what about that landing

Mismatch · Post by **Mismatch** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 12:27 am

on titan
additional info:
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/index.html

well what about it...
I always find space news good news.

edit: unless it has summit to do with meteors, astreoids or waddadadamingos.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 12:34 am

looks like the moon

Ernesto · Post by **Ernesto** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 1:11 am

Big fucking deal, it's a moon. I'd be more impressed with a colour photo but those space agencies are just so damn cheap.

jiujitsu · Post by **jiujitsu** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 3:15 am

Yea, I don't get why they couldn't at least put a color camera on that damn thing. I was a bit disappointed with it, but it's still pretty neato.

airsoft guy · Post by **airsoft guy** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 3:20 am

Color cameras don't have the same detail level as black and white. Those pictures do look pretty shitty though. I'm surte they have some better pictures that they'll colorize to help bring out the differences in things, that's usually how they do stuff.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 4:07 am

No shit?

Corpse · Post by **Corpse** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 5:03 am

They are still processing the data the probe transmitted, so hopefully they'll post some better quality pictures soon.

the guardian · Post by **the guardian** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 12:37 pm

First color picture. It proves beyond the reason of a doubt that the place is governed by rocks, so wee'll have no trouble conquering this measly little moon! And let's not forget who TOOK the pictures, definitely not communists, let me assure you.

ALL HAIL THE LIZARD RACE.

Mad Max RW · Post by **Mad Max RW** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 2:55 pm

The whole thing was a complete waste of time and money. If they took that effort into sending people to Mars we'd already be there.

And the pictures would be more interesting if they landed on an ocean instead of bullshit once again.

SuperH · Post by **SuperH** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 4:54 pm

Sending people to Mars, setting up a livable environment there and bringing them back would be quite a hell of a lot more difficult than spring launching that thing onto Titan one way with a camera on board.

I think it's pretty sweet, regardless of the fact that there's not a whole lot of interest going on in the pictures. I liked the overview shots of the methane oceans they got, even though they're not in color.

the guardian · Post by **the guardian** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 5:07 pm

Well, it does prove that we're cooler than monkeys. Plus, it helps strengthen the idea that there's absolutely nothing worth searching for out there but rocks. Maybe if they were neon pink, or even just sparkly greenish...

Mad Max RW · Post by **Mad Max RW** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:26 pm

Spending billions of dollars just to send robots to look at rocks is pointless. No matter what spin the science community or whoever put on it, we don't gain anything. The general public will forget all about it in a few days. So what was the great accomplishment? Future robot missions to more rocks? Dammit, humans are becoming lazy pussies. I demand we stuff several humans into a bigass rocket, pick a spot at random, and send them to conquer that shit.

At the very least, I'd settle with going to the moon again and start drilling big holes all over the place for no other reason than to say we did it.

Mismatch · Post by **Mismatch** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 9:19 pm

the guardian wrote:

First color picture. It proves beyond the reason of a doubt that the place is governed by rocks, so wee'll have no trouble conquering this measly little moon! And let's not forget who TOOK the pictures, definitely not communists, let me assure you.

ALL HAIL THE LIZARD RACE.

what you call rocks is, in fact, ice lumps. I recall reading.

the guardian · Post by **the guardian** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 10:22 pm

Mismatch wrote:
what you call rocks is, in fact, ice lumps. I recall reading.

You win. We've discovered ice lumps. Now just find me some living organisms and I'll actually become curious.

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 3:01 am

$20 AU that the ice lumps do in fact exhibit signs of sentience !

Now there's a sobering thought : if e'er you're depressed and sad, be glad ! For you're not made exclusively from ice ! But you do have blood parasites. I can smell them.

Huzzah.

This event is just another rung on the ladder. We'll fall off, I'm sure of it.

Really though, I doubt any of us will see colonists being sent to any other planet, moon, large rock et al. That may be wrong, however, especially if a readily available longevity vaccine is developed within the next few decades. I doubt that though, it wouldn't be in character for whatever multibillion medical corporation to share such a boon with the masses.

The average quality of life is going to deteriorate, politicians are going to live hundreds of years. Authoritarian plutocracy just became even more depressing.

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD · Sun Jan 16, 2005 5:09 pm

I love how you make this all seem like they are throwing their money away.

They did it because its the only other planitary body in the solar system with an atmosphere.

I can't believe you dumbasses even brought up the colour camera conversation. NASA has been coloring its pictures for a while because the general public likes shiny objects.

For all you know the ice blocks are magenta but its all in the way NASA colours them for crowd control.

the guardian · Post by **the guardian** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 7:04 pm

You think NASA will lie about the composition of the rocks to appeal to the public? That's just bullshit, MFG.

airsoft guy · Post by **airsoft guy** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 8:43 pm

No, they probably wont lie about the composition of the rocks/ice lumps, but they will lie about the actual color. They rarely ever even attach color camera to the craft they send up. That could be an extra five pounds of equipment and fuel that could cost another million dollars.

Sad to say I agree with MFG on this one. We know what's on the Moon, we know what's on Mars, they both suck dog tit, but Titan has an atmosphere and an atmosphere, no matter how shitty and cold, could hold life. It would certainly shut up some of the Bible thumpers that think that Earth is the only place in the universe with life on it.

Now sure, maybe the money could have spent somewhere else, like on more manned space flights to the Moon in preparation for the conquering of Mars (that'll learn them fucking Martians not to come down here and probe us and explode our cattle). But we're still at least 10 to 20 years away from another manned mission to the Moon. Last time we went we sent them in a goddamn Volkswagen Bug, and one of them had to wait in orbit. Those were baby steps, we've still got a loooong way to go.

Plus, at this point there really is no need to colonize another world. You bitch about three billion dollars, you just wait until they get the bill back for Moon Unit 1. I mean, what are we going to do on the Moon that we can't do here? Manufacture stuff? Mine for minerals? Summer camp for under-privileged inner-city youths? But how do we get them back? Rocks and black children are heavy, especially when there are a lot of them. Even with orbital gliders from a space station it would be incredibly expensive.

At this point in our development, interplanetary travel, even just between here and the Moon is unworkable.

the guardian · Post by **the guardian** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 8:54 pm

I still don't see why they'd want to lie about it. How's it going to help NASA if we all think there are ice lumps in there? I fail to see the motives here, and "making it crowd favorite", doesn't realy sits right.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 9:01 pm

Just wanted to let you know that this whole Titan issue had nothing to do with NASA.
Nothing at all. Kthnxbye.