Earth is just a big spaceship with a crew

Earth is just a big spaceship with a crew

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Toaster

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Friday 2nd February 2018
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Astronaut Thomas Pesquet: ‘Earth is just a big spaceship with a crew. It needs looking after https://gu.com/p/82vzq/sbl

Hmm so we are all astronauts after all, I guess its just a different trajectory those in who want to be in Rockets take, so once space travel has become common place it will be no different or exciting as living on Spaceship earth smile and much more boring once you have arrived on Mars


Toltec

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224 months

Friday 2nd February 2018
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I suppose it is just Rama inside out and on a larger scale

and without the manoeuverability

Come to think of it the whole solar system is...

LivingTheDream

1,756 posts

180 months

Friday 2nd February 2018
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more like an iceberg

Kccv23highliftcam

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76 months

Friday 2nd February 2018
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Toaster said:
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet: ‘Earth is just a big spaceship with a crew. It needs looking after https://gu.com/p/82vzq/sbl

Hmm so we are all astronauts after all, I guess its just a different trajectory those in who want to be in Rockets take, so once space travel has become common place it will be no different or exciting as living on Spaceship earth smile and much more boring once you have arrived on Mars
And?

durbster

10,288 posts

223 months

Friday 2nd February 2018
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I was about to say spaceships don't usually just go round in a big circle but that's not really true (outside of sci-fi) is it smile

Einion Yrth

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245 months

Friday 2nd February 2018
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durbster said:
I was about to say spaceships don't usually just go round in a big circle but that's not really true (outside of sci-fi) is it smile
They're all ellipses.

Gets coat.

durbster

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223 months

Friday 2nd February 2018
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Einion Yrth said:
durbster said:
I was about to say spaceships don't usually just go round in a big circle but that's not really true (outside of sci-fi) is it smile
They're all ellipses.

Gets coat.
Touche biggrin

Toaster

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Sunday 4th February 2018
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Einion Yrth said:
durbster said:
I was about to say spaceships don't usually just go round in a big circle but that's not really true (outside of sci-fi) is it smile
They're all ellipses.

Gets coat.
Well no difference to the space shuttle or space station, and if you want to do a figure of 8 just fly to the moon.

Toaster

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Sunday 4th February 2018
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Kccv23highliftcam said:
And?
For all those waiting all their lives for space travel, save the money, sit back and enjoy the ride smile

Chainsaw Rebuild

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103 months

Sunday 4th February 2018
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I heard that the Earth is a disc balanced upon four elephants stood on top of a turtle.

ManiacBob

219 posts

153 months

Tuesday 6th February 2018
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I read the title and thought of a story I heard about a friend of a friend. He did a lot of LSD and believed the earth was a giant space ship but we all forgot about it. This guy had to find the control room to fly us all back home.

Sounded like an interesting idea for a movie.

I lost touch, so know idea if he ever got the help he needed!

valiant

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161 months

Wednesday 7th February 2018
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Does this mean I can put astronaut on my CV?

Cool!

Toaster

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Wednesday 7th February 2018
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ManiacBob said:
I read the title and thought of a story I heard about a friend of a friend. He did a lot of LSD and believed the earth was a giant space ship but we all forgot about it. This guy had to find the control room to fly us all back home.

Sounded like an interesting idea for a movie.

I lost touch, so know idea if he ever got the help he needed!
Nice one smile maybe you could put your friend in touch with Thomas Pesquet to discuss....

Toaster

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Wednesday 7th February 2018
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valiant said:
Does this mean I can put astronaut on my CV?

Cool!
Of course an you really don't have to ask permission from anyone

Cold

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91 months

Wednesday 7th February 2018
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Toaster said:
ManiacBob said:
I read the title and thought of a story I heard about a friend of a friend. He did a lot of LSD and believed the earth was a giant space ship but we all forgot about it. This guy had to find the control room to fly us all back home.

Sounded like an interesting idea for a movie.

I lost touch, so know idea if he ever got the help he needed!
Nice one smile maybe you could put your friend in touch with Thomas Pesquet to discuss....
Wasn't that the overall plot of the movie Passengers?

Dr Jekyll

23,820 posts

262 months

Wednesday 14th February 2018
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A big spaceship with no crew but lots of passengers might be a better analogy.

Toaster

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Thursday 15th February 2018
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Dr Jekyll said:
A big spaceship with no crew but lots of passengers might be a better analogy.
Isn't that what the Space X Moon tourist ride about, all automated just passengers fired around the moon and back.