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Post by majorminor on Jul 20, 2021 9:10:08 GMT -5
Ummmm.....nice rocket?  |
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Post by billhammond on Jul 20, 2021 9:23:12 GMT -5
Jeff's is bigger.
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Post by TKennedy on Jul 20, 2021 9:24:57 GMT -5
Spam in a can.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Jul 20, 2021 9:36:48 GMT -5
You misspelled bozos.
Mike
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Post by Marty on Jul 20, 2021 10:25:28 GMT -5
The world's most expensive theme park ride.
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Post by Marshall on Jul 20, 2021 11:12:00 GMT -5
What amazes me with this system is that the booster comes back and lands on the same pad safe and sound. To me that's the engineering feat. The capsule thing is just a parachute ride.
An orbiting satelite/capsule needs to reach speeds of over 15,000 mph. The ISS circles at 17,500 mph. That's why those capsules need a heat shield or they'd burn up coming into the atmosphere. It's air-friction that slows the capsules to a manageable speed that a parachute can handle. Bezos' ship gets to a max speed 2,500 mph on the way up, and slows to zero before a gentle decent. Much easier engineering problem.
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Post by John B on Jul 20, 2021 17:58:25 GMT -5
Somewhere in all this is a joke about how the outer shell on that thing is so tight you can tell what religion Jeff Bezos is, but I can't figure it out.
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Post by TKennedy on Jul 21, 2021 11:12:41 GMT -5
Boldly venturing where man (and a chimpanzee) has already been hundreds of times.
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Post by dradtke on Jul 21, 2021 12:55:02 GMT -5
Somewhere in all this is a joke about how the outer shell on that thing is so tight you can tell what religion Jeff Bezos is, but I can't figure it out. You can see the outline of his crucifix necklace under his tee shirt? |
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Post by Marty on Jul 21, 2021 13:12:49 GMT -5
Boldly venturing where man (and a chimpanzee) has already been hundreds of times. Don't forget about the dogs and bees. |
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Post by billhammond on Jul 21, 2021 13:59:34 GMT -5
Boldly venturing where man (and a chimpanzee) has already been hundreds of times. Don't forget about the dogs and bees. Da, the Soviets managed to kill five dogs in various space missions. |
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Post by theevan on Jul 21, 2021 15:14:21 GMT -5
Ummmm.....nice rocket?  |
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Post by Marshall on Jul 21, 2021 15:40:21 GMT -5
And a lily white one at that.
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Post by billhammond on Jul 21, 2021 15:47:25 GMT -5
And a lily white one at that. Esquire mag referred to it as "a space dick." |
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Post by robjh22 on Jul 21, 2021 19:13:20 GMT -5
I remember letters to the editor in the 60s complaining that NASA should not have been "shooting all this money into space when we have problems right here on Earth!" Remember all that?
I suspect that the engineers and techs behind Bezos's flight were paid well and that they spent the money "right here on Earth," presumably on mortgages, cars, and plastic crap made in China. The latter via Amazon, so I guess there's that.
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Post by howard lee on Jul 23, 2021 6:41:38 GMT -5
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Post by coachdoc on Jul 23, 2021 7:15:44 GMT -5
Is Bezos a real life Lazarus Long? Sorta?
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Post by Marty on Jul 23, 2021 10:18:22 GMT -5
Somewhere in all this is a joke about how the outer shell on that thing is so tight you can tell what religion Jeff Bezos is, but I can't figure it out. Look at the rocket and think Bris. EDIT: I see EVERYONE beat me to it because it takes me so damn long to type something out and then edit all my mistakes. |
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