I don't want to read the book. That's like TV for smart people. On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 2:07 PM CBB - Jay Fuller <par...@cyberbroadband.net> wrote:
> > yes, but unsuited once he pressurized the "repaired" hab unit...i wouldn't > have trusted that. > well, you know, i was in the audience so my thoughts didn't really > matter... lol > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> > *To:* af@afmug.com > > *Sent:* Saturday, October 10, 2015 12:27 PM > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie Review > > He suited up. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Oct 10, 2015 12:58 PM, "CBB - Jay Fuller" <par...@cyberbroadband.net> > wrote: > > >> i was laughing pretty hard when he sealed the hab with plastic wrap...i >> mean really? that's not going to keep the heat in for sure... >> >> > but hey, it's a movie.. >> >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> >> *To:* af@afmug.com >> *Sent:* Saturday, October 10, 2015 12:28 AM >> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie Review >> >> SPOILERS >> >> Mars is -55c, one would think those potatoes would be useless in >> minutes. Even if they took an hour, it was hours before he sealed the lab. >> >> Untethered was driving me nuts. So dumb. Bad for science and the movie. >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> On Oct 10, 2015 1:19 AM, "CBB - Jay Fuller" <par...@cyberbroadband.net> >> wrote: >> >> >>> the "convertible" didn't throw you? It did me....i mean, really? Now >>> you just KNEW halfway through that launch the tent tarp would come off....i >>> mean, you just knew it. >>> >>> then again they pointed out the very thin atmosphere....and stuff >>> usually burns up on re-entry, not taking off. >>> >>> but still - are you kidding me? >>> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>> *From:* Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> >>> >>> *To:* af@afmug.com >>> *Sent:* Monday, October 05, 2015 9:46 AM >>> >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie Review >>> >>> Minor spoiler alert....... >>> >>> >>> The few complaints are: >>> Hermes EVA untethered. Not gonna happen. >>> >>> Standing in a docking port untethered waiting for a cargo shipment. Not >>> gonna happen. >>> >>> Hermes crew being able to calculate dynamic intercept and explosive >>> decompression thrust issues in seemingly minutes. Perhaps computers are >>> that good in that year but the guy on earth had to go physically plug into >>> a supercomputer to do the same thing and it seemingly took him several >>> days... (that would not happen either, the physically plugging into the >>> supercomputer) >>> >>> Old lander having a data bus that could interconnect with new stuff. >>> Perhaps. Maybe there is some kind of old NASA standard data bus like >>> RS-232. Might could have happened. >>> >>> Antenna on old lander looked too small to do the trick. I am thinking if >>> that was a true replica, it was probably talking to an orbiting relay >>> spacecraft back when it was still working. >>> >>> Video links on Hermes and on Mars seemed to be interlaced analog >>> video.... Come on! Analog video artifacts too when the power was >>> blinking. We all understand pixilation, that is what you would truly be >>> seeing. >>> >>> Hydrazine on iridium makes steam, not hydrogen. But even better for >>> making water. Does not require a flame. >>> >>> Ironman thrust vectors would probably not look like what we saw. >>> >>> Potatoes would not instantly freeze so hard they would die. Takes time >>> for the heat to leave them. I think he could have quickly saved a few >>> viable specimens. >>> >>> I positively loved the hexadecimal / ASCII pointer system... That >>> stroked some dormant but very favorite gray cells in my noggin. >>> >>> I wished he had scavenged some of those larger parabolic antennas and >>> rigged up a high bandwidth link with earth. They could have use the dishes >>> at Goldstone, Canberra and Madrid to talk to him half of each day. (Of >>> course with the delay). I imagine he would have had to track the earth so >>> that may have been pretty difficult to do for any length of time. >>> >>> >>> *From:* Patrick Leary <patrick.le...@telrad.com> >>> >>> *Sent:* Monday, October 05, 2015 6:12 AM >>> *To:* af@afmug.com >>> >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie Review >>> >>> >>> >>> My wife, two teen daughters and I saw Martian this weekend. It was one >>> of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time and I’m a movie freak. >>> Perfect casting and even better script. Matt Damon had a tough job carrying >>> the film in his scenes, but his use of the station video-based report >>> filing enables us to get more entertaining dialogue from him (as opposed to >>> the slightly more I’m-going-crazy-talking-to-myself lines from Tom Hanks in >>> Castaway talking to “Wilber”). >>> >>> >>> >>> Throughout the movie Damon is friggin’ great (but those of us who like >>> in the Bourne movies know his ability to nail a role without coming across >>> as a cartoon character already knew this). The science seemed just >>> plausible enough for non-scientists. >>> >>> >>> >>> Not enough credit in the reviews will be given to the Nasa team cast on >>> earth, but without it, the movie would have dragged and feeling their >>> urgency and suspense builds our own. >>> >>> >>> >>> Just go see it. I cannot imagine any WISP not loving this movie, as it >>> takes one’s inner geek and shows us how to turn it into total badassery. >>> >>> >>> >>> Patrick Leary, Telrad >>> >>> 727-501-3735 >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Jaime Solorza >>> >>> >>> *Sent:* Monday, October 5, 2015 12:26 AM >>> *To:* Animal Farm <af@afmug.com> >>> >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie Review >>> >>> >>> >>> Ha >>> >>> On Oct 4, 2015 9:00 PM, "Glen Waldrop" <gwl...@cngwireless.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> >>> >>> *Sent:* Sunday, October 04, 2015 10:56 AM >>> >>> *To:* Animal Farm <af@afmug.com> >>> >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie Review >>> >>> >>> >>> Please no spoilers >>> >>> On Oct 3, 2015 7:14 PM, "Daniel White" <afmu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I saw it yesterday. It was one of the best movies I have seen in a long >>> time. >>> >>> >>> >>> Two thumbs up. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> >>> >>> Daniel White >>> >>> afmu...@gmail.com >>> >>> Cell: +1 (303) 746-3590 <%2B1%20%28303%29%20746-3590> >>> >>> Skype: danieldwhite >>> Social: LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/danielwhite84>: Twitter >>> <https://twitter.com/DanielWhite84> >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown >>> *Sent:* Saturday, October 3, 2015 6:48 PM >>> *To:* af@afmug.com >>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] OT Movie Review >>> >>> >>> >>> Martian >>> >>> Loved it. >>> >>> Much better physics than that silly George Clooney movie. >>> >>> And funny too. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> [image: Avast logo] <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> >>> >>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >>> www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ************************************************************************************ >>> >>> >>> This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by >>> PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & >>> computer viruses. >>> >>> ************************************************************************************ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ************************************************************************************ >>> This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by >>> PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & >>> computer viruses. >>> >>> ************************************************************************************ >>> >>>
