State of the Game

[ubermick]

going up in space is going up in space. very few people alive will ever get to say they did it and not be lying. And apparently, a couple minutes is all you need for it to be that impactful.

being labelled an astronaut or not doesn't really matter. It's so unrelatable to have that perspective of seeing the earth from above it that we have people alive today who truly think the earth is flat and they're still allowed to procreate and interact outside of asylums.

He didn't go up in space. He went to the base threshold where he experienced weightlessness for a few moments, and then came back down.

These lads are astronauts:

These lads are rich gobshites with far too much money who paid exorbitant amounts to go on a glorified funfair ride:

 

[LeoBartlet]

He didn't go up in space. He went to the base threshold where he experienced weightlessness for a few moments, and then came back down.

These lads are astronauts:

These lads are rich gobshites with far too much money who paid exorbitant amounts to go on a glorified funfair ride:

It's funny that the only way Bezos can get his company into the news is by shuttling up ageing actors or himself.

 

[LeoBartlet]

This is the team photo for the next group to not go to space in Bezos Cocket.

 

[xzanfr]

He didn't go up in space. He went to the base threshold where he experienced weightlessness for a few moments, and then came back down.

These lads are astronauts:

These lads are rich gobshites with far too much money who paid exorbitant amounts to go on a glorified funfair ride:

Also, thanks for ruining the earth just a little bit more for your 10 minute holiday.

 

[xzanfr]

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This is the team photo for the next group to not go to space in Bezos Cocket.

They'd nick the wheels off of the launcher and try to sell the helmet bit down the pub.
Calm down.

 

[Rubbernuke]

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This is the team photo for the next group to not go to space in Bezos Cocket.

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FERRRRRRRRIILLYLLCRUSSSSSDAMEHRRRSSEEYYY

 

[Darth Ender]

there's no border that says "this is space and this isn't" the atmosphere gradually gets thinner ...is 150km enough? 200km? do you have to go all the way to the moon?

I think it's space-enough if you look up and you see black instead of the sky, you can see the curvature of the earth below you and you can float ....that's space for all intents and purposes.

 

[[Diplomacy] Carnegie]

Ironically Powerplay was almost updated in 2018, it was a casualty of the Chaos Period™ when FD reorganised internally.

It was a casualty of its original 'design' and implementation. It's only been attended to by nerds desperate to play 'Space Risk'

 

[LeoBartlet]

there's no border that says "this is space and this isn't" the atmosphere gradually gets thinner ...is 150km enough? 200km? do you have to go all the way to the moon?

I think it's space-enough if you look up and you see black instead of the sky, you can see the curvature of the earth below you and you can float ....that's space for all intents and purposes.

I once went up to the third floor of a block of flats.

NASA sadly didn't recognise my achievement and toss me a set of Astronaut wings.

 

[Athlon-uk]

Whoa! Let’s just backtrack on this and consider the future possibilities..

We can say ?

 

[Rubbernuke]

It was a casualty of its original 'design' and implementation. It's only been attended to by nerds desperate to play 'Space Risk'

Its the only part of ED that would actually make sense if the people in charge grew some balls and went all in.

 

[Bottom Hat]

These lads are rich gobshites with far too much money who paid exorbitant amounts to go on a glorified funfair ride:

Gobshites?!

Fantastic discovery!

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This is the team photo for the next group to not go to space in Bezos Cocket.

I ain't gerrin in dat mate....

Whoa! Let’s just backtrack on this and consider the future possibilities..

We can say ?

Indeed. for the win!

 

[LeoBartlet]

Ya'll gobshites!

 

[Bottom Hat]

CAMDOWNCAMDOWNCAMDOWN

FERRRRRRRRIILLYLLCRUSSSSSDAMEHRRRSSEEYYY

I was hoping for a mad post to make the 43k mark!

It'd be interesting-ish to see a gallery of all the thousands-posts in a single one, but I'm far too lazy to bother with that.

Thinking about it, those sentiments make me think of someone - fancy a job Ender?

 

[Athlon-uk]

You can have this one BH

 

[LeoBartlet]

I was hoping for a mad post to make the 43k mark!

It'd be interesting-ish to see a gallery of all the thousands-posts in a single one, but I'm far too lazy to bother with that.

Thinking about it, those sentiments make me think of someone - fancy a job Ender?

I'm claiming half of the 43k glory as he was replying to a crap post I made.

 

[Rubbernuke]

I'm claiming half of the 43k glory as he was replying to a crap post I made.

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waves arms and hands robotically

 

[Rubbernuke]

This is literally the forums when certain trigger words get posted

 

[Rubbernuke]

Ya'll gobshites!

Don't use it too often, I made up some words that got 'erased' and put on the naughty list.

 

[ubermick]

there's no border that says "this is space and this isn't" the atmosphere gradually gets thinner ...is 150km enough? 200km? do you have to go all the way to the moon?

I think it's space-enough if you look up and you see black instead of the sky, you can see the curvature of the earth below you and you can float ....that's space for all intents and purposes.

I suppose you think the little kids on airline flights that get to go up to see the cockpit and get little plastic wings are pilots too.

Going up on Bezos' giant thruster willy doesn't make someone an astronaut, it makes them extremely rich and privileged idiots who paid money to experience weightlessness for a few seconds. And to call them astronauts sullies the actual men and women who put their lives on the line for the sake of exploration, humanity, and science.