Space shuttles for sale: one careful owner, starting price $42m
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Personally, I'd prefer to drive a classic. 
I wonder if they have any Apollo capsules for sale....
I wonder if they have any Apollo capsules for sale....
Personally, I'd prefer to drive a classic.
I wonder if they have any Apollo capsules for sale....
You could claim salvage on one of the ones they left behind on the Moon.
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Hey, so would I. I wasn't necessarily saying it was a bad thing.
Personally, I'd prefer to drive a classic.
Hey, so would I. I wasn't necessarily saying it was a bad thing.
Andy Griffith beat me to it.Personally, I'd prefer to drive a classic.
I wonder if they have any Apollo capsules for sale....
You could claim salvage on one of the ones they left behind on the Moon.
Nah, bad idea. Granted, the shuttles are some of the most impressive technology from the seventies, but they really are showing their age. Imagine what could be done today if a reusable spaceship was ordered…That SpaceShipOne guy should buy them and keep them flying.
Those aren't capsules, the capsules never landed but stayed in orbit around the moon, the only spacecraft(ish) things left on the moon are the LEM landing gears.Personally, I'd prefer to drive a classic.
I wonder if they have any Apollo capsules for sale....
You could claim salvage on one of the ones they left behind on the Moon.
I know that, I was using a bit of artistic licence for the purposes of comedy.
Sorry 'bout that (I kinda knew though) but you could have been one of those younglings that have no idea about the early days of space exploration…
As for comic license, that thing was a bit like telling a joke with three men walking into a bar -but the punch-line needs there to be only two of them.
I know; you're an old fogie, like me, probably saw both the moon shots and Star Trek (-original) back in the day
I still think it was a weak joke though
I know; you're an old fogie, like me, probably saw both the moon shots and Star Trek (-original) back in the day
No, I didn't, but I'm hardly ignorant of how the moon landings worked. I'm not exactly what you'd call a noob when it comes to Star Trek, either.
I imagine there are people a lot younger than you or me who have a much greater understanding of the technology behind the Apollo programme than either of us.
I still think it was a weak joke though
We've discussed the conflicts between my sense of humour and yours before. Let's not go down that road again, eh ?
I know; you're an old fogie, like me, probably saw both the moon shots and Star Trek (-original) back in the day
No, I didn't, but I'm hardly ignorant of how the moon landings worked. I'm not exactly what you'd call a noob when it comes to Star Trek, either.
I imagine there are people a lot younger than you or me who have a much greater understanding of the technology behind the Apollo programme than either of us.
I still think it was a weak joke though
We've discussed the conflicts between my sense of humour and yours before. Let's not go down that road again, eh ?
I think you may very well be right there; to me the NASA moon program was just something on TV back when I was a kid but the Soyuz/Apollo meet-up was a moment I didn't want to miss…
Concerning humour; I just thought it was a question of computers… no more no less.
Watch this video of one going up from a plane. WARNING! stoner guy saying "holy shit" the whole time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv5J5cBwwFc
Wow. That's pretty damn cool!
It's funny people reacted to being surprised at how "fast" it is.
Dude, it's a rocket!
You've developed a method of harnessing energy from constantly pointing out the completely obvious, haven't you?
Yes I have and it's built into a small device implanted into my chest. It powers my powered-armor suit and I go out and fight crime at night.
True.
Come to think of it, I'd really like to see Salvage One again, even though I was ambivalent about it at the time. A DVD set would be nice. 
That SpaceShipOne guy should buy them and keep them flying.
Well, first the spaceshipone guy would have to get up to a 1950s level of capability. LEO would be a good start.
Sub orbital is one thing. An orbital craft is a wholly different creature, and I'm holding my breath on that one.
By the way, I was kidding about the SpaceShipOne guy flying the Shuttles. It's nerve wracking enough when NASA flies them. Let's just put them in a museum and move on. 
I figured. I'm just always amused when I hear people going on about scaled composites, and how much NASA sucks compared with them.
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