Comments on: Testing spacesuits beneath the Earth's surface http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/testing-spacesuits-beneath-the.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 17:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: lecti http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/testing-spacesuits-beneath-the.html#comment-1413485 lecti Thu, 03 May 2012 22:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158321#comment-1413485 "Waking Mars, The Movie". “Waking Mars, The Movie”.

]]> By: Narmitaj http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/testing-spacesuits-beneath-the.html#comment-1413409 Narmitaj Thu, 03 May 2012 21:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158321#comment-1413409  Yes, me too, I immediately thought of Tintin. He contended with caves and an ice sheet.  Yes, me too, I immediately thought of Tintin. He contended with caves and an ice sheet.

]]> By: Ian McMurtrie http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/testing-spacesuits-beneath-the.html#comment-1413340 Ian McMurtrie Thu, 03 May 2012 20:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158321#comment-1413340 I was there last October, this Cave is open to the public for walking tours (walking up the mountain to reach the cave and bypassing the gondola is also an option). Great experience, consider it if you are ever in the Saltzburg region. I was there last October, this Cave is open to the public for walking tours (walking up the mountain to reach the cave and bypassing the gondola is also an option).

Great experience, consider it if you are ever in the Saltzburg region.

]]> By: Henry Pootel http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/testing-spacesuits-beneath-the.html#comment-1413269 Henry Pootel Thu, 03 May 2012 19:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158321#comment-1413269 The idea of robotic cave exploration is kind of fascinating to me.  I'm wondering why there isn't more of it done?  It's a great learning/development experience for this kind of forward-looking need, but at the same time allows for a lot of risk-free exploration beyond what most (or all) humans are capable of.   Imagine experiencing the mystery and awe of cave exploration via remote vehicle? The idea of robotic cave exploration is kind of fascinating to me.  I’m wondering why there isn’t more of it done?  It’s a great learning/development experience for this kind of forward-looking need, but at the same time allows for a lot of risk-free exploration beyond what most (or all) humans are capable of.   Imagine experiencing the mystery and awe of cave exploration via remote vehicle?

]]> By: aynrandspenismighty http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/testing-spacesuits-beneath-the.html#comment-1413187 aynrandspenismighty Thu, 03 May 2012 18:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158321#comment-1413187 If he turns on the reactor to melt the ice, will Australia become inhabitable like Mars? If he turns on the reactor to melt the ice, will Australia become inhabitable like Mars?

]]> By: sema4 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/testing-spacesuits-beneath-the.html#comment-1413176 sema4 Thu, 03 May 2012 18:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158321#comment-1413176  I came here to post that exact comment!  I wonder if Hergé knew about this cave.  I came here to post that exact comment!  I wonder if Hergé knew about this cave.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/testing-spacesuits-beneath-the.html#comment-1413140 Brainspore Thu, 03 May 2012 17:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158321#comment-1413140 I thought the "World of the Ice Giants" was home to the arch-enemies of Asgard. I thought the “World of the Ice Giants” was home to the arch-enemies of Asgard.

]]> By: Atvaark http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/testing-spacesuits-beneath-the.html#comment-1413130 Atvaark Thu, 03 May 2012 17:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158321#comment-1413130 Tintin "Explorers on the Moon" has that exact same scene. Tintin “Explorers on the Moon” has that exact same scene.

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/testing-spacesuits-beneath-the.html#comment-1413087 Rich Keller Thu, 03 May 2012 17:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158321#comment-1413087 Really cool pictures. I like how the ice takes forms similar to the stalactites, stalagmites and flowstone. Seeing Herr Schildhammer in a spacesuit in that cave is fun. I know it's from a scientific test, but I've been conditioned to perceive as a still from a TV show or movie.   Are they going to test this in other places? Mars has some crazy wind speeds and the katabatic winds coming off the plateau in Antarctica is probably the closest we have to that. Really cool pictures. I like how the ice takes forms similar to the stalactites, stalagmites and flowstone. Seeing Herr Schildhammer in a spacesuit in that cave is fun. I know it’s from a scientific test, but I’ve been conditioned to perceive as a still from a TV show or movie.
 
Are they going to test this in other places? Mars has some crazy wind speeds and the katabatic winds coming off the plateau in Antarctica is probably the closest we have to that.

]]> By: Stonewalker http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/testing-spacesuits-beneath-the.html#comment-1413070 Stonewalker Thu, 03 May 2012 17:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158321#comment-1413070 This.  This is why I come to BoingBoing each and every day. This.  This is why I come to BoingBoing each and every day.

]]> By: Henry Pootel http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/testing-spacesuits-beneath-the.html#comment-1413049 Henry Pootel Thu, 03 May 2012 16:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158321#comment-1413049 Any links to source of this or further information? *edit* See http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,831024,00.html for more info along with some video... Any links to source of this or further information?

*edit*
See http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,831024,00.html for more info along with some video…

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