Michael Hanlon

So we won't be going to Mars, not in my lifetime anyway. And not back to the moon either, not for decades. Buzz Lightyear fantasies are dashed. Don't believe the spin - the dream is over.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2042...ace-flight.html

Whatever happened to the idea of riding solar winds through space?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24279368/ns/te..._science-space/

The sun went out?

Solar sails are impractical. They would have to be so thin as to be unworkable, except for perhaps an advanced civilization that already had cities in space.

The boldness we need is not to be had yet. After we achieve world peace, perhaps mankind will cast about for a worthy constructive goal such as space colonization.

"The problem is not money: the US can afford an extra $3 billion a year. It is psychological. "

Yes, indeed. I am "hopeful" that after Obama solves the economic and war problems, he will then pursue a bold long term vision for space. Until then, all we have is hope.

Typical! - Show us the shop window (cf Hubble), then tell us we can't have the sweets!

Wait, it gets worse. No money for space, but billions for starting up the micro-black hole machine at CERN.

.... Well, at least they are putting money where they should be at this point in time!

Right, war and planetary destruction. Humans! They will end up with what they deserve.

haha.... not what I meant! I meant the billions you mentioned for starting up the micro-black hole machine at CERN.

Yes, what part of Planetary Destruction don't you understand?

http://rjwagner49.com/Science/Physics/LHC/...0911.1884v1.pdf

.... you and the other wagner are both paranoid crack smokers if you really believe something apocalyptic is about to arise out of experiments conducted by the LHC at CERN.

never believe

http://rjwagner49.com/Science/Physics/LHC/...0911.1884v1.pdf:

Our overall conclusion is therefore that the tidal-charged black holes are a viable model of micro-black holes which might be produced at the LHC. The model predicts that such black holes cannot grow to catastrophic size, but might live long enough to escape the detectors and result in significant amounts of missing energy.

So we're OK then!

It seems you believe it's safe when that hasn't been shown.

Only if his theoretical prediction that the growth rate is sufficiently slow can be validated. Many predictions like that one have been shown to be way wrong before. His mathematics might have been influenced by wishful thinking, or there is an unknown effect that cannot yet be taken into account because our knowledge of physics is insufficient.

.... that is true rick, but I have to believe that there are a lot of smarter people than you and I that are on top of the safety of this thing!

Too many Americans thinking like that are what got George Bush elected President. More skepticism is needed, not more gullibility.

.... thankfully for the likes of you, and me, that I am no american

On 12 April 1961, Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human in outer space and the first to orbit the Earth.

The launch of the first man-made object to orbit the Earth was the USSR's Sputnik 1, on October 4, 1957.

haha.... only the british!

Gagarin's spaceship was named Vostok 1. See if there's a band for that one, clever dick!

Kosmonaut is a five-piece rock band from Hamilton, Ontario. Their 6-song debut EP was Vostok-1. Only in Canada!

kosmonaut

http://www.myspace.com/kosmonautmusic

I know that. And the space robotic arms are made in Canada!

It ain't over until it's over:

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/09112...id-mission.html

That Orion spacecraft is quite the little gadget!

Models.

love missile

21st century boy

Nice one! You seem to have taken to those lovely boys.

I actually used to listen to them back in the 80's

I'd never heard of them til this item. Punk never really went away in the UK, you know:

hell man.... he's right up there with iggy and the ramones as the best punk rockers of all time!

london's calling

I fought the law

should i stay or should i go

anarchy in the uk