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 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
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@_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!
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@davidbcohen Ask Floyd or Pink about this. They might know more. @_thegeoff
@Branwen74 @davidbcohen @_thegeoff Oh, by the way, which one’s Pink?
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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 if it was me I would black out all comms for 23 extra minutes after contact should be restored. The first message would be "kick out the jamms motherfuckers".
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@_thegeoff I would also be delighted if 3 of those onboard started behaving as though the fourth were not, and never had been
@eigen Or play the alternate reality card, ask to speak to President Harris to congratulate her on inspiring "this joint NASA/ESA/CSA/Roscosmos/CNSA project and the world peace it celebrates".
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@sjcooke66 @_thegeoff @Quantensalat
Donnie Murdo for Dangermouse in Gàidhlig; Donnie Munro was the singer for Runrig.@HighlandLawyer @_thegeoff @Quantensalat Also a fan, FYI, until DM left...
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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 Return on the video link with those blacked out contact lenses like something out of Event Horizon.
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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 whereas in reality they're rigging them to show that six hours *hadn't* passed
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@_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.
@shaungriffith @_thegeoff And navigation would be mightily confused (you'd either need to fake weird maneuvers, change the time in the last state vector update accordingly, or end up with navigation that claims a totally different position). -
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 keep hearing reporters say that "no human eye has seen the far side before."Umm, wait a minute there.
The Apollo program featured TEN (correction: NINE) missions that orbited the Moon. Do these folks seriously mean to say that in all of those lunar missions, the crewmember left in Moon orbit during the mission NEVER ONCE LOOKED OUT THE CSM WINDOW while passing over the far side?
That seems rather unlikely...
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@_thegeoff
I keep hearing reporters say that "no human eye has seen the far side before."Umm, wait a minute there.
The Apollo program featured TEN (correction: NINE) missions that orbited the Moon. Do these folks seriously mean to say that in all of those lunar missions, the crewmember left in Moon orbit during the mission NEVER ONCE LOOKED OUT THE CSM WINDOW while passing over the far side?
That seems rather unlikely...
@n1xnx *facepalm*
The thing that annoys me the most about this kind of reporting is it shows zero respect for the achievements of the Apollo era. -
@HighlandLawyer @_thegeoff @Quantensalat Also a fan, FYI, until DM left...
@sjcooke66 @HighlandLawyer @Quantensalat Yeah, Penfold's solo stuff was just too self indulgent.
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@sjcooke66 @HighlandLawyer @Quantensalat Yeah, Penfold's solo stuff was just too self indulgent.
@_thegeoff @HighlandLawyer @Quantensalat There was solo stuff? I mean, great sidekick but... what?
