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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: when will commercial space flight be feasible? Faldage #179065 09/09/08 12:42 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont  Originally Posted By: Faldage Can you imagine a tourist bus pulling into today's International Space Station and dropping off about 50 tourists to come in and gawk? that'd be cool. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: does the center not hold? Faldage #179066 09/09/08 01:20 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Can you imagine a tourist bus pulling into today's International Space Station and dropping off about 50 tourists to come in and gawk? Nope, but I can imagine one of the rogue Scientific ISS modules declaring sovereignty and seceding from the ISS causing the first solar systemic war to end all wars ... Passport control and customs in the airlocks ... Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: does the center not hold? zmjezhd #179073 09/09/08 11:13 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania  Originally Posted By: zmjezhd Can you imagine a tourist bus pulling into today's International Space Station and dropping off about 50 tourists to come in and gawk? Nope, but I can imagine one of the rogue Scientific ISS modules declaring sovereignty and seceding from the ISS causing the first solar systemic war to end all wars ... Passport control and customs in the airlocks ... That reminds me of a cool B-grade sci-fi novel I read once about the moon colony seceding from earth and throwing rocks at them to defend themselves, since it's all downhill from the moon to the earth. They built big rail guns and hurled huge boulders to earth - it was an interesting (and almost feasible) concept - using rocks against nuclear weapons! Mind you the Palestinians have been doing it for years I guess... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: does the center not hold? The Pook #179074 09/09/08 11:54 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY twosleepy old hand twosleepy old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY There are Palestinians on the moon?!? I'm setting up our telescope... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,373 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 155 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,562 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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