Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2071-75 (Dec. 5-9, 2011)
snubnose:
--- Quote from: tjradcliffe on 06 Dec 2011, 04:53 ---[...] What I've lived through has been pretty tame in comparison, although the Moon landing may count as enough to trump the rest.
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Err ... sorry, but what ? The moon landing hasnt effected our everyday lifes at all, except maybe the development of teflon (but thats probably an urban legend).
The technology to fly to the moon has been there for a long time. The Saturn V rocket wasnt substantly different from the V2 rocket used by nazi germany to bomb the UK and the netherlands, nor is the Space Shuttle substantly improved over the Saturn V. In fact when you look at what we use to fly now to the international space station, we use decade old russian rockets for that.
The question of flying to the moon again or flying to Mars is just if there is enough money available for it.
Soulsynger:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 06 Dec 2011, 05:50 ---Well, there's "meh" and "meh". For instance, the discovery of a possibly Earth-like planet elsewhere in the universe is a fascinating one, and very significant in its field - none the less, considered as part of our daily lives, it is also supremely unimportant. It's a matter of perspective, and one can be aware of both perspectives simultaneously while choosing one or other according to one's preoccupation at the time.
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S'what I meant to say, of course. Nurrr...~~
--- Quote from: snubnose on 06 Dec 2011, 06:05 ---The question of flying to the moon again or flying to Mars is just if there is enough money available for it.
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These days its more like "Is there ANY money available for it / at all?" ... °O
hobo386:
--- Quote from: snubnose on 06 Dec 2011, 06:05 ---
--- Quote from: tjradcliffe on 06 Dec 2011, 04:53 ---[...] What I've lived through has been pretty tame in comparison, although the Moon landing may count as enough to trump the rest.
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Err ... sorry, but what ? The moon landing hasnt effected our everyday lifes at all, except maybe the development of teflon (but thats probably an urban legend).
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On the other hand, since the moon landing (but not because of it), we invented both personal computers and cell phones and combined both into something the size of a deck of playing cards, we invented the internet, search engines, and sophisticated remotely accessible knowledge bases (Google,Wikipedia), and we've developed medical implants past simple hip joint replacements.
Paranoid:
Here's the thing: not everybody has to "calculate how many light-years away" all the stars are in order to eventually reach them. We only need a select few to do that. So again, this example is kindof banal to me. Now, as for local space travel, I have to ask why aren't we doing more of that? The space program has resulted in plenty of real-world innovations, which directly effects most of us living today. And I think we can all agree that if we ever want humanity to visit other star systems, we need to finish exploring our own corner of the cosmos first.
So, I guess what I'm saying is that no one can afford to explore the philosophical implications of every discovery. Some discoveries are indeed important to everyone, while others should be first pondered by people with the correct skills and/or mindsets. In other words, if a layman wants to get excited about the discovery of a potentially habitable planet I got no problem with that. I just don't feel it should be expected it of him.
TinPenguin:
I'm slightly confused by the past few comics - remind me... why are they hanging out with Clinton?
I have nothing against the guy, he's well-meaning enough, I just don't know how we made such a rapid transition from "augh creeper fill him with electric" to "hey man lets go get lunch".
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