tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post5125683956720918487..comments2024-03-14T01:17:52.487-04:00Comments on HISTORIES OF THINGS TO COME: We're Going to MarsLC Douglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-66755564180638852202011-09-27T10:15:56.087-04:002011-09-27T10:15:56.087-04:00I am as big a space fan as anybody, and in my yout...I am as big a space fan as anybody, and in my youth I thought all good things came from NASA, but as I read more, and heard more details about what could have been accomplished in space, but was not, I became quite sad to realize that NASA was less like 2001 and more like a stereotypical government bureaucracy. <br /><br />Sadly, this new program has been proposed simply to continue employment of government workers in the districts of the representatives that oversee NASA's budget.<br /><br />Please see Bill Whittle's video that explains WHY we aren't living in the world of 2001 by the year 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h_d6YVA1KgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-42900362476504718962011-09-17T09:18:25.432-04:002011-09-17T09:18:25.432-04:00Sure! Thanks.Sure! Thanks.LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-14133115927379730582011-09-17T05:10:00.295-04:002011-09-17T05:10:00.295-04:00Mind if I link to this too? Awesome post!Mind if I link to this too? Awesome post!Karen Tottenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01511687726517324742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-3901034572923427642011-09-16T19:27:04.299-04:002011-09-16T19:27:04.299-04:00Well this IS good news, though I think we should b...Well this IS good news, though I think we should build a moon base firsr. Reading a hypothetical moonbase novel now, actually. Stick that in your eye, "Realistic" Mockumentary Apollo movie!<br /><br />Also Re: Installing Windows 7 on HAL: HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! -JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-62537090468472321832011-09-15T17:00:06.236-04:002011-09-15T17:00:06.236-04:00Sure, go ahead! The link above to the clip from /2...Sure, go ahead! The link above to the clip from /2001: A Space Odyssey/ prompted me to put it in DVD player. What an eerie, prescient movie. I can never get over the fierceness of Kubrick's visions, and his utter lack of apology when it came to doing what needed to be done as far as art was concerned. He is one of my favourite directors.<br /><br />Check out the comments on the Youtube link above to that /2001/ scene. Re. Hal refusing to open the pod bay doors, one Youtuber said: "I would install Windows 7 on his ass!"LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-58408555068347473272011-09-15T16:12:15.896-04:002011-09-15T16:12:15.896-04:00Well, sweets, I guess it's my turn to borrow! ...Well, sweets, I guess it's my turn to borrow! ;-)Dia Sobin (Araqinta)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03398194511342193439noreply@blogger.com