Live rocket launch in 10mins here

 

http://www.spacex.com/webcast/

I blame wanderers ways

 

Convincing everyone we can fix everything from a broken tap to a broken heart with an inflated bloon

 

It's no wonder all the helium has gone

But once fusion technology is sorted our great grandchildren will be swimming in so much by product helium fused from hydrogen that  helium settees will be all the rage and there will be air traffic cops stop folk from rising above certain heights above the ground. the redundant natural gas pipes will be used to pump it around the country and into your house.

 

 

ps save this post. I am the seer!

Edited February 12, 201511 yr by bgoefc

They've whittled the shortlist of folk wanting to go and live & die on Mars down to 100 now

If anyone still fancies applying though, there may be some places left

 

http://www.iflscience.com/space/mars-one-mission-whittles-potential-candidates-down-final-100

Is that really going to happen?

 

If so, that's fucking brill

 

Be like The Truman Show

Is that really going to happen?

If so, that's fucking brill

Be like The Truman Show

it's going to happen in our lifetime.

I was off work yesterday and found myself watching This Morning. Phil Schofield was interviewing 2 of the Mars 'hopefuls'. He pointed out that a recent study by M.I.T. says that based on current technology, if they made it to Mars, they would die of asphyxiation after 61 days. Even if they could find the means to survive, they wouldn't be able to procreate as their sexual organs would disintegrate because of the unrelenting barrage of radiation they'd be under. Testicles, ovaries and cosmic rays don't mix well. This led Phil to pose one of the greatest questions in the history of television when he asked them.......

 

'Aren't you afraid it will irradiated your nads?'

 

Having seen the calibre of the hopefuls with my own eyes and carrying out an in depth feasibility study, I'd give them a 0.0000632% of achieving the mission directive.

I believe its possible to last more than 61 days if you set up a potato farm

I believe its possible to last more than 61 days if you set up a potato farm

They'd need 4 potato farms though :-)

 

Plus they'd have to put up with the smell of each other's poo!

Why don't they take a massive air tight tent and fill it with oxygen and a recyclable water system?

why dont they fcuk it all off as a massive waste of time and money

Chris Columbas needed a mate like you

I believe its possible to last more than 61 days if you set up a potato farm

 

I'm just reading that book at the minute (on the recommendation of BCG) it's great 

I'm just reading that book at the minute (on the recommendation of BCG) it's great 

 

it is, best book i read last year

 

film is out November

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/

it is, best book i read last year

 

film is out November

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/

 

I hope the Casting Agent is good!

why dont they fcuk it all off as a massive waste of time and money

 

 

I heard on the telly earlier that the revenue from TV channels/advertising would cover the costs and then some.

 

It's basically the worlds longest snuff movie.

 

I say we send Ant and Dec.

Edited February 19, 201511 yr by Spider

 "Andromeda? Fuck 'em. If the cunts want some, we'll fucking give it to 'em. Light years - fuck off!  I'll give you light years, you cunts. Milky Way boys, we are here..."

 

Carl Sagan in a never broadcast "Cosmos" outtake, 1980, somewhat the worse for wear in the Mojave desert. He later blamed it on eating the wrong cactus.

I worked out it would take us 83,000 years to get to the nearest possibly habitable planet, and then it probably won't be habitable (it's one off Tau Ceti)...I think my maths might be wrong but it's definitely not less.

 

Anyhow, the mission to Mars, why not recruit a crew composed entirely of paedohphiles, then if it goes tits up and the rocket disintegrates on launch we can all cheer and dance a merry jig? If it actually gets there, they can do a tiny bit to redeem themselves by carrying out experiments and stuff (proper scientific ones).

best not just in case

 

Edited February 23, 201511 yr by ZicoKelly

That's exactly what we don't want to happen.

BBC Four - now 'Horizon - Are We Alone in The Universe?'

 

Probably been on before, like.

 

Oh aye, there's a total eclipse of the sun in 2026, nearest to us (geographically) probably in most of our lifetimes, the location is northern Spain - Basque Country and Cantabria, Asturias, Galicia...

 

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2026Aug12Tgoogle.html

 

There's a crap one next month - unless you're in The Faroe Islands or Svalbard (Norwegian Territory).

Edited February 25, 201511 yr by Youri McAnespie

The eclipse in March should still be pretty exciting. 85% blackout in London so it should be a little more than that up here!

The one back in 1999? was the biggest pile of wank ever. it was like a cloud passed over for a bit - shite.

 

Luckily we didn't have to wait long for an even bigger pile of wank (the millenium eve).

I was in Anglesey and it was amazing.

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150224-starry-starry-night