Mars One - The Latest Scam?

Quote from: BJ1234 on July 07, 2015, 01:54:38 PM

Quote from: sceptimatic on July 07, 2015, 01:33:57 PM

Quote from: BJ1234 on July 07, 2015, 01:25:23 PM

Well, since curiosity is into nearing its third year, it landed on Mars in 2012, of a two year mission, I don't find wheels that are getting holes in them as ludicrous.

True, true. I'll bet by next year it will shed them and start hovering. 

Incredulity is not a valid argument.  You have not presented anything of substance other than your ability to deny everything.  Maybe you should change your name to deniomatic?

There's many things I actually believe though. I believe that the rovers on mars are fairy stories.

Like I said, you should change your name to deniomatic.

Very similar to space tourism, Ah, at least someone is making money.
https://medium.com/matter/mars-one-insider-quits-dangerously-flawed-project-2dfef95217d3

I suppose you will call this "a scam" too. I actually was a friend of one of the founders in college - I met my wife through his then-girlfriend (now wife) - and this was ALWAYS his dream. He's a real stand-up guy, but I'm sure you'll all dismiss him as a con-man. You know, I think you guys will dismiss anyone and everyone who has actually founded a business as a "con-man". If I didn't think that Ayn Rand was a hack, I'd say that she has it right, some people despise those who actually strive to accomplish great things...

http://www.planetaryresources.com/#home-company

Quote from: BJ1234 on July 07, 2015, 01:54:38 PM

Quote from: sceptimatic on July 07, 2015, 01:33:57 PM

Quote from: BJ1234 on July 07, 2015, 01:25:23 PM

Well, since curiosity is into nearing its third year, it landed on Mars in 2012, of a two year mission, I don't find wheels that are getting holes in them as ludicrous.

True, true. I'll bet by next year it will shed them and start hovering. 

Incredulity is not a valid argument.  You have not presented anything of substance other than your ability to deny everything.  Maybe you should change your name to deniomatic?

There's many things I actually believe though. I believe that the rovers on mars are fairy stories.

You can 'believe' anything you like, but that does not alter the fact that you've NEVER ONCE provided any proof that any space mission, ever, has been faked.


The picture below is testament to the REAL and FACTUAL Apollo 11 mission conducted by NASA in 1969. Buzz Aldrin, picture taken by Neil Armstrong - it happened, get over it.

I suppose you will call this "a scam" too. I actually was a friend of one of the founders in college - I met my wife through his then-girlfriend (now wife) - and this was ALWAYS his dream. He's a real stand-up guy, but I'm sure you'll all dismiss him as a con-man. You know, I think you guys will dismiss anyone and everyone who has actually founded a business as a "con-man". If I didn't think that Ayn Rand was a hack, I'd say that she has it right, some people despise those who actually strive to accomplish great things...

http://www.planetaryresources.com/#home-company

I was also his friend and he told me it was his dream to be a space person thingy. I met my wife through his girlfriend at the time and she told me that Pinocchio is real. I  don;t know what she meant by this.

Anyway, you started it.

Quote from: Swiftly Tilting Planet on September 25, 2015, 04:46:09 PM

I suppose you will call this "a scam" too. I actually was a friend of one of the founders in college - I met my wife through his then-girlfriend (now wife) - and this was ALWAYS his dream. He's a real stand-up guy, but I'm sure you'll all dismiss him as a con-man. You know, I think you guys will dismiss anyone and everyone who has actually founded a business as a "con-man". If I didn't think that Ayn Rand was a hack, I'd say that she has it right, some people despise those who actually strive to accomplish great things...

http://www.planetaryresources.com/#home-company

I was also his friend and he told me it was his dream to be a space person thingy. I met my wife through his girlfriend at the time and she told me that Pinocchio is real. I  don;t know what she meant by this.

Anyway, you started it.

When a cannonball is shot out of a cannon and the cannon recoils in one direction, is it the cannonball's mass that is the reason for the recoil or is it the cannonball pushing on the atmosphere that causes the recoil?

Your answer only needs to be either mass, or atmosphere - shouldn't be too hard for you.