocity is much nicer.
boobcat
what ever you need to desperately hold on to make yourself feel better but the fact is more Astronauts have died for NASA
Repostradamus
They both have the same number of fatal incidents; 2. NASA has flown 35 more missions so NASA's success rate is higher. They just send 1/2
Repostradamus
more astronauts up per mission. 2/2
cosinewave
Someone related to me was among the men who opened the capsule after the accident. His wife said he never recovered from that.
DinoKebab
Why, did he put his back out opening it?
BrisketandBeans
Ha!
SpookieFlookie
You are one sick bastard
mindolluin
That would be a terrible burden
cosinewave
It was. He knew those guys well. They worked together every day for several years.
mindolluin
I can't even imagine. It horrified me to learn about it, I love astronauts and their work
cosinewave
He was my second cousin and a career AF officer. The space program was a huge part of his life.
mindolluin
I just hope we move past setbacks and get to Mars and beyond! Space is the place!
cosinewave
He finished up his career by being the head of base security and Cape Canaveral.
mkyner
It's a shame we're not pursuing space exploration with the same intensity we were back in the 1960s.
Clarion5
Tell ISIS/AQ/Taliban/North Korea to stop distracting us!
potshot
We've largely explored what is feasibly explorable with current technology.
JohnSmitheson
Won't be a big thing again until the old babies feel threatened enough to act in that direction. If they don't feel they need to they won't.
Norotom
I mean we're on track for a Mars Mission by (in the latest) 2030. The SLS/Orion system is set for a test in 2018. 1/2
BewareTheIceSpiders
There is no mission scheduled for SLS/Orion, sadly.
Norotom
A few years ago we landed a car sized rover on Mars (Curiosity). And all in all humanity has had people in space everyday for 16 years (ISS)
SioulSeRef
*angrily stares at Gorbachev for disbanding the US' science enemy*
keppay
Because Soviet Union
Obsidian3
WE JUST FUCKING SAW PLUTO!?! There are probes on their way to Europa, and some of Jupiters other moons, there are 5 fucking rovers on Mars
theurlfieldmustbelessthan63characterslongbitch
i think he means sending people out.
PirateRubberDuck
Out to where though. Mars is a hell of a lot further than the Moon. It has taken a while to get the technology to do that.
BewareTheIceSpiders
It takes *longer* to do to Mars, but it actually takes *less* delta-v for the full trip to mars than to the moon, thanks to aerobraking.
theurlfieldmustbelessthan63characterslongbitch
from what I understand the astronaut program has paused due to funding. Though we still have people orbiting earth.
PirateRubberDuck
Not a lot though. China have the Tiangong 1 which is only a little thing and there is the ISS and that is it.
inboxmefoxes
NASA might not be, but SpaceX sure is. We'll have Mars colonies before you know it at this rate.
Moosecock
Get your ass to Mars
Wastyvez
Except for the blatantly obvious scientific issues going to Mars still has like lethal doses of radiation.
BewareTheIceSpiders
Significantly more than on earth, but nowhere near lethal. There will be an increased risk of cancer, but so does smoking.
Wastyvez
Slightly hyperbolic, but the radiation risk still isn't to be underestimated, especially considering current plans are a one way trip.
Wastyvez
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_threat_from_cosmic_rays
OddOod
It's kind of a good thing, we overextended ourselves going for space. Now we have contracted and been forced to concentrate on what's 1/2
OddOod
2/ really important.
SpookieFlookie
You don't think exploring the great vastness of space is important?
OddOod
Apparently it came off as if I dislike space. I love it. I literally have the ISS earthcam feed as my background. It's just that 1/
OddOod
2/ we as a single country can't go it alone, we can't do everything. The projects that need to be done are monumental and staggering.
OddOod
3/ Even with 5% of the US budget NASA couldn't do half the things we should be doing. So we looked at what really
PoolOrAPond
The budget of NASA during it's peak in 1965-66 was 4.4% of GDP and unsustainable, it was more about beating the USSR than about the science
GigaBoom2
It was not 4.4% of the GDP, it was 4.4% of the federal budget. We spend more than three times that on military. Plenty sustainable.
PoolOrAPond
You're right I blew it, I was looking at a mislabeled graph and should have looked further to match up for consistency
Jarjarthejedi
Why is 4.4% of gdp on scientific advancement unsustainable?
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mkyner
Seriously, this. If there was one national mission to push ourselves forward, this is it, and what we should be focusing on.
agermanguy
*international mission
Johnny5dicks
Actually I think improving power storage and bioengineering will take us much further much sooner.
NotNotDeadpool
Considering there's probably other planets with oil that need freedom.
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PoolOrAPond
NASA was heavily involved in DoD operations so the budget was justified, NASA has a different mission now and (1/2)
PoolOrAPond
Don't know why pressing back in the app deletes my comments, but 4.4% of GDP now is $725bn and it'd be hard to justify the ROI for NASA
fayseman
Truth is that population growth on Earth is unsustainable. We have to advance to colonize space or shrink / manage the population.
PoolOrAPond
Totally right, but my point was purely about the econcomic climate of the 60's and the budget imbalance it created
TheKirkendall
Interstellar...
IamMelonLordeYaYaYa
Or incentivize fewer/no kids as opposed to more.
Clarion5
Nice try enforcing that. Developed countries are seeing huge drops in growth (i.e. Japan) while less developed countries boom.
IamMelonLordeYaYaYa
There's nothing to enforce. I said incentivize.
Aquestionoftiming
Don't worry, mama nature knows how to deal with big populations... We are in big trouble when she does.
SnookerSylph
We've gotten to a point where we outweigh mama nature. If anything mass destroys us it'll be ourselves. I don't think that counts as nature
Aquestionoftiming
Respectfully disagree, we've gotten pretty good, but all it takes is one good virus and we're fucked... Ps I love that game pandemic