If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side
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@_thegeoff Clarke wrote on the author's note of 2010 that the Apollo 8 crew confessed to him they considered the idea of reporting the finding of a huge black monolith on the far side of the Moon (they already had seen 2001)
@RGBes Be fun if you could get the timing right:
"Kshhh...y god, it's full of stars..."
"Artemis, Houston, radio contact reestablished."
"Receiving you loud and clear."
"What was 'full of stars'?"
"Huh? Oh, nothing...." -
@Quantensalat Conrad's first words on the surface (actually the landing pad) were something like "that may have been a small step for Neil, but it's a long way for a little guy like me" - he was easily the shortest of the Apollo astronauts.
@_thegeoff @Quantensalat I loved DangerMouse (Donnie Munro?
) in the 'eighties and a line that stayed with me is;Penfold: 'It may be one small step for a man, but it's a giant leap for a hamster!!'
i never knew (but should have guessed) there was a historical precedent
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If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side.
This is probably why I'm not allowed on the Artemis.@_thegeoff You know the crew will be replaced by evil duplicates while on the far side, of course.
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If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side.
This is probably why I'm not allowed on the Artemis. -
If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side.
This is probably why I'm not allowed on the Artemis.@_thegeoff
Meanwhile, on Earth:
https://beige.party/@roknrol/116357560609211333 -
If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side.
This is probably why I'm not allowed on the Artemis.@_thegeoff Wasn't it 18 hours in Contact? Surely some ridiculously longer time would be better? But some of the onboard electronics will be tamper proof, and if nothing else, when they return, it will get sorted out.
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If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side.
This is probably why I'm not allowed on the Artemis.*rigs all clocks to be fast by 320 minutes*
*thrust control fires for Earth reentry early, changing trajectory to a collision course*
@_thegeoff shortly before the Artemis crew capsule experiences a rapid unscheduled disassembly: "heh, got 'em!" -
If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side.
This is probably why I'm not allowed on the Artemis.@_thegeoff@mastodon.social "All right! Did you remember to pack the ape suits?"
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If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side.
This is probably why I'm not allowed on the Artemis.@_thegeoff Given they had difficulities killing an errant OUtlook process on the thing and they're still a few hundred thousand km from home, I wouldn't be touching _nothing_ on that capsule.
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If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side.
This is probably why I'm not allowed on the Artemis.@_thegeoff@mastodon.social Yeahbut the way things are going they'd probably just assume it was some sort of Microsoft timezone bug.
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If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side.
This is probably why I'm not allowed on the Artemis.@_thegeoff This is exactly why you should have been chosen as commander of the mission.
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If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side.
This is probably why I'm not allowed on the Artemis.@_thegeoff I like the way you think
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@_thegeoff You know the crew will be replaced by evil duplicates while on the far side, of course.
@davidbcohen Oh, all three reappearing on camera with goatees, that would be awesome.
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@_thegeoff You know the crew will be replaced by evil duplicates while on the far side, of course.
@davidbcohen Ask Floyd or Pink about this. They might know more. @_thegeoff
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*rigs all clocks to be fast by 320 minutes*
*thrust control fires for Earth reentry early, changing trajectory to a collision course*
@_thegeoff shortly before the Artemis crew capsule experiences a rapid unscheduled disassembly: "heh, got 'em!"@huronbikes I'll accept you may have a *tiny* point there...
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@davidbcohen Oh, all three reappearing on camera with goatees, that would be awesome.
@_thegeoff Three? Will they eat the other one? I know he’s Canadian but that’s a bit much
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If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side.
This is probably why I'm not allowed on the Artemis.@_thegeoff
Very funny thought! Thanks for sharing the idea! -
@_thegeoff @Quantensalat I loved DangerMouse (Donnie Munro?
) in the 'eighties and a line that stayed with me is;Penfold: 'It may be one small step for a man, but it's a giant leap for a hamster!!'
i never knew (but should have guessed) there was a historical precedent
@sjcooke66 @_thegeoff @Quantensalat
Donnie Murdo for Dangermouse in Gàidhlig; Donnie Munro was the singer for Runrig. -
If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side.
This is probably why I'm not allowed on the Artemis.@_thegeoff I would also be delighted if 3 of those onboard started behaving as though the fourth were not, and never had been
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If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side.
This is probably why I'm not allowed on the Artemis.Or they rendezvous with a vulcan ship, then beam aboard saying get us out of here!
