British bloke goes into space... why all the fuss?

[classic33]

Daedalus

Shaun

Didn't he get too close to the sun?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Look at the kids faces..stop being grumpy old farts

''Daddy, will all the ginger-haired people have to go away and join him now?''

 

[midlife]

Didn't he get too close to the sun?

As Bastille (the group) says, that was Icarus

Shaun

 

[Diggs]

We won't see coverage like this in the British media again. I think......




we've reached...........



Peak Peake




thankyouverymuchladeezandgenlmenimhereallweek

 

[Stephenite]

''Daddy, will all the ginger-haired people have to go away and join him now?''

That was a dickish thing to post, wasn't it?

 

[screenman]

That was a dickish thing to post, wasn't it?

Not for an 8 year old.

 

[Stephenite]

I thought @deptfordmarmoset was older than that.

 

[gbb]

Is it a generational thing perhaps...those of us who watched the moon landings etc (and some earlier stuff)...tend to remember the excitement of it all. Guy I work with who is considerably younger just sees it as ...mundane.
When we talked about this kind of thing, he seemed genuinely sad he hadnt seen anything momentous, its all been done. Nothing today seems noteworthy to his generation...his sentiment not mine.

 

[classic33]

Daedalus

Shaun

The daddy & not this Daedalus either.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I thought @deptfordmarmoset was older than that.

I am indeed. I thought the post more absurdist humour than anything else and I try to refrain from tendentious humour but I must admit I've spent the day in the wonderfully absurd world of grandchildren.

 

[Brandane]

Anyway, they're only 250 miles away,

Why did it take over 6 hours to get there then? I just watched the rocket launch on the news, and it looked as if it might have been going a touch faster than 42 mph .

 

[vernon]

Suppose the kids will all want to be astronauts again...better than thinking about a future doing time in Sports Direct or McDonalds...

That is one of the aims - to raise the profile of science, technology, engineering and mathematics in schools. There has been quite a few educational initiatives centred on this particular mission and there's some Raspberry pi computers executing code written by school children on board as well as some experiments designed by school and college kids.

 

[vernon]

I think it is brilliant, but I also worry .. 100 years ago we flew bi-planes, 50 years ago we went into orbit, 40 years ago we walked on the moon, today we are back in orbit ... ... where has the desire gone ?

It's laying down the foundation for extended space flights by examining the long term effects of low gravity on humans and plants. It's minimising the unknowns before aiming for longer missions to Mars and possible settlements on the Moon. It's not so much a regression as an entrenchment.

 

[Brandane]

It's laying down the foundation for extended space flights by examining the long term effects of low gravity on humans and plants. It's minimising the unknowns before aiming for longer missions to Mars and possible settlements on the Moon. It's not so much a regression as an entrenchment.

Wonderful. Not content with wrecking one planet, mankind seeks to expand their destruction....

 

[mr messy]

Is it a generational thing perhaps...those of us who watched the moon landings etc (and some earlier stuff)...tend to remember the excitement of it all. Guy I work with who is considerably younger just sees it as ...mundane.
When we talked about this kind of thing, he seemed genuinely sad he hadnt seen anything momentous, its all been done. Nothing today seems noteworthy to his generation...his sentiment not mine.

In the mid 90's i found piles of old newspapers whilst noseying around in the house underbuilding. Got a day by day account of the leadup to the 'first' moon landing! Spent a good few hours reading under the floorboards. Still annoyed that i forgot to lift them out when i moved house