Mars

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 11/26/2018 at 21:51 • Filed to: Spacelopnik

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As taken earlier today by the Mars Insight probe. This probe was built by people just like you and I. 

CB > f86sabre 11/26/2018 at 21:55

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Counterpoint: it was not build by people like me because I can barely do simple math, let alone launch a rocket and probe to another planet.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > f86sabre 11/26/2018 at 21:56

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BULLSHIT. The people just like me built this:

Maxima Speed > f86sabre 11/26/2018 at 21:59

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Counterpoint: I play KSP so I’m even smarter than they are. 

OPPOsaurus WRX > CB 11/26/2018 at 22:00

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haha I was thinking the same thing. those people are rocket scientists . they fall into a whole other group that also includes people like brain surgeons . You definitely dont want me doing brain sur ger y on you.

Ash78, voting early and often > f86sabre 11/26/2018 at 22:01

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Yeah, but how long before the LS swap loses an oil pan on those rocks? You and I just couldn’t agree on ground clearance.

OPPOsaurus WRX > f86sabre 11/26/2018 at 22:01

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exposed rivets ? WTF!! thi s fad has gone too far.

wafflesnfalafel > f86sabre 11/26/2018 at 22:02

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yep - Aerojet Rocketdyne is just down the street.  We used to be able to hear their test firings.  Comin’ in hot on a supersonic parachute?  You need Aerojet Rocketdyne retro thrusters to make your landing smooth.  

Urambo Tauro > f86sabre 11/26/2018 at 22:08

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Well, it’s not exactly brain surgery, is it?

someassemblyrequired > CB 11/26/2018 at 22:11

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Counter-counter point: NASA really likes farm kids. And tinkerers. Because the math is a part (an important part), but the engineering requires people who know how to make things work and play nice and do things they were never designed to do.

The math is complex, but they approach it differently than the seventeen chalkboard equation you saw in Hidden Figures now that computers are more robust. If you start to include time as a parameter, the math gets easier (as the changes and reactions of the system can be modeled across time ). It’s actually easier nowadays for people with practical knowledge than it is for the math geeks.

f86sabre > someassemblyrequired 11/26/2018 at 22:13

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This

f86sabre > Ash78, voting early and often 11/26/2018 at 22:14

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Skid plate, man. Skid plate.

Spaceball-Two > f86sabre 11/26/2018 at 22:21

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I don’t see Matt Damon.

someassemblyrequired > f86sabre 11/26/2018 at 22:21

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The stuff I did for NASA was the highlight of my career . If you get a chance to do stuff for/with NASA, do it.  Just an awesome atmosphere and great people.

f86sabre > Spaceball-Two 11/26/2018 at 22:30

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Who do you think is running the camera?

nermal > f86sabre 11/26/2018 at 22:30

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We’re only going to Mars now because that’s where the Nazis went after they finished building their secret research facility on the Moon .

Duh.

nermal > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/26/2018 at 22:31

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The photo resolution is impressive, as is the fact that they were able to beam it from there to here. 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/26/2018 at 22:33

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And speed tape. SMH.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > someassemblyrequired 11/27/2018 at 00:18

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T his gives me hope that someday I'll be working on more interesting things...

facw > someassemblyrequired 11/27/2018 at 00:44

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The stuff I did for NASA involved giving a training to people in West Virginia. It was not the highlight of my career. I did work with a project manager who came from JSC, and he was a good guy.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > f86sabre 11/27/2018 at 04:55

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Hate to say it but people like you and me would just make very pretty but very expensive explosions. This is somewhat better...

someassemblyrequired > BaconSandwich is tasty. 11/27/2018 at 09:13

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Thankfully y ou do learn a lot doing boring stuff - I learned a lot of what I needed for that work doing hideously boring stuff.

someassemblyrequired > facw 11/27/2018 at 09:18

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I worked with folks from JPL and Ames for the most part. The people I found most painful and useless were on the east coast, so this checks out. Although the younger folks on the east coast were awesome - I think the good ones on the east coast tend to move on to the defense companies because of the salary difference, and the lousy ones make a career of it .

BaconSandwich is tasty. > someassemblyrequired 11/27/2018 at 15:21

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To quote the late Randy Pausch: "Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."

f86sabre > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 11/27/2018 at 21:04

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It’s not magic.  We could make it work. 

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > f86sabre 11/27/2018 at 21:10

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Can we afford the explosions on the path to glory ?

f86sabre > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 11/27/2018 at 21:46

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Sure

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Spaceball-Two 12/01/2018 at 20:12

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That was a fun movie and they seriously thought through a good 25% of the logistics, but the bottom line is that he would have been radiated beyond a crisp. And they wouldn’t have had glassware on the Hermes...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > OPPOsaurus WRX 12/01/2018 at 20:13

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You assume that I have a brain.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > someassemblyrequired 12/01/2018 at 20:18

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Well, that’s good because Ryan Zinke’s next job is going to be NASA chief.

Spaceball-Two > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 12/01/2018 at 22:38

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Read the book. Way better!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Spaceball-Two 12/02/2018 at 08:55

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My daughter once said to me, “Daddy, never judge a book by its movie.”

I’m sure the book is better. I thought the movie was pretty decent in its own right. But I am still pretty sure that in 400-500 days of running around in a suit designed for a week’s use, our hero would literally be toast.