Secret US spaceplane returns to Earth after record flight
May 8, 2017 15:46:59 #
May 10, 2017 00:12:03 #
Once again rocket ships. Why are we as a race of supposedly intelligent beings using this as a means of leaving the planet?. We cannot get far using this kind of technology and I know I am going to get blasted for stating this but its a fact.And no I dont know of any other way of doing it but then I'm not a scientist but another way will have to come if we are to explore and expand into outer space.
May 10, 2017 09:58:07 #
That ship was designed to study the earth, not space. It is mostly a retrievable spy satellite.
May 10, 2017 11:09:05 #
Adicus wrote:
Once again rocket ships. Why are we as a race of supposedly intelligent beings using this as a means of leaving the planet?. We cannot get far using this kind of technology and I know I am going to get blasted for stating this but its a fact.And no I dont know of any other way of doing it but then I'm not a scientist but another way will have to come if we are to explore and expand into outer space.
They, the scientists, haven't come up with anything better yet. I am sure that they have been looking at all types of propulsion.
May 10, 2017 15:58:55 #
My point really is that this kind of propulsion has been around since Adam was a lad and we need to do something competently different to explore the vast regions of space. I am certain that we will come up this means of harnessing free energy that is everywhere (Gravity, Magnetism , Dark matter, Anti matter) and we will get out there eventually because we are a restless race .
May 10, 2017 17:39:53 #
Adicus wrote:
My point really is that this kind of propulsion has been around since Adam was a lad and we need to do something competently different to explore the vast regions of space. I am certain that we will come up this means of harnessing free energy that is everywhere (Gravity, Magnetism , Dark matter, Anti matter) and we will get out there eventually because we are a restless race .
My guess is that neither of us will be around to witness that should it eventuate!
May 10, 2017 17:45:41 #
I can guarantee that bcheary. I'm hitting 73 this year and not getting any younger . When we got to the moon in 1969 I was 25 and thought we would have been on Mars well before now but it wasn't to be.
May 10, 2017 17:47:09 #
Adicus wrote:
I can guarantee that bcheary. I'm hitting 73 this year and not getting any younger . When we got to the moon in 1969 I was 25 and thought we would have been on Mars well before now but it wasn't to be.
You are just a spring chicken mate. I turn 81 this month! So far it has been one helluva ride!
May 10, 2017 20:30:18 #
You are so right and in many ways life gets better and better as time goes by
May 10, 2017 21:51:13 #
Adicus wrote:
You are so right and in many ways life gets better and better as time goes by
There you go!May 13, 2017 20:29:51 #
Adicus wrote:
I can guarantee that bcheary. I'm hitting 73 this year and not getting any younger . When we got to the moon in 1969 I was 25 and thought we would have been on Mars well before now but it wasn't to be.
We could have already gone to Mars; all it takes is the national will and money to do it. Most people don't realize that the NASA budget is only about 0.5% (1/2 of one per cent) of the Federal budget; well in the noise. We could double or triple the NASA budget and it would not be noticed, yet we could really go exploring. Also, there are always "unintended benefits" realized from the technology development. BTW, I'm not too far behind you.
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