Good morning, oh veritable denizens of Sidepodcast. Tuesdays are a bit dull, aren't they?
As Bridget did yesterday, I too shall skirt the rather sizeable mammal in the room whilst bringing you the day's F1 news. The good news is that there are only three more days until the action begins in Montreal. Even in the most soporific on F1 times, Montreal usually manages to throw up something interesting, so this time round we could be on for a genuine classic.
Last time I was here I brought you doomsday news about Pirelli's predictions of a laughably short lifespan for their supersoft tyre in the principality, and whilst they may not be making quite the same noises this time, Paul Hembery is equally convinced that the Canadian GP will be a 'thriller'.
Checo Perez is still jumping up and down and waving his arms in the corner, trying to grab the attention of the FIA and assure them that he will be fit to race. He has had to cancel a planned visit to Maranello to play in the Ferrari simulator, meaning he will turn up at the circuit having not even turned a virtual wheel around it.
Jenson Button believes that McLaren can 'dictate the pace' in Montreal, all they need to do is just beat the Red Bulls on in qualifying. Sounds so simple when you put it like that, doesn't it, JB? Pedal a bit harder on Saturdays and your Sunday will be a walk in the park.
So did you get your Olympic tickets? I didn't (which might have something to do with the fact that I didn't apply for any) and the BBC are reporting that some 55% of applicants for tickets were left with their bank accounts untouched. Those who failed to get tickets in the first ballot will be given priority in the second ballot, later this month.
Whilst I've been writing this, Steve Jobs has been wrapping up his speech on the details of iCloud. I would have paid more attention, but reading about Apple things that I can't afford generally sends me into fits of jealous rage, so best save that for another time. I will say, however, that iTunes Match does sound like very bad news for Spotify.
Moving on to inspirational news, former stunt rider, Eddie Kidd, who suffered brain damage in 1996 during a failed jump, has finished the London Marathon. He started on the 17th April and has covered up to a mile a day using a specially built walking frame and in doing so has raised more than £72,000 for charity.
Finally, in 'oooh, pretty' news, volcanoes in Chile's Puyehue-Cordon-Caulle range have been erupting, giving the chance for some stunning photography.
That's all from me, have a happy Tuesday and I'll see you in the comments.
just watched the Todt interview. a) he did not seem and sound too convinced about that Bahrain GP thing b) what happened to his fingers ?
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I like "ooooh, pretty" news :)
The end of the season appears to be descending into chaos http://adamcooperf1.com/2011/06/07/confusion-reigns-as-ecclestone-backtracks-on-bahrain/
Wait, WHAT?
More confusing than Lotus v. Lotus, and that's pretty darn confusing!
what starts as chaos ends as chaos ...
I think they should freeze all the dates.
If Bahrain cant happen, have it in Qatar or Spain/portugal
Moving it always seemed crazy... surely people had already booked tickets and hotels in india?
Morning all
This is getting farcical now
I made my suspicions about the state of the Delhi race known over the weekend
:/
it has been farcical since the race was "postponed" instead of cancelled ...
I think it will be fine, they ran in korea on a track that was about 2 weeks old. they could get the indian track to that state in 4 months no problem.
Problems will likely be with access roads and the like. Indian governments dont move any where near the speed of the developers there
At this rate, a December racedate is pretty much dead in the water now. They should just revert back to the original 2011 calendar without Bahrain and leave Bahrain for 2012 (provisionally, anyway).
Well, up until March, they were supposedly 2 weeks ahead of schedule (I even had photos taken the last week of February) and now they "suddenly need time?"
Hmmmmm...
how different will Bahrain be in beginning of March ?
The teams, paddock e.t.c. likely have all ready rebooked all there accommodation for December now. I dont think they will appreciate having to change it back now
I think they will keep the date as it is and maybe cancel if it doesnt calm down
Hard to say. But judgment on a 2012 race shouldn't be made until October, at the earliest.
They said they will be ready for the original date anyway though?
I doubt it. They're still not keen on going there. If anything, they'd love sticking to the previous status quo.
Odd, though, that Ferrari and Force India voted to race there, while McLaren didn't.
it is FIA, they will postpone the judgement until a week ahead of the race ...
The attitude the past week has been along the lines of "India could do with more time". I raised an eyebrow several times... several !!
Can't argue with that.
Well more time is always needed.
Although yas didnt look it the first time i went, it was clear when i went last year it was clear the surrounds were only half finished for the first race
There should be no connection between Bahrain and India. If India can't be ready for the original date, just cancel the race this year ...
Haha, like that would happen.
they proved in korea they are happy to run on a building site.
If they canceled india but not korea then the sport would look pretty bad in a huge market
There was an article a day or so ago saying India's postponement was purely to reschedule Bahrain and not because they wouldn't be ready in time.
It'll be more than ready though I think. It may even be super ready, although still several days short of super-duper ready, which is something else entirely different.
...and in some belated IndyCar moanage, Graham Rahal has been insinuating that JR Hildebrand's Panther car had an extra or even a larger fuel tank in order to help him try to win the Indy 500.
Sighhhh... Graham, you came 3rd - deal with it.
Something for the F1 teams to look forward too when they get to india.
http://www.ipaidabribe.com/sforms/view_reports_paid
If you click on the headlines you get more details
or the comments bit even!
ooh, jake could be in trouble! http://www.ipaidabribe.com/sforms/view_comments_paid?id=9686
No way they do that to the media who can expose them, especially if it's the BBC.
You would be suprised. they will waste so much of your time you will happily pay!
haha ...
so, FIA made 2011 calendar change it can't make without agreement of all the teams (says Mosley) and plus released 2012 calendar with 1 race more than it actually intends to organize (says Todt) ...
what were those WMSC members on during that meeting ?
I wonder what happens in Bahrain if the GP is canceled now following its approval and more protests. Reduced restraint? Retaliation?
Not a lot of people seem to be thinking about that angle
Honest answer? Things stay the same. They won't get better, but they won't get worse, either. But again, F1 doesn't need Bahrain and Bahrain doesn't need F1 (except if you're the royal family).
Mind you, it's not like FOTA have publicly challenged the FIA on this issue, either. Do they even know they have that right? I've never seen them raise it.
There's supposed to be a statement from them in the next day or two - which may mean nothing
Given recent developments, they may have to redo that statement all over again. Bernie's recent remarks may mean we'll now get a stronger statement from FOTA. That said, FOTA's disunity has been exposed - again.
We were going to do a show at the weekend talking of Bahrain and things, but didn't because I got myself a cold. Glad we didn't now, it would have been out of date after a day!
:D Good thing, too.
what is this Bahrain you speak of?
I am officially ignoring it all now.
I dont know why turkey is on it? It sounded like it was a gonner when the race took place.
Maybe its just to prepare people for the inevitability of it Happening when Austin and Russia join?
My first instinct when this news came out on Friday was that "this has a long way to go"
Absolutely. If it's on, who's gonna watch it, and if it's off, there's nothing to watch. It's win-win!
In discussion?
It's provisional. I'm guessing it'll still be a goner.
I'm sure theres some tennis on that week or something :)
Todt apparently said that it is not yet sure which race will be dropped but one will ...
Just the general feeling from how people were talking about it.
the governement was loosing money, bernie was loosing money and nobody turned up to watch it
Interesting.
Turkey may just be there as a back up in case bahrain drops out then
Then again there will be question marks over the likes of Valencia, Spa, Germany, maybe Hungary?
Valncia, yes. The other three are all solid as far as I know
No, wait - Valencia is contracted to 2015, isn't it?
Did Montreal have a contract for 2009?
I think if the cash runs out, with an ever full calender races may be dropped quicker than before
I thought they simply balked at the idea of another GP at the time, only to change their minds later on.
Morning. Went for a run with my buddy earlier - we did intervals and I managed to keep up with her for once! http://runkeeper.com/user/RubberGoat/activity/38439708
Very good!
Thanks - we ran the rest of the way around the turtle but I didn't want to time it because it was a slow jog. I really felt good today though!
Sounds rather like the 4th Indiana Jones movie, which I refuse to admit was ever made.
It never happened. The Last Crusade had an ending.
Exactly! Riding off into the sunset. As it should be.
Oh Ohhhh...
Rumours flying that Alex Tagliani's IndyCar drive might be in danger due to a lack of funding. That would make it the Indy 500 winner without a drive and the Indy 500 pole-winner looking at losing his seat...
...and Derek Warwick replacing Damon Hill as president of the BRDC from August.
Good time for Damon Hill to step down. Quit while you're winning and all that...
I think that may have been the general idea. Can't fault what he's done.
...and apparently Senna is now getting a wider UK cinema release due to excessive demand.
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I've reserved 4 seats for the 29th. It's the third of only 3 showings here apparently.
Do have fun
:D
I'm looking forward to it. and I'm in the UK for a week starting 8th July, so I get a second chance then hopefully!
the Australian GP Corp are putting on a showing for people who have already bought tickets to next years race.
I hope they hold it somewhere nice, last time they did an event it was in a Gold Class cinema.
So who here has been sent that trivia email that states that next month is the first in 823 years to have 5 weekends?
ew, chain mail
Yup. And totally untrue, of course!
seriously, October has 5 weekends too. It's not uncommon :D
Not me, but I saw it on Facebook. Intriguing stuff. To be specific, it has 5 Saturdays, 5 Sundays, AND 5 Mondays.
I thought the trivia was referring to October?
I don't know, I haven't seen it. People know better than to send me rubbish.
:D But yeah, a quick Google shows it is a hoax. Whoops. :D
You have to teach me how to do this. However turning off Apps in Facebook is a great start!
My flatmate didn't actually get Renault headphones for a session, her and her friends just "got amongst them for a photo" :)
I haven't the heart to tell the person who showed me. I tried to question it, but she's convinced!
I don't understand your sentence...
You may know snopes.com which is a website which is dedicated to debunking myths that are regularly circulated on the internet it's a great resource. However there is a persistant rumour that they are also the creators of large numbers of these e-mails that get sent around, because they drive traffic to their website.
They haven't as far as I know written an article about that "myth".
Wow. Also, when are they gonna update their website? Soooo dated!
Last time someone sent me rubbish. I replied to "Please don't send me trash like this. . . send me cool stuff instead, like this." and included a link to the Wicked Lasers site.
Oh, I got called by the Indian Telemarketer last night. The same guy! So I told him to stop calling or I would tell the police... he rather amusingly told me he would lose his job and not be able to feed his family, so I told him I didn't care and that if he was smart enough to learn english so well he should have no problem making an honest living instead of harassing me :)
Wonderful. But you might be making it enough of a challenge to him now that he wants to call you.
To be honest, it was fun arguing with him. I have a list of the numbers that keep calling - all 10 of them from the same town in Wisconsin, apparently.
Andy Murray's new ad terrifies me because he smiles. A lot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLR9vFIngac
One of my college roommates always used to argue with all the religious folk that would come knocking on the door. We loved sitting there listening to him. If one of us answered the door, we just said "hold on, I know who wants to talk to you!"
Also a shower.
I am forgetting that bit.
Been catching up some bits and bobs from Queen's. Mmmm, green.
I think you should go, cross it off your life list ;)
Definitely. I have a vague tennis plan for next year.
WHOA. I thought you were terrible at making plans or doing planning sorts of things?
this pleases me.
The plan:
"Go to Queen's."
Also, I am not terrible at it, I just don't.
Oh, OK. That's alright, I guess :)
tennis in England seems to be one of the things you actually have to for, ballots and whatnot. Unless of course you want to *shudder* camp.
You seem to have done well planning the alphabet adventure...
I know what the next letter is going to be, if that's what you mean.
Some of them aren't so bad. Wimbledon definitely, but I wouldn't want to go there anyway. Some things are better on TV.
fair enough. My friends like the Queens ballot but Lou has proved its not too hard to get returned tickets via the website :)
Best idea is to free up a week and see what happens. No planning involved. Phew.
I will be eagerly awaiting to see what happens.
Well not really, I can't be eager for 12 months. But the sentiment is there :)
Hehe. Even I'm not going to be eager for 12 months :)
I keep getting excited about the Olympics and then I remember that its more than a year away, this super-duper early ticketing thing has messed with my brain.
Yes! I did have a minor panic when we were talking about having a thread for each day of Wimbledon that we would need one for each day of the Olympics too. Not this year, at least.
Grrrrrr...........
:(
Aer Lingus do know how to make me mad sometimes.
The state is set to shiver through the night as the winter blast ushers in one of the coldest June days in 18 years.
I had this issue on my run tonight, every time I exhaled my breath made condensation because it was so cold, and because I was running into it my glasses fogged up. Every time. Grr.
New stuff from Autosport - nothing new-new, but official-new:
1. FOTA requests delay to Bahrain return
2. Hill to step down as BRDC president
Shame it comes too late to stop the sport making itself look idiotic
It seems they actually had to do it before they realized what an awful idea it was.
ping and then zzzz
http://amysrunning.posterous.com/week-3-day-1-61829
Night Amy
Wow, well done. Looks like we have a similar goal too :)
You're both very speedy, it's excellent!
I got this tweet earlier: http://twitter.com/#!/THEpastamaster/status/78087862612004864
I queried pastamaster where my 'contribution' was as I couldn't see what I could have sent him that was worthy. Turns out that it's some sort of autogeneratering thingy that pulls content from your timeline. Weird!
Did you know my mate from Trinidad wants me to do a mini Ironman? 400m swim, 18km bike ride, 4km run? Seriously considering it!
It's a social media newspaper thing. Those tweets are seriously annoying.
You should!
Ping: http://www.f1minute.com/news/fota-request-a-rethink-on-the-bahrain-grand-prix-decision
Yeah. Kinda spooky because it looks like someone made it for a blog post, but it turns out that it's just a link collector.
Christine's Rankings day today, all suggestions considered for both teams and drivers.
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Tonight at 9:12pm UK time a Soyuz will launch from Baikonur to the ISS.
Video will be available from the usual sources.
Enjoy a little something from the sidepodcast.com back catalogue.
- Episode 40 - Brazil GP
Originally published 23/10/2007
Hullo all. I guess it's official then, the 'Wii U' is out next year.
Ooh, that's it's name? What's it like?
As predicted it has a touch screen controller which is kind of cool, something different. Urm... don't know much else right now!
Afternoon
Hullo sir
Christine, I've got 40mins of fairly decent audio from the Senna Q&A last night. Would you be interested in listening and seeing if it's worthy of a podcast?
If so, I could email the director to see if he has any objections. It was a good insight
Sure thing.
I'll chuck it onto Dropbox tonight and send you the link
Was thinking of sending him Kai's review post as an example of SPC's content
Here's a video of the Wii U being deb-U...ted.
http://kotaku.com/5809506/watch-the-wii-us-impressive-debut-all-over-again/gallery/
Sounds good. Is he likely to say it's okay? It doesn't seem like the kind of thing they would usually allow.
When he says wee you out loud it sounds stoopid.
I don't know. It's not for profit, it was an interview of sorts to promote the film and he's done tons of that. I'm suggesting he gets free exposure and I'm politely asking his permission.
The worst he can say is no
Absolutely. Just curious because I know nothing about the guy. You'll know if he seemed friendly or not :)
He seemed very down to Earth, loves F1, fairly young and enthusiastic
I'm leaning towards him being ok
If he was an idiot, it'd either be not worthy or I'd carelessly leave it somewhere for my friends to hear ;)
Evening.
Here's a message from Allan McNish at Le Mans direct to JR Hildebrand of the Indianapolis 500, via the always-excellent Marshall Pruett. Class.
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2092961204552&comments
Hi Pat
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Can't beat class
Hello everyone.
So Pirelli is bringing the softs and the supersofts compounds to Montreal. I am putting money on someone having a four stop race. Heck we might even see a five stopper. It is going to be mental.
Hello all.
Dr Who news http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jun/07/doctor-who-matt-smith-new-episodes. They are commissioning 14 new episodes :). There's a discussion about whether there will be a whole series next year but I'm sure we'll be told at some point.
Would really like to hear this. Hope the director says Yes. It's such a great film.
Hi Janna, hi Dan
It really was, I will probably be seeing it again in a few weeks no doubt. I have a few friends now who are really keen
Need to pop out for an hour or so, till then...
Does anyone else think this: http://yfrog.com/edlpwhj is a bit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1010000/images/_1013091_rupert150.jpg
Most definitely but does it get him plus or minus points in the rankings?
Not long now :)
He is definitely ruperting it up
Got to admit, he looks like a proper golfer (probably because he is, but y'know)
Hi lovely people.
Hehehe, Tom Baker got Whosday'd :)
http://springfieldpunx.blogspot.com/2011/06/super-whosday-4th-doctor-tom-baker.html
Hi RG how's it going?
Exams over, so feet up watching the football.
Much better to be watching the footie than having to revise.
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/to-drive-or-not-to-drive-is-the-key-to-christines-rankings/
And other ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/moving-pictures-gain-points-on-team-rankings-this-week
#sidepodspace
The Soyuz crew are entering the capsule now. Launch in just under an hour.
Video and info at http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp28/status.html
Ooh, Wordpress have added commenting options: http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/post-comments-twitter-faceboo/
I just saw that when I commented on my blog! Very weird-looking I though.
I don't like that once a comment is posted it retains the text in the input box, I don't want to say the same thing again!
Interesting...
I haven't tried it yet. That's weird, unless it means you can edit what you said.
Interesting story on Autosport about Mark Higgins breaking the 4 wheeled lap record for the Isle of Man TT course and planning on having a go at lowering the record further. It hasn't been a great week on the island with 3 deaths already. What can you expect if people race motorbikes on a 35 mile track with 200 corners on public roads.
http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/92054
I like that he's having a go because I sometimes wonder how it would compare.
I like the skill of the TT but they ought to have made significant changes over the years, deaths aren't acceptable.
Some stunning photos of the ISS. These were taken by the last Soyuz that left the ISS in the middle of the shuttle mission. Attached to the ISS are the shuttle Endeavour, a Soyuz and at least one unmanned supply vehicle but I have no idea which one. These photos take a lot of zooming so you can have a good look at anything that interests you.
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts134/soyuz/
It's difficult to make it a lot safer while still going through towns and over a mountain. I think they should do everything they can to make it safer and I am sure modern leathers and helmets have improved it greatly.
Lovely photos. They did a very good job parking Endeavour, between the lines and everything.
Wow. I like the rotation.
They have but the bikes themselves are much, much faster. I don't think they should be running full-on Superbikes similar to the ones raced on closed-course tracks in World Superbikes, BSB, AMA, etc.
To me it is crazy that they run the top level bikes but I imagine if they tried to run only smaller classes the top riders would complain.
The Soyuz did a whizz round it because this was the last opportunity to get a photo with all of the different vehicles docked.
Hurrah, we finally begin redecorating my room tomorrow. *remembers to take 'before' photos to compare*
Ooh, what are you having done?
We're taking out a whole cupboard, stripping the walls, taking up the carpet too and probably reorganising. My little box room had two cupboards for no reason, and has had too much in it for ages plus red and yellow walls gets tiring after a few years ;)
Getting burgundy/dark carpet and a really light colour wallpaper, hopefully cream. I need more relaxing colours and they're much nicer.
Red and yellow! Argh!
Ooh and hopefully getting a new bed too but not sure yet.
Lukeh is ready to live on Titan
20 minutes till the Soyuz launch
:D
Yeah they would, they still act like F1 drivers did before Stewart came along.
Helloooooo
Hiiiii :D
Home from work before 9 -> result :D
Looks very dark in Kazakhstan but it is 2am there. I have never seen a night launch of a Soyuz
Hi Adie and Alison
T-10 minutes to launch.
Video at http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp28/status.html
Night time launch should be pretty.
Ooh, my first Soyuz launch.
I wonder of they have a starburst filter on the camera to make the engines look arty
Really? How have you missed the others?
Manipe just tweeted that this week's driver steward is Emerson Fittipaldi.
Mmm, dunno. I did see some people poking things with sticks once, but wasn't really paying attention.
I guess now this is our only option, I am more interested!
The Russian commander was the first ever second generation space traveller
That's a pretty cool fact
That was a Soyuz
It's never going to be as interesting as a shuttle launch even if they do give you a shot of the driver
"everything is on board and we are ready for lunch"
This is no time to be eating
Also my housemate signed for my parcel (yaaaay!!) so I now have Kindle cover. I was too scared to take it out the house before :P
Does it only fit three people?
I don't have much trivia for this mission. There is an American astronaut and a Japanese who became a doctor because his uncle said being a doctor was great but once he became a doctor he decided being an astronaut sounded like more fun
Yes
:D
They need to put the seats in the back of the rocket down to get more in
There aren't many jobs I can think of that would be more fun than being a spaceman
cue odd images of taking a kindle out for a walk on a lead like a dog heading out on a walk for the first time
They have another 'room' they can float around in once they reach orbit but they can't put people in it for the launch.
Soyuz is the Russian equivalent of Apollo
Evening everyone!
Still, a medical degree would be a pretty useful thing to have on a space ship. I refer you to Defying Gravity for reasons ;)
Should I not be dragging it along the floor?
I know of a chap who can get loads of space inside a spaceship. Might be worth getting them in touch with each other.
T-minus 4 minutes. The launch key has been inserted in the bunker for liftoff.
They have a bunker
Launch key. Epic stuff.
Next to the signsaying DO NOT PRESS THE RED BUTTON
The scraping and all the marks from the floor are just a sign of love for your kindle :)
You got a Kindle, nice!
Just like shelling peas
Yay!
Do bits fall off this one? On purpose, I mean.
Nick got it for me for my birthday :D :D :D
The bright light reminds me of the magic magic e pencil from the videos at school
They are getting good value from the starburst filter
4 boosters
Have you named it? I hear that's obligatory
:)
I need help :( I can't settle on a name at all.... :(
I LOVE mine
Is it male or female? White or Black?
28 miles vertically in 2 minutes. Mount Everest is less than 6 miles high
Black. Definitely a boy!
I love that they always have a toy on a string so you can see the G force
I still think it should be called New Nick
Sounds like a Bernard
Just don't store it on top of the fridge
Ooh, Bernard is good. I was thinking Cliffard.
:)
Or is it Clifford? Either way.
Bernard is an excellent idea even if for the fact it reminds me of Black Books, which makes it even more perfect!
Just makes me think of Bernie
Cheers
Ooh good point.
Christine. I have emailed a link to the audio
Now they are weightless. THe little toy pig on a string is just floating around.
Yet another perfect Soyuz launch
Ah ha, thank you.
Woo!
Even if it is a step backwards I can understand why NASA want a modern Apollo rather than the shuttle. A lot less complicated, more reliable and safer but just not as capable
Wow, Senna Director Asif Kapadia studied at the Newport Film School in the early 90's
Ah, the gravity-detecting technology of the 21st century! Still, it's a really cute mascot :)
They always have something like that on a Soyuz. I love watching it on the way up. It is the only way to understand how much effort goes in to keeping a rocket pointing up. It's like balancing a brush on your finger. You can do it if you make constant movements of your hand. The rocket engines are doing the same and you can see the pig make all sorts of interesting movements in response to what the engines are doing.
:o
#claimtofame
I think I may have to follow the Writer of the film, Manish Pandey on Twitter
Can't get a reliable contact for Asif
Oh, how I wish I had a fast/reliable enough connection to watch stuff online! It does sound like rather a complicated business - as is witnessed by the...um, mishap of the Danes who I linked to in yesterday's daily.
The Russians have been launching versions of the Soyuz since the 60s so they rarely have any problems now.
The Copenhagen Suborbitals don't really have the budget they need to make their launches totally reliable
I think the shuttle was a big step backwards.
nasa went from focusing on deep space capable craft to a very limited range one.
It was a very good delivery truck, but that shouldn't be what Nasa is about.
The did a lot of research in the late 90s. Rigged one of our Concordes with probes and sensors. For a while I think they were serious about a replacement
We had a thank-you frame/plaque in our crew room with a space suit badge from one of the Apollo missions
Not the shullte itself. but the shuttle program becoming nasas main focus.
it should have been a side project
The shuttle should have been a first off re-useable craft but they still have the same design 20 years later. Going back to a modern version of Apollo is hardly progress. They should have developed a version of the shuttle to set up bases on the moon and Mars by now. If any moon or Mars missions are based on Apollo then that limits the amount of equipment that can be carried.
I think it is a shame that the ISS has not been used as a launching point for missions that go further afield
Would've been an expensive side project.
How much do you think was spare for the main event?
Makes you wonder what kind of useful data they got from that
A lot of it was about skin temperature I think, what with the long term issue of insulating tiles
At the time it was thought they were working with Boeing on the SST project. A supersonic passenger replacement for Concorde. Who knows
They could send the crew and the equipment separately, no need to have it in one Apollo-like capsule design. Could send the equipment on a few months ahead and park it in orbit.
Remind me to save a bit more before I make the Mars-trip craft! Space travel is expensive...why don't they get corporate sponsors like F1 teams do? A successful mission would be great publicity.
I was watching something on Nat Geo the other day that said something to the tune of "people in the funding offices have lost interest in space missions because of the problems on the home front." Sad, but true, given that we haven't yet found an Earth-like planet close enough to colonise.
Would assembling it in a vacuum not present...um...challenges? Also, how do they get enough water up there to keep a colony going (even if they do it in several trips)?
I know of the SST.
They still need to launch the equipment somehow
Launch it on smaller rockets like today's. Assemble at the station. Seems crazy to me to ever need to build anything the size of a Saturn 5 ever again whilst the station exists.
F1 teams can guarantee lots of TV coverage. With rockets there can be a lot of build up and then the whole thing can fizzle out or explode so sponsors have a low chance of a return on their money.
They assembled the space station in a vacuum. THere is lots of water on the moon
Point. I hadn't considered that. If they crashed on take-off, they'd probably be held in breach of contract.
I had forgotten that. I know there's a joke in stopping off to charge the glasses on the moon, but I can't quite reach it.
Hello,
a word of advice: Do NOT drop your netbook into a bucket full of water. It won't like that.
Hi Kathi
I'm guessing you speak from experience :(
Oh dear! RIP netbook.
My deepest sympathies! Was your work backed up? Another note: smart phones don't like having tofu-storing water dripped on them
Oooh another soya based mishap! That stuff is lethal :P
I already forsee iOS 6's biggest feature
Hi kathi
I'm addicted to watching undercover boss. I can't stop.
It is actually sort of still alive. The keyboard and the touchpad won't work but it boots and the screen is fine.
Oh I also drenched my n900 in water. It sulked for two days after that but now is working again as if nothing happened.
When I told the hippie at the health shop what had happened, she seemed pleased that my environment-killing appendage had passed away (until I pointed out that the battery would now be leeching toxins into her drinking water. Then she looked horrified).
In other space news Have you seen the HDR image NASA took of the shuttle launch?
Good advice
It's amazing the things I have never heard before
The pictures and video have been on the NASA site for a few days
ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/bahrain-for-the-record
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/daily-8th-june-2011
I wrote it in under an hour AND via my netbook on an iPhone personal hotspot because my Internet died massively. Hope it's ok?