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Post by Bill Mueller on Jun 20, 2007 10:03:50 GMT -5
Hello,
I am on a number of boards for professional audio, and we end up discussing NASA, the ISS, Shuttle, Orion and space tourism. I thought it would be more appropriate to have a forum here for you that are already interested to share your thoughts about these subjects. I look forward to a rich discussion.
Best Regards,
Bill
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Post by galaxygordon on Jul 3, 2007 11:34:14 GMT -5
Hey Bill, It could be nice to travel to outer space, but its to dangerouse. I wanted to be a astronout, but then i realised how dangerouse it is. But it could be cool! Mathias
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Post by Bill Mueller on Jul 3, 2007 13:47:26 GMT -5
Mathias,
I think this is a good topic for discussion.
I'm not going to tell you that strapping your butt to millions of pounds of high explosive is as safe as taking a ride in the country, but I will say that anything important involves risk.
It does not matter if you are a football player trying to make it into the NFL or a policeman trying to make your city a better place to live, there are risks to doing anything important.
Personally, I think NASA should tell the public MORE about the dangers of space flight. I think that NASA sold the Shuttle as a safe, reusable space truck and in doing so, devalued the heroic efforts of it's greatest assets, astronauts.
Anyone else?
Best Regards,
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Post by galaxygordon on Jul 3, 2007 15:24:12 GMT -5
Bill, I agree, NASA should tell more about the the danger of space travel. There are a risk all time when space traveling, when you are ready to take off, your butt (as you sayed) is tied to more than one million pounds of high explosive fuel. And if the window smashes ( I dont know how) you will be sucked out in space! And during landing you can, just like airplanes, crash down to the runway! Thats a risk I dont want to take. Mathias
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Post by Future on Aug 30, 2007 19:50:12 GMT -5
Hello, I look forward to traveling to the moon, mars and many other places in our solar system. Routine travel in space will be possible a lot sooner than we might expect. Its not going to take too many more decades. The technology will be developed and travel will become much safer. Have patience and watch the progress. Future
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Post by johnnywalker on Nov 1, 2007 11:25:11 GMT -5
Hi guys,
one of the problems I have noticed about society is that we live in a world which is increasingly risk-averse. I'm not sure how bad it is in the US and elsewhere but over here in the UK there seems to be some sort of governmental horror at the idea that a job might have a hazard associated with it, whether it is standing on a ladder or lifting up a heavy box. There is legislation upon legislation about Health and Safety, and now you have to write a Risk Assessment to cover almost every day-to-day work activity!
Part of the offshoot of this change in society is that some of the adventure of the unknown seems to have been lost, and governments feel uneasy revealing to the public just how dangerous getting out of bed in the morning can be! Whatever happened to the concept of the great unknown? Whatever happened to our heroes of yesteryear, whose main claim to fame was that they 'pushed the envelope'?
There's nothing wrong with being safety conscious, but at some stage the world has to accept that there is no such thing as a risk-free environment.
JW
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Post by johnbli on Sept 20, 2008 13:10:58 GMT -5
Hi all! As far as risks are involved every day life is a risk! If you do not take any risks then you will acomplish absolutely nothing! To get something done you MUST take some sort of risk! I am almost 61 years old and have been shot,(Nam Vet) been in a totaled wreck with a truck(drove truck for over 20 years) have seen arms severed (employee got shirt sleeve caught in lathe stock), and much more! all you can do is to study something and find the safest way to accomplish it! As JW said "there is no such thing as risk-free"
John
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Post by David on May 6, 2009 6:46:15 GMT -5
Greetings all, If nasa has a competetion to name the first module of the Orion space craft to return to the moon mission I recomend a name. It is Peace in chinese, or He Ping because if the chinese hadnt been making noises about going to the moon the U.S.A wouldnt have ever cared about going back to the moon. Thank God for the Chinese! David
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