Curiosity

[MLD Woody]

Yeah, lol. I'm not getting how magnets would work...

[Mr. Sensitive]

@mld-woody said:

Yeah, lol. I'm not getting how magnets would work...

Outside of planetary orbit there's no gravity in space, fellas, that's pretty basic. You'd still have to get out of the atmosphere as you normally would. What's your better idea?

[VaporTrail]

@mr.-sensitive said:

Outside of planetary orbit there's no gravity in space, fellas, that's pretty basic.

You're an engineer?

[MLD Woody]

You are going to have to explain exactly how you plan on launching and directing the spacecraft with rockets.

And there is gravity in space. You are always under the influence of gravity no matter where you are. How strong though depends on distance and mass.

[MLD Woody]

@vaportrail said:

You're an engineer?

Lol

is that someone's second account?

[VaporTrail]

It's Cysko, I think.

[MLD Woody]

@vaportrail said:

Lol

Let's turn this into a physics board. Then I'll be right even more often than I am now

[VaporTrail]

You'd be surprised though, at how many intelligent people have misconceptions of gravity. Ask people what would happen to a pencil if you're standing on the moon and you drop it.

[RU4scuba]

@vaportrail said:

You'd be surprised though, at how many intelligent people have misconceptions of gravity. Ask people what would happen to a pencil if you're standing on the moon and you drop it.

Trick question? A pencil can't be dropped on the moons surface.

[Westside Steve]

@ru4scuba said:

Trick question? A pencil can't be dropped on the moons surface.

Huh? The moon has gravity....

WSS

[VaporTrail]

@ru4scuba said:

Trick question? A pencil can't be dropped on the moons surface.

Well, we're supposing you're in a spacesuit, so you can be on the moon's surface without dying.

Huh? The moon has gravity....

And that's correct. But you'd be shocked by how many people will say, "It'll float away." I've done this to a bunch of engineers and med students, and there's a large number of them that don't get it right. For some reason, no atmosphere and no friction somehow leads to the incorrect assumption of no gravity.

[Mr. Sensitive]

I already said I'm not an astrophtsicist. Deep space gravity is not my specialty. However conventional means at this point would be quite a haul for humans. Wed have to devise another way. However if repulsed by magnets, you could aim at any concievable point to account for whatever gravity may exist in the vacuum of space. If you have a better idea I'd like to hear it.

I think you're under the assumption I mean launching from earth or the moon when I'm envisioning something closer to a space station.

[Mr. Sensitive]

@vaportrail said:

It's Cysko, I think.

I guess if you guys are posting again it means my account us unlocked, but I kind of like this name better. Fwiw I'm an electrical engineer. However I'm just simply thinking of means to make the insanely long trip to mars more hospitible to human life

[calfoxwc]

What does this stupid ass thread have to do with politics ???

It should be moved to the barbershop. Oh, wait, if I had posted it,

Zomblow the hypocrite would have moved it.

[MLD Woody]

You don't need to be an asyrophysisist to know there is gravity in space lol

Even if you shot a craft off of a space station with magnets you would need a long ass rail to get up the the speed needed to escape the orbit of whatever the station is orbiting around and to just get there in a timely manner. Then once you are on your way you have no means of control or steering. You also have no way to get back.

[Westside Steve]

@calfoxwc said:

What does this stupid ass thread have to do with politics ???

It should be moved to the barbershop. Oh, wait, if I had posted it,

Zomblow the hypocrite would have moved it.

You mean like a discussion 1 of our members wanted to have with his friends here about his new coffee maker?

Wait, maybe it was the 1 about popular music. That 1 even related to pop music has to generational politics.

This 1 has to do with politics since obama wants to dump the space program So we can afford to put every american on food stamps.

Even if that werent the case, I wouldn't move it.

Moving threads so far has only been used as a means to insult the member who posted it.

I don't plan to do that.

WSS

[calfoxwc]

Oh, sure, Steve. Have a really nice valid reply, you ... you....

non liberal.

dammit.

Except Zombo will. He's taken sides. Can you stop that?

[Westside Steve]

@calfoxwc said:

Oh, sure, Steve. Have a really nice valid reply, you ... you....

non liberal.

dammit.

Except Zombo will. He's taken sides. Can you stop that?

Actually pal, I don't know that he has.

I don't have that power from my moderator controls.

I don't know what T or Bunker posted or sent to force his hand.

I've seen Bonkers over the top garbage here so I assume his personal stuff was even worse.

As I've said before I believe T is an asset to the board as a participant.

I have not seen the offending post office is, but I assume they existed.

WSS

[Mr. Sensitive]

@calfoxwc said:

What does this stupid ass thread have to do with politics ???

It should be moved to the barbershop. Oh, wait, if I had posted it,

Zomblow the hypocrite would have moved it.

To me its a welcome change, even if my ideas are cockneyed, from talking about how Obama will make us all slaves.

In that note, woody, what's a better idea for getting humans to mars?

[FairHooker11]

And it seems that most every one of these "non-political topics" have a way of turning into more interesting talks if you will!

I like em, and I think Steve has the right idea of allowing all posters a chance to have a say!