Have you ever wondered...

[Rage]

About space?

Let me set the mood....

Just another clear northern maine night, warm, about 4 degrees out with 4 inches of freshly fallen snow blanketing the land.

At work, I can hear the v12 cat main chipper motor idling down as the last truck was leaving.

Sky was as clear and as crisp as could be, milky way running right down the center of the sky.

I just sat there in the darkness earning 21/hr for roughly 10 - 15 minutes starring skyward.

That shit just boggles my mind. Thinking of all the different galaxies and solar systems being created and destroyed. How most of the star light we see left its creator thousands of light years ago. I've watched nearly every documentary and tv episode known to the english language on space. I suppose a lot of you dont get to see things the way i do, with all your fancy city life bs...

Its just incredible to try to fathom what truly is out there. Lets have a educated discussion for a change.

[thecat]

Yah I did that before and it is interesting.
Too bad the space race is no longer going on.

[What]

Yeah, it sure is big.

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yah i did that before and it is interesting.
Too bad the space race is no longer going on.

you are a terrible person

[Rage]

Yah I did that before and it is interesting.
Too bad the space race is no longer going on.

I think you sir are a moron but I am forced to agree here. Imagine if something like that happened again, the leaps science would make in the field of space exploration and travel. Everyone is to fucking worried about how much music they can put on their fucking smart phones

[ZERO]

In the mountains in the DR I spent a few hours watching the sky, it looks closer there b/c of the magnification effect of the atmosphere. I listened to classical music and saw some shooting stars, there was no man made light viable from anywhere so it was just an amazing experience.

I have also had the chance to look though large telescopes in collage and that was also a great experience.


I actually think about space a lot b/c I recognize its importance in the future of mankind. God has given us a wonderful planet to live on but He has also graced us with a vast universe to explore wonders we can only begin to imagine. We have been blessed with the minds to take us there and I look forward to a future where man is able to truly explore and experience the vast wonders out there.

I am very hopeful for the advent of commercial spaceflight and when it becomes possible I hope to some day take a trip to space even if I got to sell my house to do it.

[Rage]

I been to a few observatories... most recently i been to a few in Quebec.

[BladeTwinSwords]

Taking an advanced astronomy course so I get to learn all about space.

[thecat]

I have been to pretty big observatory in Czech republic and Arizona.
In the Czech republic I looked at stars and in Arizona I looked at the moon.
Lets hope NASA starts working on generation ships and that we start using our own rockets to get to the space station.

There is also this thing in Arizona called the bio dome which was a test to see how long we can survive in a closed environment, but its now just a museum because the experiment failed.

[Rage]

Hmm interesting. Rockets will never be good enough. We need to use electromagnets or some other space age propulsion system

[Erdenay]

Yup. Some of the best nights of my life have been in the mountains, watching the stars up high in the sky, contemplating the meaning of life and what is out there. I've spent a very fair amount of my time looking into stars and skies and doing some research about it whether for class or for my own interest. While we definitely have a lot of problems (ability to easily self-destruct not being the smallest of them), our civilization has a lot of potential if we'll ever learn how to explore the Great Wild Black Yonder...

One can only dream and hope.

[Spasm]

I have been to space and beyond, on acid and salvia of course!

[thecat]

:lmao:
So funny really funny ha ha ha.

[Rapedollar$]

i took a piss in a solid gold toilet once.

also sat on a dictators throne too.

but yea stars are cools too

[Rage]

You're a cocksuckjer rapedollars.

youre the shit. Mad respect bro

[Rapedollar$]

...

i WILL end you

[StarsMine]

but yea stars are cools too

say that with an is :D


Yea, I dont get to see the stars as well as I did as a kid, should get contacts sometime since glasses only help so much while star gazing.
My sister is working on her masters in space studies, so by proxy I learn quite a bit about it myself.
Also there is a space race of sorts going on, both SpaceX and Virgin Galactic compete with each other.

[Rage]

...

i WILL end you

lmao.

[Assassin]

It's all going to be privatized now which...tbh...will probably make it move faster.

[Rage]

Certain aspects yes. Like merely going into space and coming back safely. It'll be hard for those private companys to accomplish anything more than that, at least in the foreseeable future. Nasa is where its at, but that god damn monkey in the white house has ruined Nasa. Science is the key to our and every other species survival. We need to support it

[thecat]

Bush was not so kind to NASA either.
But you are right about NASA, they should be doing a lot more right now.
And don't be a raciest!

[StarsMine]

Certain aspects yes. Like merely going into space and coming back safely. It'll be hard for those private companys to accomplish anything more than that, at least in the foreseeable future. Nasa is where its at, but that god damn monkey in the white house has ruined Nasa. Science is the key to our and every other species survival. We need to support it
these budget cuts to nasa are minimal and over blown. My sister has worked at nasa many times.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_NASA
The budget has not decresed significantly, I think they should increase it for work on things like a space elevator (which since it would be used as transportation like roads would be better suited to be owned by a goverment then a private company) and the new carbon tech would be available for many to use, bringing in lighter more fuel efficient cars, and lowering the price of carbon fiber. Making colonies on places like mars would be difficult, we had air leaks in the biosphere 2 (now owned by U of A) so that would need some severe redesigns on air tightness to get working, and be light enough to transport to a place like mars "cheaply"

Also someone needs to invent the warp engion, where is our Zefram Cochrane?