New Posts For Thread: Mars Test Flight - 14.45 take offhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30396347/mars-test-flight---1445-take-off.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30234625.A US space capsule that could help get humans to Mars is about to make its maiden flight.Orion will be launched on a Delta rocket out of Cape Canaveral in Florida on a short journey above the EaBilling this as the Mars rocket is nonsense, the rockets that put men on the Moon could have done that.I'd rather we went back to the Moon and made an outpost there. It's a lot less expensive, conditions are no worse and it's a lot easier to get to.Thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30396347/mars-test-flight---1445-take-off?post_id=542541621#542541621Billing this as the Mars rocket is nonsense, the rockets that put men on the Moon could have done that.I'd rather we went back to the Moon and made an outpost there. It's a lot less expensive, conditions are no worse and it's a lot easier to get to.TFri, 05 Dec 2014 15:43:05 -0600Personally, I think that just about the biggest leap forward in Man's history came with the realisation that boiling water created immense power....Steam Train....I was thinking....oc.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30396347/mars-test-flight---1445-take-off?post_id=542538917#542538917Personally, I think that just about the biggest leap forward in Man's history came with the realisation that boiling water created immense power....Steam Train....I was thinking....oc.Fri, 05 Dec 2014 13:51:11 -0600scandanavian - the long term plan is for the colonists to recreate an atmosphere with the introduction of plant life.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30396347/mars-test-flight---1445-take-off?post_id=542537261#542537261scandanavian - the long term plan is for the colonists to recreate an atmosphere with the introduction of plant life.Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:26:25 -0600^ Train spotter ?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30396347/mars-test-flight---1445-take-off?post_id=542536425#542536425^ Train spotter ?Fri, 05 Dec 2014 11:34:17 -0600It is like any other development since time began. Why did Mankind invent the wheel...why not go straight to inventing diesel trucks for transport? Why invent the abacus or slide-rule...why not go straight to the calculator?The reason is that ALL invhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30396347/mars-test-flight---1445-take-off?post_id=542535649#542535649It is like any other development since time began. Why did Mankind invent the wheel...why not go straight to inventing diesel trucks for transport? Why invent the abacus or slide-rule...why not go straight to the calculator?The reason is that ALL invFri, 05 Dec 2014 10:48:28 -0600Splash-down expected near 16:30.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30396347/mars-test-flight---1445-take-off?post_id=542534805#542534805Splash-down expected near 16:30.Fri, 05 Dec 2014 10:00:58 -0600The Mars landings should be better viewing than the Moon landings. What with CGI technology these days.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30396347/mars-test-flight---1445-take-off?post_id=542532143#542532143The Mars landings should be better viewing than the Moon landings. What with CGI technology these days.Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:09:33 -0600None of that stuff comes from NASA. NASA does not have funding for a manned mission to Mars at present. The Mars One project is a privately funded one-way mission which looks awfully like a disaster waiting to happen.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30396347/mars-test-flight---1445-take-off?post_id=542531959#542531959None of that stuff comes from NASA. NASA does not have funding for a manned mission to Mars at present. 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