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more about #europeanspaceagency GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Do they need someone to annoy everyone else? Because I'll take that job. I can be intolerable in close quarters, extremely condescending, and very p... more » JC Whitless: Hmmnnn....trapped in a can with sexy russian women? What is the food like? Can we bring booze? #marssimulation more » psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!: Two questions arise: 1 - Will they pay for my trip to Russia? 2 - Will there be any Martian sex simulation? Failure to provide a positive response ... more » bosskev: A 520-Day Pretend Trip To Mars? 520 days, that's all? That's nothing for Americans. Hell, we recently endured an 8-Year Pretend Trip To Democracy. #ma... more » mattycakes: As long as I don't have to drink my own recycled urine, I'm in. Yeah, yeah, I know it's just the same as regular water, you can't even taste the diff... more » OMG! Ponies!: Rosa, We have ST:TNG tech already. Tap a little button and you can communicate with it. It's called a Bluetooth headset. That's right. The entir... more » tylerstyle: My puny Star Trek fantasy? Our world becoming one people, finally working together with no boundaries, no Poverty, no Money, no starving and laying th... more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Hailing frequencies open... more » CraigJ: I just want to be able to tell my microwave, tea, Earl Grey, hot. more » farcedude: Green chicks is my guess. more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: But seriously. Since the FDA reported that 4 people have died from choking on life alert pendants, maybe we can make life alert mumu's, housecoats, o... more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: This is just a guess, but does it involve messing with the gravity in your room like Melora did in that episode of Deep Space Nine? Or does it poss... more » dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!: You know, this would be a really good plot for a horror movie. 6 volunteers get locked up with no communication for 6 months. When they open the doors... more » Nasdaf: isolation on earth seems like it would be even more stressful since you would always know that you could walk out the door at any time and go watch Jo... more » A Pimp Named DaveR: Unfortunately, the experiment started with 8 volunteers.... more » Kaiser-Machead: Captain's log, star date 101.1.42.204.204, The morale of the crew has significantly decreased this morning, as someone has finished off the last of t... more » Darusame: This whole business reminds me of that Twilight Zone episode where the guy goes insane in exactly that, a simulated space trip, out of loneliness / mo... more » Bertone77: Overheard: "Hey Bob what do you want to do today?" "Dunno what about you?" "We could count the tiles on the floor again." "IT'S FUCKING 578 JUST ... more » Curves: I am a poor candidate for space travel since I cant even be locked in a car for a 6 hour drive without going nuts. (I have never seen anyone who drOve... more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: As long as they don't show Red Planet, I think they can keep the Space Madness at bay. more » -
#space
Volunteers Wanted For 520-Day Pretend Trip To Mars
The European Space Agency is looking for volunteers to spend 520 days isolated a Moscow facility where they'd simulate traveling to, living on, and coming back from Mars. Not bad, except the pretend travel lasts 250 days each way. More » -
#personalcommunicator
Fabric Antenna-Based Personal Communicator Makes Most of My Star Trek Fantasies Reality
My second biggest Star Trek fantasy? Being able to tap a badge to communicate. Silly, but not to a Finnish company who is improving on Star Trek design and my fantasies with flexible, fabric communicators toting built-in GPS to boot. More » -
#space
Russia Locks Up Volunteers in Mock Space Ship to Simulate Mars Trip
A group of 6 volunteers just finished a simulated 105-day mission to Mars. Completely stuck on the ground, the subjects were essentially locked in a room so that researchers could gauge the psychological impact of isolation. More » -
#trashtronauts
Space Is Full of Crap
The European Space Agency has just released images showing all the satellites and human-made debris now orbiting space as a result of 51 years of launching stuff since Sputnik. That's about 6,000 satellites up there—of which only 800 remain operational—plus thousands of other objects from launches and accidents. According to their mindblowing simulations things are getting a lot worse: More » -
