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Oct 13 2012 07:58pm
Quote (TeaRs- @ Oct 13 2012 07:39pm)
just means the giant leap is farther away is all, we still have that drive to go there


Well it's no longer for everyone. It's for anyone that can afford it.
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Oct 13 2012 08:02pm
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Well it's no longer for everyone.  It's for anyone that can afford it.


thats good i wanna go before i die :thumbsup:
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Oct 13 2012 08:42pm
Quote (TeaRs- @ Oct 13 2012 08:02pm)
thats good i wanna go before i die  :thumbsup:


Haha!

Fair enough :P
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Oct 16 2012 09:29pm
Quote (piddywiffle @ Oct 13 2012 09:58pm)
Well it's no longer for everyone.  It's for anyone that can afford it.


When was it ever for everyone?

When a private business can provide a cheaper service via space technology, THEN it'll be for everyone.
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Oct 17 2012 07:30am
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When was it ever for everyone?

When a private business can provide a cheaper service via space technology, THEN it'll be for everyone.


I suppose I'm leaning towards the psychological nature of it all.
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Oct 17 2012 10:56am
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It is, they train on conditions almost identical to the ISS for months before new astronauts/cosmonauts go up.

Besides, they have plenty of research information on that anyway, and it's not like when we have permenant space stations they'll actually have weightlessness. Time and money should be made on pratical and applied technology, not garbage research.


how would you exactly maintain prolonged weightlessness on earth?
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Oct 17 2012 08:12pm
Quote (Neptunus @ Oct 17 2012 10:56am)
how would you exactly maintain prolonged weightlessness on earth?


using centripetal acceleration or there's the vomit comet...i think that's what it's called anyway

then again centripetal acceleration would just provide a new "gravitational"-esque pull

This post was edited by Derkaderk on Oct 17 2012 08:13pm
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Oct 18 2012 12:19am
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using centripetal acceleration or there's the vomit comet...i think that's what it's called anyway

then again centripetal acceleration would just provide a new "gravitational"-esque pull


exactly

i can't think of a simulation where you could for example, create a spherical flame front. It's not necessarily something spectacular, but it gives one an idea of the fact there's things that are difficult to simulate.
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Oct 18 2012 01:02am
the world ends dec 21 2012
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