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[Closed] Manned Mars Mission - it begins... 🙂

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🙁

Am I right in thinking they'll try again tomorrow same time?


 
Posted : 04/12/2014 3:36 pm
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Am I right in thinking they'll try again tomorrow same time?

Yes, weather/squirrels/boats not withstanding.


 
Posted : 04/12/2014 3:39 pm
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Yep, lets do it all again tomorrow - this decorating going to cost some.. 🙂


 
Posted : 04/12/2014 3:41 pm
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Disappoint


 
Posted : 04/12/2014 3:43 pm
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they've changed the parameters on the wind sensor

i.e. unplugged it.


 
Posted : 04/12/2014 3:44 pm
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my guess:

they planned all along for a dry-run, so that they get to practise various 'Hold' scenarios in an almost-live arena.

(stops anyone feeling too shy to call it for real)

all that steam is just a few boiling kettles - they've jammed a spoon* into the switches to stop them clicking off.

(*why is it always a spoon?)


 
Posted : 04/12/2014 3:48 pm
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(*why is it always a spoon?)

I blame Alanis Morisette. Aim for a knife, get 10,000 spoons. Oh well, I supposed its reduced stabbings in her area.


 
Posted : 04/12/2014 4:11 pm
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Here we go again then 🙂


 
Posted : 05/12/2014 12:52 pm
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2 minutes...


 
Posted : 05/12/2014 1:03 pm
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you are shitting me.

Nasa can't handle a few thousand people trying to watch a live feed?


 
Posted : 05/12/2014 1:06 pm
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cool!


 
Posted : 05/12/2014 1:10 pm
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"it's the age of orion, a new era in American space exploration"

Made me want to punch somebody.


 
Posted : 05/12/2014 1:11 pm
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Completely missed lift off too grrr. Looking forward to not see it splash down in 4 hours or so 😡


 
Posted : 05/12/2014 1:20 pm
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rats... missed it 🙁

*Stupid work.


 
Posted : 05/12/2014 1:44 pm
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Woke up 20 mins before, and got the stream to work 1:40 before launch which then crapped out at 0:01

So I went outside, looked NNE and saw the flame rip past a few clouds. Quite something!


 
Posted : 05/12/2014 1:46 pm
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Why is it 'a new era'? Are NASA a bit pee'd as the ESA are the coolest kids at the moment?


 
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Why is it 'a new era'? Are NASA a bit pee'd as the ESA are the coolest kids at the moment?
Cause no-ones been to Mars before?


 
Posted : 05/12/2014 1:56 pm
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missed the launch myself, on bbc now.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30343171


 
Posted : 05/12/2014 1:56 pm
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Launch on youtube now too if you missed it -

(how do you embed on here?)


 
Posted : 05/12/2014 2:53 pm
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SPLADOOOSH! Bullseye - piece a piss 😀

Poor streaming though, need to get that sorted NASA before the main event


 
Posted : 05/12/2014 5:35 pm
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So which bit do you figure tightens an astronaut's sphincter most?
Lift off - waiting to be burned to a crisp
Re-entry - waiting to be burned to a crisp
Or simply sitting there waiting for the chutes to open.

Still - that all seemed to go well and watching re-entry live on my iPhone on the train home was pretty good.


 
Posted : 05/12/2014 6:51 pm
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Sorry to hear others live stream packed up just at the key moments too. We lost it just as soon as they lit it! Looked good though.


 
Posted : 05/12/2014 8:12 pm
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dont think they ever did reach the moon.. the first people will be the chinese

Did you leave the 😉 off by mistake?
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Why is it 'a new era'? Are NASA a bit pee'd as the ESA are the coolest kids at the moment?
Cause no-ones been to Mars [s]before[/s] yet?

FTFY 😉


 
Posted : 06/12/2014 7:46 pm
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Why is it 'a new era'?

It's the resumption of manned space travel- lately it's been all drones, industrialised satellite lifts, and commuting to the space station. Not that there's anything wrong with that but sending people to other planets is definitely a new era.


 
Posted : 06/12/2014 7:48 pm
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Meh. Believe it when I see it - do they not need to send more drones to see what's there first?

*not quite seeing the point in sending human beans to Mars


 
Posted : 06/12/2014 8:32 pm
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Well according to NASA's timeline for Orion, a manned Mars mission isn't on the cards until the 2030s. I may miss it 🙁


 
Posted : 06/12/2014 9:33 pm
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