Cosmos 1

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:19 pm

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/05 ... aunch.html

This page has been continually updated throughout the day.

Post by **Canidae** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:26 pm

An admirable institution that I've not joined as of yet.
But for $30 bucks a year they do a hell of a lot of good stuff.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:52 pm

Indeed.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 12:01 am

riddla wrote:I'm a member.

Are you really?

NASA, etc really need to start screening the people building these things more carefully. Seems like something on an elementary level of stupid always screws up the entire show. I do hope they can salvage this one though...

Nasa wasn't involved with this mission. They're interested in the results though.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 12:06 am

http://planetary.org/solarsailblog/index_03.html

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 12:50 am

Ok so they just launched something into space and don't know where it went?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 12:55 am

Oh wow, that way when aliens invade earth they'll know who to look for! :icon19:

Post by **Canidae** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:03 am

And if they are anything like superman that lead pipe will come in handy for you...to hide behind

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:13 am

That's right.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:37 am

Excellent.

Post by **Whiskey 7** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:32 am

Marvelous read - thanks all

Post by **rep** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:44 am

It went FTL. That's why we can't find it.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:46 am

Faster than light?

Read riddla's bbc link.

Post by **tnf** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 3:06 pm

It didn't go FTL.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:35 pm

tnf wrote:It didn't go FTL.

I hope you weren't correcting me. I asked because I wasn't clear that's what his abbreviation meant.

rep wrote:That's why we can't find it.

I told him to read riddla's article because at the time they had detected Cosmos 1 and it seemed recoverable.

Post by **Transient** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:37 pm

rep wrote:It went FTL. That's why we can't find it.

:icon27:

Post by **werldhed** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:41 pm

Isn't Bill Nye involved with this project?

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:57 pm

Post by **HM-PuFFNSTuFF** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:06 pm

Las night he could not make it
he tried hard but could not make it
last night he could not make it
on a holiday
for many miles
looking for a place to stay
near some friendly star
he found this mote
and now we wonder where we are
how could this so great
turn so shitty
he ended up in army crates
and photographs in files
his tiny boat
sparked as he turned to grazed our city
i started driving on the motorway
i was feeling down
last night he could not make it
last night he could not make it
he tried hard but he could not make it
last night he could not make it
on a holiday
so many miles
looking for a place to stay
near some friendly star
he found this mote
and now we wonder
how could this so great
turn so shit
he ended up in army crates
and photographs in files
his tiny boat
sparked as he grazed it
he started heading for the motorway
and he came right now.