two catastrophic events just days after each other from two of the top contenders in private space flight... things were going so well for so long and it seemed like flying to Mars was a very real possibility. But it looks like we're back to square one again. On a side note, I don't know why anyone would want to be the first humans on Mars. Someone recently made a point saying that we gave the movie "Signs" so much shit for having aliens invading a planet that is 70% water when water is toxic to them. But here we are trying to send humans to Mars where there isn't even any oxygen or water.
Have you seen these? http://www.iflscience.com/technology/inventor-develops-synthetic-leaf-produces-oxygen improve and mass produce on that idea and mars is in the bag.
yea, and i just read another article about a new technology that uses crystals to produce oxygen. i'm not saying a mission to mars is stupid and impossible. i'm just saying i wouldn't want to be the first settlers there. I bet even elon musk hasn't signed up to goto mars, and the mars mission is his idea!
the unmanned rocket with ISS supplies was powered by a 50+ year old Soviet motor. im not surprised in the least by that. but im also not terribly surprised by the catastrophic events that took the Virgin venture. everything about Virgin Galactic is experimental. how could there not be failures? the two pilots signed the papers. its sad, yea, but also necessary in a way.
in a way, i would say mistakes are necessary but deaths/serious injuries are not. Through out history it has always been reasonable request to make sure those that test out things are doing so in the safest way possible.
yea it's so crazy how many test flights were done before we even began thinking about a moon mission.
exactly, and there weren't many casualties in those test flights. Risks are taken but to accept a pilots death as just collateral damage, doesn't benefit the field, for if they take it more seriously, they will also be able to strive toward bigger innovations in safety.
Fuck being in space. I enjoy looking at it from the ground like we are supposed to. I'll wait till I die to float through the cosmos Sent from my iPhone 5s using Grasscity Forum..💨⛽ï¸