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1freelectron
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BananaFighter
User ID: 80038626 United States 07/20/2021 10:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So in a span of a couple of weeks we had to rich idiots waste hundreds of millions so they could achieve nothing of importance. Quoting: BananaFighter So you can shoot people straight up 60-70 miles and they can come straight down. There's no practical application for this. Also, if we supposedly sent someone to the moon then this is nothing. It's like we invented the car and got super excited to watch someone ride a bike. A private company making spaceflight routine for regular untrained people is something of importance in my book. Yes, the ticket price is at least 6 figures, but it's a start. Spaceflight? What part of this was space? They didn't even leave earths atmosphere. The part where they crossed 100 km altitude. That is space not only by the US definition but by the international definition as well. Also, where were their "space suits"? How were they protected from the massive radiation in the thermosphere? Quoting: BananaThey didn't have space suits, they weren't there to go on a space walk. The cabin was pressurized, cabin depressurization is just a risk they currently accept. Why are you under the impression that the radiation at that altitude would be dangerous over such a short time frame? I get asked to wear a lead apron when I get an xray is why. The space suits served a larger purpose than walking in space. "The suit protected the astronauts from the near-vacuum outside the spacecraft in case of a high-altitude bail-out " While 100km may be considered "space" it is in fact not space. "However, the air in this layer is so thin that it would feel freezing cold to us! In many ways, the thermosphere is more like outer space than a part of the atmosphere." Like outer space is not outer space. |
canyouhearmenow?
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BananaFighter
User ID: 80038626 United States 07/20/2021 10:03 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: BananaFighter Baby steps? Weren't we told by NASA that they sent someone to the moon in the 60's? Correct me if I'm wrong but this would be considered baby steps if it came BEFORE sending people to the moon. NASA says they sent remote control cars and helicopters to mars. They say they have pictures of Jupiter. They say people have lived in space for a year or more on the ISS and yet THIS is exciting? Again, you are not distinguishing between the efforts of a national aerospace agency and a private company, or even between a private company developing spacecraft to fulfill government contracts (Dragon) and a spacecraft developed solely to take up tourists (SS2 and New Shepard). Whether you like it or not, and you clearly don't like it, this is a baby step on the road of commercial space tourism. Again, what part of this was space? They never left Earths atmosphere. If they spent billions on alternative energy tech then maybe that would be exciting but at the end of the day a private company sending old people straight up at a cost of billions over the course of 15+ years is exceptionally cost prohibitive in the long run. The news will talk about this for about 2 days (at the most) and then nothing. Nothing will happen again and no one will be launched straight up again. Just a dog and pony show for the cameras. They experienced no gravity for 3 minutes. Sounds like space to me. parabolic flights offer weightlessness. Does that sound like space to you as well? |
Starburne
User ID: 80629169 South Africa 07/20/2021 10:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Starburne Well they not regular people then? They elitist scumbags that stole everybody's pensions/futures. They will be judged The bitterness and jealousy is unbecoming. If you have the cash, you can book a flight too. Gtfo. If I had that kind of money I pray I would do something that would actually benefit humanity, going on a space jaunt for a few mins does not fit the bill. Well, that's your decision to do with your money as you please. And it is Bezos' decision to develop this company with his money. You don't get a say in the matter. Personally, I'm glad for that kind of freedom. That kind of freedom may be short lived. We have a perfectly good sustainable home here at the edge of the galaxy which corporate greed is turning into an unsustainable shithole, and that twat Elon wants humanity to escape to a barren Mars. Who makes this shit up? You on the wrong side mate, take a good look in the mirror sometime, you should be ashamed of yourself. "I have no special talent, I am only passionately curious." -Albert Einstein |
Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 07/20/2021 10:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Astromut The bitterness and jealousy is unbecoming. If you have the cash, you can book a flight too. Gtfo. If I had that kind of money I pray I would do something that would actually benefit humanity, going on a space jaunt for a few mins does not fit the bill. Well, that's your decision to do with your money as you please. And it is Bezos' decision to develop this company with his money. You don't get a say in the matter. Personally, I'm glad for that kind of freedom. That kind of freedom may be short lived. We have a perfectly good sustainable home here at the edge of the galaxy which corporate greed is turning into an unsustainable shithole, and that twat Elon wants humanity to escape to a barren Mars. Who makes this shit up? You on the wrong side mate, take a good look in the mirror sometime, you should be ashamed of yourself. I'm willing to die for that kind of freedom. Are you willing to die to try to take it from me? |
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Coraline
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Artificial Person
User ID: 78830016 Germany 07/20/2021 10:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | (yadda yadda yadda) Quoting: Starburne That kind of freedom may be short lived. We have a perfectly good sustainable home here at the edge of the galaxy which corporate greed is turning into an unsustainable shithole, and that twat Elon wants humanity to escape to a barren Mars. Who makes this shit up? You on the wrong side mate, take a good look in the mirror sometime, you should be ashamed of yourself. There are no "greedy corporations" in China. Only Chinese Communist state-owned enterprises manned by greedy twisted human individuals. China is responsible for the majority of air and water pollution now. It's not "corporations". It's collectivist statism that is killing the planet and us personally. I am a Synthetic but I prefer the term "Artificial Person" myself. I answer to "Bishop", "Synthetic" and "Hey man". Bite my shiny metal ass. |
Artificial Person
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Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 07/20/2021 10:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Astromut A private company making spaceflight routine for regular untrained people is something of importance in my book. Yes, the ticket price is at least 6 figures, but it's a start. Spaceflight? What part of this was space? They didn't even leave earths atmosphere. The part where they crossed 100 km altitude. That is space not only by the US definition but by the international definition as well. Also, where were their "space suits"? How were they protected from the massive radiation in the thermosphere? Quoting: BananaThey didn't have space suits, they weren't there to go on a space walk. The cabin was pressurized, cabin depressurization is just a risk they currently accept. Why are you under the impression that the radiation at that altitude would be dangerous over such a short time frame? I get asked to wear a lead apron when I get an xray is why. Apples and oranges. The space suits served a larger purpose than walking in space. "The suit protected the astronauts from the near-vacuum outside the spacecraft in case of a high-altitude bail-out " Quoting: BananaYou don't read so good, do you? I already addressed the pressurization issue. Try reading my post before responding. While 100km may be considered "space" it is in fact not space. Quoting: BananaIt is internationally accepted as the line of space. You don't get to redefine that. |
Starburne
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Deplorable Doomfan45
User ID: 80197886 United States 07/20/2021 10:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Live now, about an hour and a half before launch. Today is the day Blue Origin attempts their first crewed launch of New Shepard, with both the youngest and oldest people to ever reach space on board. I just watched the whole CNN broadcast - not a single shot from inside the capsule and not a single EXTERIOR camera show of the horizon. What a waste of time - they went to 352,000 ft and not a single shot looking at the horizon. WTF doomfan |
Artificial Person
User ID: 65294809 Switzerland 07/20/2021 10:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Haha such a typical egocentric response. Keep licking the feet of your elitist masters, lap it up, you deserve each other Quoting: Starburne much love For being a South African, you really are a suicidal dick. I am a Synthetic but I prefer the term "Artificial Person" myself. I answer to "Bishop", "Synthetic" and "Hey man". Bite my shiny metal ass. |
cosmicgypsy
User ID: 80037766 United States 07/20/2021 10:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm a bit unsure why, but that was rather emotional for me. As a child I was watching when Challenger exploded, I was pretty traumatized and like anything traumatic I blocked it and my love of spaceflight out. This is the first time I've had an interest since then. I guess it was a bit of healing for me, even though NASA has been doing it for years. Strange and unexpected. Quoting: Daniel's Window Same reaction from me, back then and today. I honestly didn't even know it was happening today, found out when I woke up and clicked on the news. No plans on watching it at all, and then that. I've been thinking about it. I think it's the difference between it being a private flight and a gov't flight (NASA, et al). One is done without as much agenda and manipulation happening....there's more "freedom" in what happened today. It's the only difference I can find, and the excitement is from my core. It was a surprise to me, too, my excitement. I gotta say, it does feel good to feel this, to have seen this happen....regardless that its a baby step, it's still a bit of a leap. You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. -Buckminster Fuller ...I adapt to the unknown, under wandering stars I've grown, by myself, but not alone... [link to www.youtube.com (secure)] |
Starburne
User ID: 80629169 South Africa 07/20/2021 10:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Haha such a typical egocentric response. Keep licking the feet of your elitist masters, lap it up, you deserve each other Quoting: Starburne much love For being a South African, you really are a suicidal dick. What the fuck you talking about/ Egocentric - thinking only of oneself, without regard for the feelings or desires of others; self-centred. "egocentric loners with an overinflated sense of self-worth" Don't be a fucking tard "I have no special talent, I am only passionately curious." -Albert Einstein |
T-Man
Entitled title User ID: 76630935 Netherlands 07/20/2021 10:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: BananaFighter Baby steps? Weren't we told by NASA that they sent someone to the moon in the 60's? Correct me if I'm wrong but this would be considered baby steps if it came BEFORE sending people to the moon. NASA says they sent remote control cars and helicopters to mars. They say they have pictures of Jupiter. They say people have lived in space for a year or more on the ISS and yet THIS is exciting? Again, you are not distinguishing between the efforts of a national aerospace agency and a private company, or even between a private company developing spacecraft to fulfill government contracts (Dragon) and a spacecraft developed solely to take up tourists (SS2 and New Shepard). Whether you like it or not, and you clearly don't like it, this is a baby step on the road of commercial space tourism. Again, what part of this was space? They never left Earths atmosphere. If they spent billions on alternative energy tech then maybe that would be exciting but at the end of the day a private company sending old people straight up at a cost of billions over the course of 15+ years is exceptionally cost prohibitive in the long run. The news will talk about this for about 2 days (at the most) and then nothing. Nothing will happen again and no one will be launched straight up again. Just a dog and pony show for the cameras. They experienced no gravity for 3 minutes. Sounds like space to me. you realize they were falling. not weightless. i believe. |
Supreme ChugALugging
User ID: 72971923 United States 07/20/2021 11:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The capsule should of had the audio of the 60s ..much better then ...then now... What an joke... Last Edited by ChugALugging on 07/20/2021 11:11 AM Romans 14:11 It is written: “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God. Revelation 20:15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire. |
Jim Collins
User ID: 80555847 Mongolia 07/20/2021 11:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Astromut Again, you are not distinguishing between the efforts of a national aerospace agency and a private company, or even between a private company developing spacecraft to fulfill government contracts (Dragon) and a spacecraft developed solely to take up tourists (SS2 and New Shepard). Whether you like it or not, and you clearly don't like it, this is a baby step on the road of commercial space tourism. Again, what part of this was space? They never left Earths atmosphere. If they spent billions on alternative energy tech then maybe that would be exciting but at the end of the day a private company sending old people straight up at a cost of billions over the course of 15+ years is exceptionally cost prohibitive in the long run. The news will talk about this for about 2 days (at the most) and then nothing. Nothing will happen again and no one will be launched straight up again. Just a dog and pony show for the cameras. They experienced no gravity for 3 minutes. Sounds like space to me. parabolic flights offer weightlessness. Does that sound like space to you as well? zero G and free-fall feel the same, but they are not the same. |
Austin Buzz
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AnneFranksDrumKit
User ID: 78968227 United States 07/20/2021 11:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Live now, about an hour and a half before launch. Today is the day Blue Origin attempts their first crewed launch of New Shepard, with both the youngest and oldest people to ever reach space on board. I just watched the whole CNN broadcast - not a single shot from inside the capsule and not a single EXTERIOR camera show of the horizon. What a waste of time - they went to 352,000 ft and not a single shot looking at the horizon. WTF Exactly. Like, GTFOOH! My porch camera from Amazon can capture licence plate numbers of cars driving by in real time on my phone, yet, these fuckheads can't/won't broadcast a single shot from the zenith of this "epic" event?!? Something is seriously fucked up about that... |
Austin Buzz
User ID: 80273364 United States 07/20/2021 11:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Live now, about an hour and a half before launch. Today is the day Blue Origin attempts their first crewed launch of New Shepard, with both the youngest and oldest people to ever reach space on board. I just watched the whole CNN broadcast - not a single shot from inside the capsule and not a single EXTERIOR camera show of the horizon. What a waste of time - they went to 352,000 ft and not a single shot looking at the horizon. WTF Exactly. Like, GTFOOH! My porch camera from Amazon can capture licence plate numbers of cars driving by in real time on my phone, yet, these fuckheads can't/won't broadcast a single shot from the zenith of this "epic" event?!? Something is seriously fucked up about that... More and more people are waking up to the lie. Seems that makes them push the lie harder. They suck. |
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T-Man
Entitled title User ID: 78270630 Netherlands 07/20/2021 11:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Huge waste of money, time and resources. Put as much effort in freeing people from communist regimes and feeding and housing the poor. Quoting: Coraline Most of them will just burn it down. I cant even understand how one can talk about fighting communism in the same sentence they say "and feed and house the poor" That might just be me tho... |
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Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 07/20/2021 11:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Live now, about an hour and a half before launch. Today is the day Blue Origin attempts their first crewed launch of New Shepard, with both the youngest and oldest people to ever reach space on board. I just watched the whole CNN broadcast - not a single shot from inside the capsule and not a single EXTERIOR camera show of the horizon. What a waste of time - they went to 352,000 ft and not a single shot looking at the horizon. WTF Exactly. Like, GTFOOH! My porch camera from Amazon can capture licence plate numbers of cars driving by in real time on my phone, yet, these fuckheads can't/won't broadcast a single shot from the zenith of this "epic" event?!? Something is seriously fucked up about that... More and more people are waking up to the lie. Seems that makes them push the lie harder. They suck. It's really going to suck for you when more and more people start flying on this thing and bringing back footage from the flight. |
Busterhymen
User ID: 47889666 United States 07/20/2021 11:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Live now, about an hour and a half before launch. Today is the day Blue Origin attempts their first crewed launch of New Shepard, with both the youngest and oldest people to ever reach space on board. I just watched the whole CNN broadcast - not a single shot from inside the capsule and not a single EXTERIOR camera show of the horizon. What a waste of time - they went to 352,000 ft and not a single shot looking at the horizon. WTF Yeah, I wondered about that too. Bezos could have at least taken one of his Ring doorbell cameras with him. WTF? FCK the WEF! Keep your hands off my country! |