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One of THE greatest technological miracles ever, surely?

Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 168,013
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I can scarcely imagine how difficult this was...




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  • rabdenirorabdeniro Member Posts: 4,382
    Quite amazing how it landed back on on the launch tower.
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  • goldongoldon Member Posts: 8,939
    Spooky ! .... as Elvis would say.. "Return to Sender."
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  • mumsiemumsie Member Posts: 7,876
    Yes, absolutely brilliant and another large step for mankind, brought a tear to my eye, the wonder of it.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwQdrhp__k
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  • DoublemeDoubleme Member Posts: 2,011
    mumsie said:

    Yes, absolutely brilliant and another large step for mankind, brought a tear to my eye, the wonder of it.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwQdrhp__k

    yeah well if there is intelligent life out there they wont put up with our **** and will wipe us out. Should we ever get out there.
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  • DoublemeDoubleme Member Posts: 2,011
    HENDRIK62 said:

    Doubleme said:

    mumsie said:

    Yes, absolutely brilliant and another large step for mankind, brought a tear to my eye, the wonder of it.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwQdrhp__k

    yeah well if there is intelligent life out there they wont put up with our **** and will wipe us out. Should we ever get out there.
    FFS, do you ever have a happy thought?
    its a very positive thought. Your just thinking from a human centric position. I am thinking from a universal unitarian perspective. Imagine that we are not talking about humans that we are talking about only alien species.

    Now imagine that the other alien species have actually behaved themselves to some degree they live decent lives and they dont wage war on each other or keep others in destitution. However a new species emerges from a small world that runs everything on compounding fiat debt to enrich a small elite who have a system that exponential growth in perpituity otherwise the system falls apart. the rich elites of this group must continue to expand their portfolio even though it goes beyond what they could ever use let alone need. They will manipulate wage war and enslave all the others if they can. You rooting for the other guys? or the last guys?

    I see my view that aliens would wipe us out as a very uplifting positive view.
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  • goldongoldon Member Posts: 8,939
    Would you be willing to take a one way trip to Mars?
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  • DoublemeDoubleme Member Posts: 2,011
    goldon said:

    Would you be willing to take a one way trip to Mars?

    well no because there is nothing there and its an environment totally unsuited for me
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  • goldongoldon Member Posts: 8,939
    Total Recall stay at home with Winnie.......
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  • stretch83stretch83 Member Posts: 151
    The advancements we have achieved in the last 120+ years are outstanding. Scientists predicted in the early 20th century that it would be 1-10 million years before man developed a flying machine https://bigthink.com/pessimists-archive/air-space-flight-impossible/. A few months later the Wright brothers manned the first flight, 66 years later we landed man on the moon and now there is talk of inhabiting Mars. What might seem like an impossibility today, could be a reality tomorrow.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 168,013
    stretch83 said:

    The advancements we have achieved in the last 120+ years are outstanding. Scientists predicted in the early 20th century that it would be 1-10 million years before man developed a flying machine https://bigthink.com/pessimists-archive/air-space-flight-impossible/. A few months later the Wright brothers manned the first flight, 66 years later we landed man on the moon and now there is talk of inhabiting Mars. What might seem like an impossibility today, could be a reality tomorrow.

    @stretch83


    Indeed.

    The SpaceX thing the other day took my breath away, & I'm struggling to think of anything else as miraculous in the world of technology.

    I think we, in society, take some of these things for granted. I lived most of my life before the Internet, or "World Wide Web" existed, & that changed SO much. My first computer was so big & bulky it needed a room, & it took 15 minutes to fire up.

    Now we have mobile 'phones that do everything - including acting as a Computer, a TV, & an expensive camera. All in a little thing we can slide into our back pocket.

    And even to this day, I still marvel at our ability to "swipe" on 'phones & I-Pads. How on earth does THAT work?
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  • lucy4lucy4 Member Posts: 7,774
    stretch83 said:

    The advancements we have achieved in the last 120+ years are outstanding. Scientists predicted in the early 20th century that it would be 1-10 million years before man developed a flying machine https://bigthink.com/pessimists-archive/air-space-flight-impossible/. A few months later the Wright brothers manned the first flight, 66 years later we landed man on the moon and now there is talk of inhabiting Mars. What might seem like an impossibility today, could be a reality tomorrow.

    Exactly, the technological advancements in the last 200 odd years is astounding, it makes you wonder what the next couple of centuries will produce, that is, if the world is still here ( cue Doubleme :D )





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  • JammyFkerJammyFker Member Posts: 376
    Its a big world out there B)



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  • madprofmadprof Member Posts: 3,402
    Doubleme said:

    goldon said:

    Would you be willing to take a one way trip to Mars?

    well no because there is nothing there and its an environment totally unsuited for me
    Dave, I'd suggest it's perfectly suited to for you...you could debate and win?🤔🤪
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  • rabdenirorabdeniro Member Posts: 4,382
    Doubleme said:

    mumsie said:

    Yes, absolutely brilliant and another large step for mankind, brought a tear to my eye, the wonder of it.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwQdrhp__k

    yeah well if there is intelligent life out there they wont put up with our **** and will wipe us out. Should we ever get out there.
    Here's a song to play when ur in ur bunker ....

    https://youtu.be/ExYP5hWVSyg?si=e1VEshG2R511q4Uh
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