>>>>Apparently astronaut Young didn't realize his microphone was on
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http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/frame.html >>>>(1. click "Apollo 16" link
>>>>2. then click "Debrief and Goodnight" under "The First EVA" under the "The Journal"
>>>>3. look at around 128:50:37
>>>>at around 128:53:58 he's informed about the hot mike )
>>>
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>>>> But if you look at the images from on the ground at the time, the cars , the clothes , the technology all look very dated
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>>That is what caught my attention as well while back. Computer/Communication tech also comes to mind;
>>At the time it was IBM-369 (or 370 ?) I could think that they were perfectly capable of running NASA massive payroll / accounting softwares at the time. But who would suspect that they were actually sufficient to send man on the moon. Extraordinary feat huh ?
>>
>>By analogy;
>>If NASA maintained the same level of tech/innovation progress as it had between 1958 and 1968 for instance,
>>by now (5-6 decades later) they should be flying to outer galaxies, with routine pit-stops on mars and various other planets.
>>Surprisingly (or not) they did not manage to score even Man2Mars.
>>
>>Perhaps with this new cold war with Russia and China, we might have again witness some new space race
>>and televised breaktrough-miracles thereafter.
>>
>>Watched 'Interstellar' recently. Was not bored as usual with space movie.
>>Take a look :-)
>
>Despite all the talk of manned missions to Mars etc as far as I can see there is no ongoing project to build the equipement to get people out there. NASAs plans don't seem to extend much beyond their new capsule at the moment which might be ok for an asteroid rendevous but thats it. I used to assume I'd see people on Mars in my lifetime but now I'm not so sure.
I would prefer to see (routine) manned mission on the moon first. What about manned Moon station?
That would have been much more natural natural progression of the things. First things first you know ;-) Then manned missions to Mars and beyond.
Talking about 'natural progression' , Despite recent setbacks I still have faith in Sir Richard Branson to do some real breakthrough in
his commercial space exploration. Don't be overzealous in your space ambitions{g}, if RB succeeds with his commercial space ventures,
we might live long enough to see space tourism to moon and back at least.
Cheers :)
