romad1 Posted March 21 Author Posted March 21 7 minutes ago, Hongbit said: We haven’t heard much from the Cocaine Kid since Elon has gotten involved. I wonder if he feels left out or happy it gives him more time to blow his nose. Is he Prince Blow or Prince Booger Sugar? Or more precise Duke of Hookers, Blow and Murdering Endangered Animals Because Pater Never Loved Me? Quote
Hongbit Posted March 21 Posted March 21 7 minutes ago, pfife said: Thought i saw an article saying he was preparing a 2028 run. It probably meant a run at a 20 to 28 year old Fox News reporter. 1 Quote
Motown Bombers Posted March 21 Posted March 21 In dictatorships, the offspring don't run, they are appointed as successors. Quote
pfife Posted March 21 Posted March 21 even the very lowest level of federal security clearances inquire and hammer you about illicit drug use and they have special parts in the application that say that includes weed even if it's legal in your state. So King Keta has been on the most popular podcast in the world smoking dope and now he's hearing the secret war plans with china it's not insightful to say there are and always have been different rules for rich people but maybe the injustice of it is motivating idk 1 Quote
romad1 Posted March 21 Author Posted March 21 24 minutes ago, pfife said: even the very lowest level of federal security clearances inquire and hammer you about illicit drug use and they have special parts in the application that say that includes weed even if it's legal in your state. So King Keta has been on the most popular podcast in the world smoking dope and now he's hearing the secret war plans with china it's not insightful to say there are and always have been different rules for rich people but maybe the injustice of it is motivating idk You ain't wrong Quote
chasfh Posted March 21 Posted March 21 13 hours ago, Tiger337 said: Based on suspicion or hope? Based on sarcasm. Quote
chasfh Posted March 21 Posted March 21 58 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said: In dictatorships, the offspring don't run, they are appointed as successors. A show election can accomplish the same result. Quote
Tigermojo Posted March 21 Posted March 21 31 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said: Send them to Siberia. It's much nicer than Mars. Quote
oblong Posted March 21 Posted March 21 All the talk about going to Mars.... I'm still not convinced we'll do it as humans. The moon is roughly 240,000 miles. Mars, because of the different points in orbit between that planet and us ranges from 35-140 million miles. In perspective scale, shrink the earth to the size of a typical globe you'd see in a school... the moon is 30 feet away. Mars would be a mile away. That 30 foot journey took 3-4 days during Apollo. If people are willing to go there and stay... far more likely. You can find tons of discussions out there on the subject. Quote
Motown Bombers Posted March 21 Posted March 21 The Mars talk is Musk's grift. It's never going to happen. He always makes these promises and never delivers but it causes people to invest in SpaceX. It's like with Tesla. Full self driving was a year away, in 2016. He was going to have a million robotaxis on the streets by 2020. He's PT Barnum. Just smoke and mirrors to pump the stock. 1 Quote
gehringer_2 Posted March 21 Posted March 21 2 hours ago, oblong said: All the talk about going to Mars.... I'm still not convinced we'll do it as humans. The moon is roughly 240,000 miles. Mars, because of the different points in orbit between that planet and us ranges from 35-140 million miles. In perspective scale, shrink the earth to the size of a typical globe you'd see in a school... the moon is 30 feet away. Mars would be a mile away. That 30 foot journey took 3-4 days during Apollo. If people are willing to go there and stay... far more likely. You can find tons of discussions out there on the subject. The expedition time to Mars and back compares to Magellan's expedition. Note that Magellan started with 5 ships, only one completed the trip and that was without Magellan himself. Not to mention that Magellan had an infinite supply of fuel (the wind) a pretty good chance of finding food anywhere he found land or shallow water (also hostile natives of course). What would you even do if someone died on the trip? You'd pretty much have to dump the body in space. Quote
Motown Bombers Posted March 21 Posted March 21 13 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: The expedition time to Mars and back compares to Magellan's expedition. Note that Magellan started with 5 ships, only one completed the trip and that was without Magellan himself. Not to mention that Magellan had an infinite supply of fuel (the wind) a pretty good chance of finding food anywhere he found land or shallow water (also hostile natives of course). What would you even do if someone died on the trip? You'd pretty much have to dump the body in space. Imagine if Trump is on that trip to Mars and you had to dump his fat orange corpse. It would start orbiting earth like a blood moon. A constant reminder of how America ****ed up. Quote
oblong Posted March 21 Posted March 21 23 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: What would you even do if someone died on the trip? You'd pretty much have to dump the body in space. This was a real concern during the Gemini spacewalks. Gemini IV was the first one and they had a hell of a time getting the hatch closed due to the suit pressurization. That was unexpected and the Russians had the same problem (they deflated Leonov's suit to a dangeous level) and of course they didn't share that info with us. Ed White was the strongest astronaut and if not for that they may not have gotten it. Then later on Gemini 9 for the next spacewalk, Deke Slayton pulled Tom Stafford aside and gave him the directive that if anything happens to Gene Cernan on his spacewalk he has to cut him loose. There's no way they could get a dead or incapacitated body back inside the capsule and close the hatch with just one person doing it, from the other side. Those capsules had two hatches, one for each person. Cernan did have a hard time on his walk as he did things White didn't. It was very exhausting. He would sweat and then the visor would ice over. He's using his oxygen. Comms were bad between him and the ship. He was very overheated and his heart rate got up to 195. He had to be ordered back in. All the things that seems like common sense now were being figured out. Like having footholds and bars to grab onto. They didn't know that. Otherwise, you touch something in zero G, then it pushes you away. You try to exert force and you just spin around (Think about sitting on a sit and spin as a kid, that's what it's like). Gravity is what allows you to open a jar of tomato sauce with your hands. Anyway.... in Stafford's book he said there was no way he would have done that, he would have fought it until the end and probably try to re-enter as best they could together knowing it was a suicide mission, rather than let two dead people and their ship orbit the earth. After the conversastion where he was told to cut him loose, Cernan asked Tom "What did Deke want?" "oh it's nothing" 1 Quote
romad1 Posted March 21 Author Posted March 21 7 hours ago, Hongbit said: We haven’t heard much from the Cocaine Kid since Elon has gotten involved. I wonder if he feels left out or happy it gives him more time to blow his nose. You know Will Arnett's Gob Bluth was a perfect model for him. Quote
Edman85 Posted March 22 Posted March 22 19 hours ago, oblong said: All the talk about going to Mars.... I'm still not convinced we'll do it as humans. The moon is roughly 240,000 miles. Mars, because of the different points in orbit between that planet and us ranges from 35-140 million miles. In perspective scale, shrink the earth to the size of a typical globe you'd see in a school... the moon is 30 feet away. Mars would be a mile away. That 30 foot journey took 3-4 days during Apollo. If people are willing to go there and stay... far more likely. You can find tons of discussions out there on the subject. Our alumni group had a woman speak several years ago who was one of the people sent to that remote mountain in Hawaii for a year to simulate the psychological toll this will take on people. At the time it sounded like we are a ways away from just that piece of the puzzle. 1 Quote
Tiger337 Posted March 22 Posted March 22 The Tesla vandals should be punished for what they are doing. They should get the same punishment anybody who committed a similar crime would get. However, they should not be punished more severely because the owner of the company is super wealthy and politically connected (to put it lightly). That would be far worse for our country than the crimes themselves. Quote
Tiger337 Posted March 22 Posted March 22 I am liking the Sanders/AOC anti-oligarchy/anti-authoitarianism tour. The moderates need to get involved too. They are being way too careful. 2 Quote
romad1 Posted March 24 Author Posted March 24 Good thread, i hope she breaks through She's nice looking for one thing. Quote
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