Comments on: A new plan for space http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/a-new-plan-for-space.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 02:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: zarray http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/a-new-plan-for-space.html#comment-1425277 zarray Wed, 16 May 2012 10:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=160825#comment-1425277 Lets send up Newt Lets send up Newt

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/a-new-plan-for-space.html#comment-1425131 niktemadur Wed, 16 May 2012 03:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=160825#comment-1425131 Sorry for the political rant, but... Please please please, no links to Murdoch owned websites, his putrid media empire is not getting any traffic hits from me and I'm not about to uninstall the excellent Murdoch Block extension for Firefox (also available for Chrome). https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/murdoch-block/ Sorry for the political rant, but…

Please please please, no links to Murdoch owned websites, his putrid media empire is not getting any traffic hits from me and I’m not about to uninstall the excellent Murdoch Block extension for Firefox (also available for Chrome).

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/murdoch-block/

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/a-new-plan-for-space.html#comment-1424905 penguinchris Tue, 15 May 2012 22:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=160825#comment-1424905 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot</a> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/a-new-plan-for-space.html#comment-1424623 bcsizemo Tue, 15 May 2012 17:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=160825#comment-1424623 Bring them back, or bring it all back? I was always under the impression that an asteroid could contain lots of heavy metals and minerals.  If you make it there, why not design the ship to get it back?  (Obviously energy and thrust might be an issue, but hey go big.) Bring them back, or bring it all back?

I was always under the impression that an asteroid could contain lots of heavy metals and minerals.  If you make it there, why not design the ship to get it back?  (Obviously energy and thrust might be an issue, but hey go big.)

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/a-new-plan-for-space.html#comment-1424621 bcsizemo Tue, 15 May 2012 17:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=160825#comment-1424621 And no mere human can either, only Bruce Willis... And no mere human can either, only Bruce Willis…

]]> By: chf64 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/a-new-plan-for-space.html#comment-1424613 chf64 Tue, 15 May 2012 17:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=160825#comment-1424613 Robots can't plant the Nuke that saves us from the asteroid about to impact with Earth.  Didn't you watch Armageddon? This sounds like some kind of Cold War era planning for the future going on here. Robots can’t plant the Nuke that saves us from the asteroid about to impact with Earth.  Didn’t you watch Armageddon?

This sounds like some kind of Cold War era planning for the future going on here.

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/a-new-plan-for-space.html#comment-1424574 Noctilucent Studios Tue, 15 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=160825#comment-1424574 Has anyone seen a good graphical representation of what the Earth would look like from a near Earth object? Exactly how near is near?....and put me in the column of people who want to see people on the asteroid. Imagine what it would mean for little kids all over the globe to see a person, man or woman, standing there on a rock in deep space. Has anyone seen a good graphical representation of what the Earth would look like from a near Earth object? Exactly how near is near?….and put me in the column of people who want to see people on the asteroid. Imagine what it would mean for little kids all over the globe to see a person, man or woman, standing there on a rock in deep space.

]]> By: Cocomaan http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/a-new-plan-for-space.html#comment-1424520 Cocomaan Tue, 15 May 2012 16:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=160825#comment-1424520 PR = the only way NASA is likely to get money. PR = the only way NASA is likely to get money.

]]> By: Andrew Singleton http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/a-new-plan-for-space.html#comment-1424405 Andrew Singleton Tue, 15 May 2012 13:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=160825#comment-1424405 ...three crates over from Jimmy Hoffa's body and a few rows up from the Roswell alien (I'ts being kept in case others show up wanting to take the body home.) …three crates over from Jimmy Hoffa’s body and a few rows up from the Roswell alien (I’ts being kept in case others show up wanting to take the body home.)

]]> By: VicqRuiz http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/a-new-plan-for-space.html#comment-1424394 VicqRuiz Tue, 15 May 2012 13:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=160825#comment-1424394 I would love to support this, but I fear it will wind up with all the other "back to space exploration" proposals. They are stored in a crate right behind the Ark of the Covenant, next to the crate labeled "Middle East Peace Plans". I would love to support this, but I fear it will wind up with all the other “back to space exploration” proposals.

They are stored in a crate right behind the Ark of the Covenant, next to the crate labeled “Middle East Peace Plans”.

]]> By: MarcVader http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/a-new-plan-for-space.html#comment-1424368 MarcVader Tue, 15 May 2012 12:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=160825#comment-1424368  The way I see it: Putting robots in space = science. Putting humans in space (further out than our moon) = PR. I think this is true until we've truly mastered doing science with robots, and we've just started. Unfortunately this kind of PR with humans costs way more than doing science with robots. So even less real science can be conducted with NASA's budget restrictions, much less! Makes no sense. Unless of course if you don't care about science at all, but just want to see some Americans walking on stuff before anybody else. ಠ_ಠ  The way I see it: Putting robots in space = science. Putting humans in space (further out than our moon) = PR. I think this is true until we’ve truly mastered doing science with robots, and we’ve just started.

Unfortunately this kind of PR with humans costs way more than doing science with robots. So even less real science can be conducted with NASA’s budget restrictions, much less! Makes no sense. Unless of course if you don’t care about science at all, but just want to see some Americans walking on stuff before anybody else. ಠ_ಠ

]]> By: digi_owl http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/a-new-plan-for-space.html#comment-1424369 digi_owl Tue, 15 May 2012 12:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=160825#comment-1424369  I only skimmed it, but i found no mention of a potential destination.  I only skimmed it, but i found no mention of a potential destination.

]]> By: Sceadugenga http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/a-new-plan-for-space.html#comment-1424355 Sceadugenga Tue, 15 May 2012 12:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=160825#comment-1424355 I was excited until the "bring them back to Earth again" part. I was excited until the “bring them back to Earth again” part.

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