Kurt
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Originally posted by Ste W
Not alot of people know, but Buzz Aldrin missed out the word 'a' from his speech, rendering it grammatically incorrect.
He should have said, 'One small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind.'
True that!
i thought it was Neil Armstrong?
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jibjob
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i just think theres so many rumours/stories/theories that theres always going to be people like me that dont believe because ive heard the theories but never had all the answers
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andy1868
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what form of radiation are we talking? i'm sure the theory must go into more detail, but something as simple as lead windows on the space craft is going to stop even gamma radiation 
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Ste
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Originally posted by Kurt
i thought it was Neil Armstrong?
It was. Edited to correct my stupidity 
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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sand-eel
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Originally posted by John
Any sources for that eel, never heard it before.
It was on a program on BBC 1 I think a while ago.
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sand-eel
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Something to do with that...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Van_Allen_radiation_belt.svg
Plasma
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John
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There is definitely loads of radiation up there but that was known well before they sent people up afaik so they would have shielded for it.
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Hammer
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Originally posted by Ste W
Not alot of people know, but Neil Armstrong missed out the word 'a' from his speech, rendering it grammatically incorrect.
He should have said, 'One small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind.'
True that!
[Edited on 24-06-2009 by Ste W]
Was in a programme last week, it would have been less epic with the 'a' imo.
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sand-eel
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You can't really shield from radiation at all in space unless you have think lead, concrete, aluminium etc which is all too heavy to take up there.
Sometimes when astronauts close there eyes they get flashes of light in their eyes, that is the radiation particals hitting off the nerve endings inside their eyes making the brain think there is light, another interesting thing I thought.
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noshua
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Old, but some good info in the first few paragraphs about cancer and mars;
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/17feb_radiation.htm
sand-eel, since when has every astronaut died of cancer?
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Wrighty
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i love space, its fookin mind blowing how super massive it is and whats out there
i dont think the human race will get much further into space though, we are just too fragile to withstand stuff
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ed
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Originally posted by Jambo
Seriously, we are going backwards.
I was thinking this earlier. No longer are people pioneering enough to do things to see if it's possible. You're not going to see another Concorde because people would only take on a project like that if it was going to be financially rewarding. No longer are people going to fly to the moon and back just to see if it's possible to do it because people will complain and say there is no point.
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Daimo B
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Originally posted by Ojc
The moon eventually like John says will be where further space exploration will be launched from.
It's much easier to launch a ship from the moon due to low gravity meaning less fuel required to get a ship off the ground.
If the nations of the world came together and actually pulled their resources together during the 60's and 70's until present day we would be on Mars by now, but instead we would rather go around flying planes into buildings and invade small Middle Eastern countries and steal their oil.
Here here... I fully believe this is true.
Search Bill Hicks, he had the same ideas. The amount of money spent on defence, if 1/4 that was put into space exploration, we'd be at Mars by now.
Its shame, the shuttles being decomissioned next year, no more space shuttle. It'll be small auto guided ships that go to the ISS and back. Now if those ships went to the moon, to a moon base, imagine how much easier life would be? Do exactly the same thing as the ISS, but take it up in chunks and build it on the moon base.. Easy way to launch, no gravity issues, and a lot bigger better transport.
Just need a way of having a better propulsion system now.... Warp speed?b
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John
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We will have warp on April 5th 2063.
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Ojc
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Zefram Cochrane.
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Cosmo
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Anyone in to this space shit I really suggest you get yourself to Cape Canaveral and see all the stuff thats there, really amazing stuff 
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Jambo
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Ed  nobody takes risks, financialy or otherwise. The Chineese will rule all. I dont fear their numbers, i fear their obedience and lust for industry/technology. They will be on Mars before us.
are they not replacing the Space Shuttle with a newer model?!
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ed
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That's good because apparently the polar ice caps will have melted by then 
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Jambo
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Originally posted by Cosmo
Anyone in to this space shit I really suggest you get yourself to Cape Canaveral and see all the stuff thats there, really amazing stuff
Want
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Cosmo
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Its a shame I went when I was so young (think about 12 or 13). Id appreciate it so much more now than back then.
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Marc
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Fake moon landing in the Nevada desert:
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Ojc
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We need a war to further technology.
Fact.
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Jambo
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Originally posted by ed
That's good because apparently the polar ice caps will have melted by then
Wouldnt worry about that, we will have all died from Swine flu and Bird flu by then, or a new strain of Horse flu or Dog chlamidia, or so im led to believe
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Daimo B
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Originally posted by Cosmo
Anyone in to this space shit I really suggest you get yourself to Cape Canaveral and see all the stuff thats there, really amazing stuff
Going in september.
Wanna do the astronaught training day  Got to book well in advance. Which I think we're actually doing the park booking tickets tonight, so will do then
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Cosmo
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I was looking into that Zero G thing on James May's show the other day - cost about $5k to do it
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