Americans are not on Mars, never went to the moon too - 2

[skyeagle409]

Use them as counter-weights to keep the spacecraft level. Remember, the spacecraft is operating in 3-D space so the other three sides are backups.<br /><br />

 

[spacechump]

No because if you roll them the spacecraft will start spinning like a top! <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

[petepan]

but its fake remember <img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" /> , the spaceship that is.

 

[luciusverus]

Well........ I''ve been off here all day, can't be a$$ed to read through the last 60 posts that have made it through to the "Bigbrain" enterainment thread since my last look-in.................... So:<br /><br />a) Have I missed anything constructive...........??<br /><br />b) Does BB stil find the need to WRITE IN BIG LETTERS............<br /><br />c) Has his/ her/ its command of the English language improved, or are we still in a state of lingual fluctuation............<br /><br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /><br />

 

[huey_pilot]

Bigbrain, get it through your **** head. A rocket will not start to spin or fall over when the engine is used as a brake. It is nothing like balancing a coke can on your finger.

 

[ehrichweiss]

BigBoob-If they turned on their engines to break, they would turn like spinning tops at that speed.<br /><br />Me:<br /><br />Ok, you must be assuming they are going to fire with everything they have all at once to slow the thing down but that's not how it works, to the best of my knowledge. It's like driving on ice, seeing a stop sign ahead and slamming your brakes on. You will definitely spin like a top if you do that and that happens here on earth, *and* it happens no matter where the major portion of the mass is. In the case of a car, that's typically the front but even my old VW Beetle would do it if I didn't have control. <br /><br />Now say you're driving on ice and you see a stop sign and you slowly begin to apply the brakes. You will remain relatively "straight" and if you do it well enough you will stop before you run the stop sign. If you had the time, distance and ability to spin your car 180 under control, you could duplicate what goes on in space.<br /><br />That last episode is what's going on in space. Only in this case they already know that the stop sign is coming years in advance and can turn the craft around and begin "braking" at their leisure. This doesn't even take into account the effects of gyroscopes which would keep the craft in control even more so and prevent some of Newton's laws from coming into play. <br /><br />The thing is, the "spinning like a top" would happen in the vacuum of space no matter what speed it is moving because it's a frictionless environment. But with good planning they can control it and prepare for all that you describe and then some. Afterall, that spinning isn't a permanent state unless they run out of fuel, or something else equally disastrous, and they're not likely going to try to do everything at the last moment without a backup plan. They wouldn't be engineers if they did that..they'd be, well, you.<br /><br />Now, if you'd like to prove me wrong, use a metaphor that accurately describes the situation because I will pic

 

[petepan]

thats odd, i thought i responded to this post....??<br />must of forgot to 'send'<br /><font color="yellow"><br />a) Have I missed anything constructive...........?? <br /></font><br /><br />Are you kidding? erm, no!<br /><br />ahh, i see, a double post ...<br />see the WTC collapse thread for my answers luciusVerus<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />

 

[a_lost_packet_]

<font color="yellow">blipbrain - YOUR PROBE IS IN 3D SPACE, NOT ON A LEVEL SURFACE WHERE LAWS OF NEWTON ARE SO PERFECT. </font><br /><br />ROFLMAO<br /><br />LOL<br /><br />Oh blipbrain, you're hilarious.<br /><br />Please, kind sir, explain Newton's Laws and how they differ between being able to move in 3 dimensions in comparison to "on a level surface."<br /><br />I'm shocked! Even Newton didn't know that his laws would change depending on whether or not he was on the ground or in the air!<br /><br />Blipbrain, you haven't a clue as to what you are talking about.<br /><br />There are two reasons people respond to your thread:<br /><br />1) ... The humor factor of pointing out your irrational and completely ludicrous ideas. Although that is subject to the laws of diminishing returns. At the moment, it's degenerated to the point of making people feel like they're picking on the kid who rides the short bus to school.<br /><br />2) ...To increase their post count.<br /><br />Please, do explain how Newton's laws change according to the context of your statement. I'll be ready to up my post-count with a reply.<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>

 

[Leovinus]

Hey, I hope you guys are all watching NASA TV right now to watch NASA fake another space probe. This one is "supposedly" hitting comet Temple 1. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[a_lost_packet_]

Woowoo! Just watched the impact!<br /><br />I suppose blipbrain will say it was Photoshopped.<br /><br />Amazing image too. The best "fireworks" ever done on the 4'th. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>

 

[telfrow]

Amazing photos....an amazing accomplishment. <br /><br />I'm sure he'll dismiss what we just saw. His loss. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>

 

[huey_pilot]

Yeah its pretty neat, I've been watching it for like 2 hours

 

[ehrichweiss]

yeah, I'm completely wowed by the images they're getting in. Can't wait to see what the results are in the morning.<br /><br />That flare up was amazing. The troll might have seen it if he didn't suffer from a strange condition where his cranium was performing a colonoscopy. Life must suck for him right now.

 

[luciusverus]

<b>The troll might have seen it if he didn't suffer from a strange condition where his cranium was performing a colonoscopy. Life must suck for him right now</b><br /><br /><br />Ouch........!!<br /><br />Oh that was SOOOO Low..............!!!<br /><br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /><br /><br />

 

[spaceinvador_old]

I can't wait to view the computer inhanced images. Did any of you see it from telescopes like you said you could?

 

[petepan]

<font color="yellow">Did any of you see it from telescopes like you said you could? </font><br /><br />it was still daylight downunder when it happened, and by the time i got home from work it was all over red rover... <img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" />

 

[telfrow]

<font color="yellow">Hey, I hope you guys are all watching NASA TV right now to watch NASA fake another space probe. This one is "supposedly" hitting comet Temple 1. </font><br /><br />http://planetary.org/news/2005/deep_impact_crash_0704.html<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>

 

[telfrow]

And here's some additional verification it didn't happen...<br /><br />http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMERX5DIAE_index_0.html <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>

 

[Leovinus]

Wow, this is a bigger conspiracy than I had first imagined. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[telfrow]

<font color="yellow">Wow, this is a bigger conspiracy than I had first imagined. </font><br /><br />Massive. <br /><br />Just massive. <br /><br />It boggles the mind. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>

 

[yevaud]

<font color="yellow">It boggles the mind.</font><br /><br />Well, boggles the Brain... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[telfrow]

<img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>

 

[bigbrain]

Hey, super dude,<br />go here:<br />http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMSBN5DIAE_index_0.html <br /><br />Is no longer the universe black?<br />Why does Hubble see it red? Is Hubble like a bull?<br />Habbull?<br /><br />In 1998 a producer made the same film of New Animation Softwares Agency "Deep Impact". Have you seen it?<br />Have you liked it?<br /><br />/* Shouted text deleted */<br />

 

[najab]

I have asked you several times not to post in all caps.

 

[luciusverus]

Busted.....!!<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" />