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    Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for One-Way Mission to Titan

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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/10/09

    In reply to Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for One-Way Mission to Titan
    This sounds like the perfect gig for Major Tom.
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    Image of ELPARTO ELPARTO
    10/10/09

    In reply to Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for One-Way Mission to Titan
    I'll do it for $17,000! Two thousand now, and fifteen when we reach Aldera--dah I mean Titan. I will also be providing my own ship, it completed the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs. Perhaps you've heard of it? It's pictured below.
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    Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea® promoted this comment Edited by ELPARTO at 10/10/09 9:11 PM ELPARTO was starred ELPARTO was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/11/09

    @ELPARTO: "She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid. I've made a lot of special modifications myself."
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    10/10/09

    In reply to Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for One-Way Mission to Titan
    I'll bet folks are dying to take him up on this offer.
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    Image of prometeum prometeum
    10/10/09

    In reply to Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for One-Way Mission to Titan
    Poor Laika, she had the worst death that any creature on this planet could have had.
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    Image of jeffk jeffk
    10/10/09

    @prometeum: Not the worst, of course, but bad and sad.

    We should rename Earth's moon "Laika".
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    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    10/10/09

    @prometeum: Not really...they euthanized her when the conditions in the capsule started getting bad.
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    Image of prometeum prometeum
    10/11/09

    @prometeum: ok, re-reply to myself, as many of you say, she died in a different way... I thought she freezed to death but Laika ended up being fried while re-entrying.

    I suck at history.
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    Image of styfle styfle
    10/10/09

    In reply to Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for One-Way Mission to Titan

    I found an ad on craigslist where a dude was looking for someone to go back in time with him. It said bring your own weapons. Ah, here it is:
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    jakebathman promoted this comment styfle was starred styfle was unstarred
    Image of psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you! psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!
    10/10/09

    In reply to Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for One-Way Mission to Titan
    As long as theres paste food and passionfruit flavored TANG onboard...giddy up!
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    10/10/09

    In reply to Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for One-Way Mission to Titan
    You found my ad I see.
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    lostarchitect promoted this comment Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    10/10/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: So, do I get the $25,000 before or after?... Oh, wait.
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    Image of mattycakes mattycakes
    10/10/09

    In reply to Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for One-Way Mission to Titan
    I encourage everyone to email this guy, and then repost what their conversations with the man here. Or elsewhere. Either way, how you cannot at least want to converse with the man who could blast you to Jupiter?
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    badhatharry promoted this comment mattycakes was starred mattycakes was unstarred
    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/10/09

    @mattycakes: Titan is a moon of Saturn.
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    Image of I Think We're Property I Think We're Property
    10/10/09

    @badhatharry: Yeah, but you pass Jupiter on the way there, right? Gotta get that gravity-slingshot goodness going.
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/10/09

    @I Think We're Property: Yeah, plus I sound like a douchebag correcting the guy. Titan can be anywhere you want it.
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    Image of mattycakes mattycakes
    10/11/09

    @badhatharry: Damn... I'm a worse fact-checker than Fox News. Thank you badhatharry for reminding/correcting me, and +1 to I Think We're Property and Camo Zombie for being generally awesome.
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/12/09

    @mattycakes: But, once again, I sound like a know-it-all douche for correcting you. Sorry about that.
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    Image of mattycakes mattycakes
    10/12/09

    @badhatharry: No hard feelings mate, you were doing the right thing.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/10/09

    In reply to Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for One-Way Mission to Titan

    Here's a picture of the craft.
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    Image of Synthfilker Synthfilker
    10/10/09

    @ the guy that built the rocket:

    Hey, dude... even I know you don't put the rocket motors on the pointy end.
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    Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea® promoted this comment Synthfilker was starred Synthfilker was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/10/09

    @Synthfilker: Retrorockets for directional control.
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    Image of Synthfilker Synthfilker
    10/10/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®: What does he need retrorockets for? It's a one-way trip!
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/10/09

    @Synthfilker: Steering. since it's not likely that he'll be using The Force to pilot with.
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    Edited by Jrsy Devil's Advocate® at 10/10/09 6:54 PM Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of I Think We're Property I Think We're Property
    10/10/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®: Not a very robust steering system. Looks really high powered and in only one direction. You notice that the thrusters on things like Apollo involved clusters of tiny thrusters pointed along every axis?
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    10/11/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®: I can't believe only one person realized this was from Salvage-1....
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/11/09

    @I Think We're Property: I guess you didn't notice the ring of smaller thrusters below it, circling the fuselage.
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    Image of Synthfilker Synthfilker
    10/11/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®:

    Retrorockets != maneuvering thrusters

    You steer with thrusters - small rockets that have just enough power to orient the spacecraft. With those, you don't NEED "retrorockets". You just point the ass of the rocket opposite the direction of travel and use the main engine, or your OMS in the case of the shuttle.

    You DO understand there's no aerodynamic flight in space, right? B5, not SW.
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    Image of Verno77 Verno77
    10/10/09

    In reply to Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for One-Way Mission to Titan
    If a guys gonna lie about a spaceship, he could at least say you'll be coming back to Earth. I wonder what he needs the 25000 for, if his imaginary spaceship was real of course.
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    Image of FuturePastNow FuturePastNow
    09/04/09

    In reply to Buzz Aldrin Double Fists An iPhone And a Blackberry On a Blimp
    You mean Buzz AWESOME
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    09/04/09

    In reply to Buzz Aldrin Double Fists An iPhone And a Blackberry On a Blimp
    Buzz Aldrin: still cooler than you'll ever be.
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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    09/04/09

    In reply to Buzz Aldrin Double Fists An iPhone And a Blackberry On a Blimp
    But he ain't no Gus Grissom ...
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    Image of user67 user67
    09/04/09

    In reply to Buzz Aldrin Double Fists An iPhone And a Blackberry On a Blimp
    my wife does the same with her phones
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    Eugenia promoted this comment user67 was starred user67 was unstarred
    Image of Sprzout Sprzout
    09/03/09

    In reply to Buzz Aldrin Double Fists An iPhone And a Blackberry On a Blimp
    Uhm...Just curious, but...this IS a flying vessel, and last I'd heard, it was illegal to use cell phones while flying, whether it's for texts or phone calls, as set by the FAA. How is Buzz getting away with this?
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    Image of AceBytes AceBytes
    09/03/09

    @Sprzout: He's above the law. :P
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    dingus promoted this comment AceBytes was starred AceBytes was unstarred
    Image of dingus dingus
    09/03/09

    @AceBytes: I'd like to believe that he plays the "Oh yeah? Well I walked on the moon, so STFU!" card whenever possible.
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