page 2 and myself both get a chubby when we see the saturn V

7/25/2007 6:00:53 PM

My uncle saw the Apollo 17 launch (Nighttime Saturn V launch)...I would give my left nut to have seen that.

7/25/2007 6:05:29 PM

the new business they're doing for the moon missions should be similar to the saturn v.

7/25/2007 6:49:01 PM

^^ This picture of the Apollo 11 is one of my favorites.



^ The Ares V that they plan on using for the next moon shot is of similar scale, although not nearly as cool.



(Ares V on the far right, Ares I next to it. The larger is for moving heavy cargo the smaller for moving people.)

[Edited on July 25, 2007 at 6:54 PM. Reason : .]

7/25/2007 6:51:51 PM

The Ares I looks so funny to me.

7/25/2007 7:19:00 PM

Look, I think even NASA chicks dig girth.

7/25/2007 11:59:35 PM

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"page 2 and myself both get a chubby when we see the saturn V"

Haha you should move to Huntsville then. The space and rocket center has a full size Saturn V at the rocket museum. You can see it from miles away. Ares I is the hotness though, that's what I'm actually working on right now. There is a 25 ft scaled model of it outside my building.

7/26/2007 9:14:11 AM

uh
yes a space elevator is "half-brained"
especially when it's primary component "nano-tubes" of reliable strength will likely NEVER FUCKING EXIST EVER

I took this picture on my last trip to Florida
turns out the grandfather of my boss helped build the housing for the rocket. he was the operator of a 100ft crane and said the saturn made it look like a toy. that's some hot shit


[Edited on July 26, 2007 at 10:09 AM. Reason : .]

7/26/2007 9:58:31 AM

My folks lived in Florida for a few years in the 60s after college so that my old man could work on the guidance computers for Apollo.

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7/26/2007 10:41:31 AM

^^ FYI, carbon nanotubes exist RIGHT NOW and have existed for a number of years. Check your facts, man.

http://www.pa.msu.edu/cmp/csc/nanotube.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_nanotube

7/27/2007 9:32:44 PM

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"uh yes a space elevator is "half-brained" especially when it's primary component "nano-tubes" of reliable strength will likely NEVER FUCKING EXIST EVER"

read alll the way to the end, man

7/28/2007 1:50:34 AM

^ Not true--watch this video.



http://video.aol.com/video-detail/id/4109960150

7/28/2007 12:11:36 PM

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"Of course they're smart. But aside from the guy who lands the shuttle most of the crews are uninteresting egg heads."

actually you would be wrong, usually there are only 2 or 3 dull eggheads in a crew, and we usually leave them at the ISS. The commander, pilot, MS1, MS2, and MS3 are all military trained pilots, and are not only well educated, but also some of the top pilots in their feild

The guy who lands the orbiter is the commander, which means they have already flown at least twice, once as a pilot, and once as mission specialist; the pilot, also has the capability to land and has already flown at least once as a MS. and MS's are usually newbies but still trained fighter pilots

7/28/2007 9:35:48 PM

it'd be too easy to fly a plane into the space elevator and knock that shit down

7/29/2007 4:57:50 PM

^ That's what this is for.

7/30/2007 8:23:30 AM