FlyerTon Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 https://twitter.com/nasa_orion 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Trying again for 1255 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyerTon Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 NASA TV link back up again: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#.VIBYjDF3MYl 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyerTon Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Aborted 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Feckin wind again.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quentin Taranbino Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I didn't realise that the most habitable place outside our solar system for humans would be in the clouds of Venus. Just done some interesting reading on it. Surface of Venus is out of the question naturally but apparently 30 miles up from the surface in the clouds is an almost perfect living conditions for humans to the point where we wouldn't need space suits and could walk around comfortably (the gravity, atmosphere and temperature is almost the same as Earth). in other words, big floating cities in the clouds of Venus would be perfectly habitable. Given that its a good bit closer than any other planet, I'm assuming the only reasons we aren't doing this is that there are no long term natural resources? Someone brainer than me on here will have the answers I'm sure..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I didn't realise that the most habitable place outside our solar system for humans would be in the clouds of Venus. Just done some interesting reading on it. Surface of Venus is out of the question naturally but apparently 30 miles up from the surface in the clouds is an almost perfect living conditions for humans to the point where we wouldn't need space suits and could walk around comfortably (the gravity, atmosphere and temperature is almost the same as Earth). in other words, big floating cities in the clouds of Venus would be perfectly habitable. Given that its a good bit closer than any other planet, I'm assuming the only reasons we aren't doing this is that there are no long term natural resources? Someone brainer than me on here will have the answers I'm sure..... I'd imagine they'll be waiting for someone to come up with design for a floating city in the clouds. Like what colour would it be for starters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I'd imagine they'll be waiting for someone to come up with design for a floating city in the clouds. Like what colour would it be for starters. http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080131144129/starwars/images/6/6a/Cloud_City.jpg 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyerTon Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 (edited) Now going for 13:26 http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#.VIBYjDF3MYl Edited December 4, 2014 by FlyerTon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 No it's not 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyerTon Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Scrubbed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 They're hoping to give it another go tomorrow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 On for 1205 again, weather permitting. No technical issues. Hopefully it's not Groundhog day at Cape Canaveral. http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#.VIF8yDGsWYA 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Fucking stream cut out at 10 seconds to go.. Got it back on Ustream, 2 mins from ground to space, spectacular stuff. NASA are covering the whole 4 hour mission till splashdown. http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Caught the full launch on BBC News. I find it amazing that it leaves land at 12:05 and is in space before 12:10, the equivalent distance of Aberdeen to Dundee. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 (edited) Best for me was the no commentary feed from the onboard "Rocket Camera". You can tell when you're in space because the noise just disappears. Breaking the speed of sound lifting around 300 tonnes straight up after about a minute was gobsmacking too. Edited December 5, 2014 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Cracking live feed from Orion orbiting at the moment. About to fire rocket to zoom away from Earth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quentin Taranbino Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 So assuming everything went well - when are we likely to send folk to Mars? Are we talking 5-10 years? 20-30 years? etc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 (edited) So assuming everything went well - when are we likely to send folk to Mars? Are we talking 5-10 years? 20-30 years? etc They're talking about 2030 but they've got a lot of problems to solve before doing it, cosmic radiation killing the crew for one. If you've any ideas send them here*, could be some money in it. I don't see them sending people into deep space for a long time, intelligent robots will become more efficient and they're a lot easier to look after in hostile environments. There won't be any scientific advantage in sending people, and it's an awful lot more expensive and technically challenging. Who wants to live on Mars anyway, it's a dump, makes Livingstone look full of character. I won't be volunteering until they build generational ships, where they can put you to sleep and wake up by an earthlike planet on the other side of the galaxy. *https://www.innocentive.com/ar/challenge/9933637 Edited December 5, 2014 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis pakora Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Best for me was the no commentary feed from the onboard "Rocket Camera". You can tell when you're in space because the noise just disappears. Breaking the speed of sound lifting around 300 tonnes straight up after about a minute was gobsmacking too. Any videos for this as I missed it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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