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Captain Kirk in Space
Given Kirk’s history, what’s the betting he tries to shag the female crew member?
13th Oct 2021 9:11 pm
RRSTDV8
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You do know Kirk is a fictional character, yes?
Shatner's 90. He's got no chance of getting in to orbit and an erection at the same time. Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
13th Oct 2021 10:06 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 10 Aug 2017
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Well he got it up and it lasted for 11 minutes
13th Oct 2021 10:10 pm
RRSTDV8
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Microgravity will help even the infirm to be, erm, proud. Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
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"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
13th Oct 2021 10:46 pm
JordsDisco
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Sorry, but it cost our environment - 300 tons to CO2 sending a 90 year old actor for a 10 minute flight in space. It’s totally irresponsible unnecessary pollution.
14th Oct 2021 5:33 am
Scott #55
Member Since: 15 Apr 2015
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RRSTDV8 wrote:
You do know Kirk is a fictional character, yes?
Shatner's 90. He's got no chance of getting in to orbit and an erection at the same time.
I didn’t say he’d succeed, just try.
14th Oct 2021 7:24 am
Sea Raider
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JordsDisco wrote:
Sorry, but it cost our environment - 300 tons to CO2 sending a 90 year old actor for a 10 minute flight in space. It’s totally irresponsible unnecessary pollution.
What time are you picking your new Prius up?
14th Oct 2021 7:30 am
RRSTDV8
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JordsDisco wrote:
Sorry, but it cost our environment - 300 tons to CO2 sending a 90 year old actor for a 10 minute flight in space. It’s totally irresponsible unnecessary pollution.
Where did you get that figure from?Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
14th Oct 2021 8:03 am
JordsDisco
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It’s already in the driveway. 👍
14th Oct 2021 8:04 am
JordsDisco
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The New York Times, The Guardian, The Independent, BBC etc. Backed and quoted from various authorities, including NASA.
To be honest, you can’t send a rocket into space without there being an environmental cost and you don’t need to reference that!
14th Oct 2021 8:09 am
Sea Raider
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Apparently hes releasing a new new line in underwear, not his best idea.
Whoever thought Shatner Pants would sell
14th Oct 2021 8:18 am
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
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JordsDisco wrote:
The New York Times, The Guardian, The Independent, BBC etc. Backed and quoted from various authorities, including NASA.
To be honest, you can’t send a rocket into space without there being an environmental cost and you don’t need to reference that!
I asked out of genuine interest as it's quite a specific figure. I wonder who first used it - news agencies all just quote the same press releases and each other so a story has lots of "sources" stating something but there is actually only one real source.
The New Shepard's BE-3 engine is a liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen engine. Both of those can be produced using renewable energy (although I have no doubt they won't be in the case of these flights). So potentially the CO2 loading could be much less.
And yes, sending things in to space has an environmental cost, but so does all human activity. We should be careful decrying others when we also pollute.Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
14th Oct 2021 8:27 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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More interesting figure would be what would be the difference in co2 if the whole thing hadn’t happened. No building the rocket/capsule, rocket fuel, no setting up the site, no fuel for private jets flying everybody around or there & back, etc, etc, etc. The green billionaires love to preach at us, lots of do as I say not as I do. And no, I don’t accept that things are greener using renewables unless everything is powered by renewables with a surplus, the green power they use up needs to be generated by normal means to make up for its use.
14th Oct 2021 8:33 am
JordsDisco
Member Since: 22 May 2020
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 1627
Space Tourism is just a particularly frivolous way to waste the environment.
Yes, there are other things people do without regard, but if we go on the premise that we can’t decry it because in some shape or form we all pollute, then we are never going to forward.
14th Oct 2021 8:41 am
Paul J.
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Add cryptocurrency mining to the list of the (criminally) frivolous. An ex-Disco3 / FFRR / I-Pace owner ......
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