Re: [scifinoir2] Fifty Years of Exploration: Space Infographic

2010-07-25 Thread Martin Baxter
Try discount packages, including a room at the Mare Serenitatis Comfort
Suites and tickets to DisneyWorld Luna. (There's a story in that. I thought
it first!)

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote:




 I wonder what would have happened if corporations had the chance to take
 over in the beginning of the space program. Would we have discount tickets
 to the moon by now?

 On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote:



 Off the top, I'd say that the corporate-run space program would be more
 commercially oriented. Getting space tourism numbers up, as opposed to a
 government entity's attempts to further the boundaries of space travel in
 general. If that makes any sense.


 On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote:



 I don't think that I have read anything debating the pluses and minuses
 of space exploration ran by a corporation vs a government entity like NASA.
 Or possibly a joint government program.

 Would the goals be the same?


 On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Martin Baxter 
 martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote:



 Wouldn't mind that at all.


 On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote:



 I'm sure it will, but it won't have the name NASA on the side. It will
 probably be Virgin Space or something like that.

 On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Martin Baxter 
 martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote:



 If only these had been representations of people going forth...


 On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote:



 Fifty Years of Exploration: Space Infographic by Karen 
 Dayhttp://www.coolhunting.com/author/karen-day/in
 Tech http://www.coolhunting.com/tech/ on 16 October 2009
 [image: space-infographic-1.jpg]

 The National Geographic's Fifty Years of 
 Explorationhttp://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/indexbeautifully
  charts the paths taken by astronauts on historic missions to
 space—including both failed and triumphant attempts—visually pinpointing
 specific interests in various planets and comets. [image:
 space-infographic-close-1.jpg]

 Also noted, the current positions held by spacecrafts like the
 Pioneer10 and robotic probes such as Voyager 1, along with current
 expeditions including the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the 
 Messenger
 mission to Mercury, lend a sense of how far we reach these days. [image:
 space-infographic-close-2.jpg]

 Learn more about the 
 infographichttp://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/indexfrom 
 National Geographic.
 Via information 
 estheticshttp://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/10/50_years_of_space_exploration_in_one_infographic.html

 --
 Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
 Mahogany at:
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/




 --
 If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody
 hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik





 --
 Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
 Mahogany at:
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/




 --
 If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody
 hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik





 --
 Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
 Mahogany at:
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/




 --
 If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
 wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik





 --
 Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
 Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

  




-- 
If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik


Re: [scifinoir2] Fifty Years of Exploration: Space Infographic

2010-07-24 Thread Martin Baxter
If only these had been representations of people going forth...

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote:



 Fifty Years of Exploration: Space Infographic by Karen 
 Dayhttp://www.coolhunting.com/author/karen-day/in
 Tech http://www.coolhunting.com/tech/ on 16 October 2009
 [image: space-infographic-1.jpg]

 The National Geographic's Fifty Years of 
 Explorationhttp://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/indexbeautifully 
 charts the paths taken by astronauts on historic missions to
 space—including both failed and triumphant attempts—visually pinpointing
 specific interests in various planets and comets. [image:
 space-infographic-close-1.jpg]

 Also noted, the current positions held by spacecrafts like the Pioneer10
 and robotic probes such as Voyager 1, along with current expeditions
 including the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Messenger mission to
 Mercury, lend a sense of how far we reach these days. [image:
 space-infographic-close-2.jpg]

 Learn more about the 
 infographichttp://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/indexfrom 
 National Geographic.
 Via information 
 estheticshttp://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/10/50_years_of_space_exploration_in_one_infographic.html

 --
 Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
 Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

  




-- 
If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik


Re: [scifinoir2] Fifty Years of Exploration: Space Infographic

2010-07-24 Thread Mr. Worf
I'm sure it will, but it won't have the name NASA on the side. It will
probably be Virgin Space or something like that.

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote:



 If only these had been representations of people going forth...


 On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote:



 Fifty Years of Exploration: Space Infographic by Karen 
 Dayhttp://www.coolhunting.com/author/karen-day/in
 Tech http://www.coolhunting.com/tech/ on 16 October 2009
 [image: space-infographic-1.jpg]

 The National Geographic's Fifty Years of 
 Explorationhttp://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/indexbeautifully
  charts the paths taken by astronauts on historic missions to
 space—including both failed and triumphant attempts—visually pinpointing
 specific interests in various planets and comets. [image:
 space-infographic-close-1.jpg]

 Also noted, the current positions held by spacecrafts like the Pioneer10
 and robotic probes such as Voyager 1, along with current expeditions
 including the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Messenger mission to
 Mercury, lend a sense of how far we reach these days. [image:
 space-infographic-close-2.jpg]

 Learn more about the 
 infographichttp://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/indexfrom 
 National Geographic.
 Via information 
 estheticshttp://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/10/50_years_of_space_exploration_in_one_infographic.html

 --
 Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
 Mahogany at:
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/




 --
 If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
 wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik


 




-- 
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/


Re: [scifinoir2] Fifty Years of Exploration: Space Infographic

2010-07-24 Thread Martin Baxter
Wouldn't mind that at all.

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote:



 I'm sure it will, but it won't have the name NASA on the side. It will
 probably be Virgin Space or something like that.

 On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote:



 If only these had been representations of people going forth...


 On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote:



 Fifty Years of Exploration: Space Infographic by Karen 
 Dayhttp://www.coolhunting.com/author/karen-day/in
 Tech http://www.coolhunting.com/tech/ on 16 October 2009
 [image: space-infographic-1.jpg]

 The National Geographic's Fifty Years of 
 Explorationhttp://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/indexbeautifully
  charts the paths taken by astronauts on historic missions to
 space—including both failed and triumphant attempts—visually pinpointing
 specific interests in various planets and comets. [image:
 space-infographic-close-1.jpg]

 Also noted, the current positions held by spacecrafts like the Pioneer10
 and robotic probes such as Voyager 1, along with current expeditions
 including the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Messenger mission to
 Mercury, lend a sense of how far we reach these days. [image:
 space-infographic-close-2.jpg]

 Learn more about the 
 infographichttp://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/indexfrom 
 National Geographic.
 Via information 
 estheticshttp://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/10/50_years_of_space_exploration_in_one_infographic.html

 --
 Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
 Mahogany at:
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/




 --
 If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
 wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik





 --
 Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
 Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

  




-- 
If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik


Re: [scifinoir2] Fifty Years of Exploration: Space Infographic

2010-07-24 Thread Mr. Worf
I don't think that I have read anything debating the pluses and minuses of
space exploration ran by a corporation vs a government entity like NASA. Or
possibly a joint government program.

Would the goals be the same?

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote:



 Wouldn't mind that at all.


 On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote:



 I'm sure it will, but it won't have the name NASA on the side. It will
 probably be Virgin Space or something like that.

 On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Martin Baxter 
 martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote:



 If only these had been representations of people going forth...


 On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote:



 Fifty Years of Exploration: Space Infographic by Karen 
 Dayhttp://www.coolhunting.com/author/karen-day/in
 Tech http://www.coolhunting.com/tech/ on 16 October 2009
 [image: space-infographic-1.jpg]

 The National Geographic's Fifty Years of 
 Explorationhttp://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/indexbeautifully
  charts the paths taken by astronauts on historic missions to
 space—including both failed and triumphant attempts—visually pinpointing
 specific interests in various planets and comets. [image:
 space-infographic-close-1.jpg]

 Also noted, the current positions held by spacecrafts like the Pioneer10
 and robotic probes such as Voyager 1, along with current expeditions
 including the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Messenger mission to
 Mercury, lend a sense of how far we reach these days. [image:
 space-infographic-close-2.jpg]

 Learn more about the 
 infographichttp://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/indexfrom 
 National Geographic.
 Via information 
 estheticshttp://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/10/50_years_of_space_exploration_in_one_infographic.html

 --
 Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
 Mahogany at:
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/




 --
 If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody
 hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik





 --
 Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
 Mahogany at:
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/




 --
 If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
 wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik


 




-- 
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/


Re: [scifinoir2] Fifty Years of Exploration: Space Infographic

2010-07-24 Thread Martin Baxter
Off the top, I'd say that the corporate-run space program would be more
commercially oriented. Getting space tourism numbers up, as opposed to a
government entity's attempts to further the boundaries of space travel in
general. If that makes any sense.

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote:



 I don't think that I have read anything debating the pluses and minuses of
 space exploration ran by a corporation vs a government entity like NASA. Or
 possibly a joint government program.

 Would the goals be the same?


 On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote:



 Wouldn't mind that at all.


 On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote:



 I'm sure it will, but it won't have the name NASA on the side. It will
 probably be Virgin Space or something like that.

 On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Martin Baxter 
 martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote:



 If only these had been representations of people going forth...


 On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote:



 Fifty Years of Exploration: Space Infographic by Karen 
 Dayhttp://www.coolhunting.com/author/karen-day/in
 Tech http://www.coolhunting.com/tech/ on 16 October 2009
 [image: space-infographic-1.jpg]

 The National Geographic's Fifty Years of 
 Explorationhttp://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/indexbeautifully
  charts the paths taken by astronauts on historic missions to
 space—including both failed and triumphant attempts—visually pinpointing
 specific interests in various planets and comets. [image:
 space-infographic-close-1.jpg]

 Also noted, the current positions held by spacecrafts like the
 Pioneer10 and robotic probes such as Voyager 1, along with current
 expeditions including the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Messenger
 mission to Mercury, lend a sense of how far we reach these days. [image:
 space-infographic-close-2.jpg]

 Learn more about the 
 infographichttp://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/indexfrom 
 National Geographic.
 Via information 
 estheticshttp://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/10/50_years_of_space_exploration_in_one_infographic.html

 --
 Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
 Mahogany at:
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/




 --
 If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody
 hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik





 --
 Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
 Mahogany at:
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/




 --
 If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
 wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik





 --
 Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
 Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

  




-- 
If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik


Re: [scifinoir2] Fifty Years of Exploration: Space Infographic

2010-07-24 Thread Mr. Worf
I wonder what would have happened if corporations had the chance to take
over in the beginning of the space program. Would we have discount tickets
to the moon by now?

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote:



 Off the top, I'd say that the corporate-run space program would be more
 commercially oriented. Getting space tourism numbers up, as opposed to a
 government entity's attempts to further the boundaries of space travel in
 general. If that makes any sense.


 On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote:



 I don't think that I have read anything debating the pluses and minuses of
 space exploration ran by a corporation vs a government entity like NASA. Or
 possibly a joint government program.

 Would the goals be the same?


 On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Martin Baxter 
 martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote:



 Wouldn't mind that at all.


 On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote:



 I'm sure it will, but it won't have the name NASA on the side. It will
 probably be Virgin Space or something like that.

 On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com
  wrote:



 If only these had been representations of people going forth...


 On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote:



 Fifty Years of Exploration: Space Infographic by Karen 
 Dayhttp://www.coolhunting.com/author/karen-day/in
 Tech http://www.coolhunting.com/tech/ on 16 October 2009
 [image: space-infographic-1.jpg]

 The National Geographic's Fifty Years of 
 Explorationhttp://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/indexbeautifully
  charts the paths taken by astronauts on historic missions to
 space—including both failed and triumphant attempts—visually pinpointing
 specific interests in various planets and comets. [image:
 space-infographic-close-1.jpg]

 Also noted, the current positions held by spacecrafts like the
 Pioneer10 and robotic probes such as Voyager 1, along with current
 expeditions including the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Messenger
 mission to Mercury, lend a sense of how far we reach these days. [image:
 space-infographic-close-2.jpg]

 Learn more about the 
 infographichttp://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/indexfrom 
 National Geographic.
 Via information 
 estheticshttp://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/10/50_years_of_space_exploration_in_one_infographic.html

 --
 Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
 Mahogany at:
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/




 --
 If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody
 hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik





 --
 Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
 Mahogany at:
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/




 --
 If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody
 hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik





 --
 Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
 Mahogany at:
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/




 --
 If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
 wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik


 




-- 
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/


[scifinoir2] Fifty Years of Exploration: Space Infographic

2010-07-23 Thread Mr. Worf
 Fifty Years of Exploration: Space Infographic by Karen
Dayhttp://www.coolhunting.com/author/karen-day/in
Tech http://www.coolhunting.com/tech/ on 16 October 2009
[image: space-infographic-1.jpg]

The National Geographic's Fifty Years of
Explorationhttp://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/indexbeautifully
charts the paths taken by astronauts on historic missions to
space—including both failed and triumphant attempts—visually pinpointing
specific interests in various planets and comets. [image:
space-infographic-close-1.jpg]

Also noted, the current positions held by spacecrafts like the Pioneer10 and
robotic probes such as Voyager 1, along with current expeditions including
the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Messenger mission to Mercury, lend
a sense of how far we reach these days. [image:
space-infographic-close-2.jpg]

Learn more about the
infographichttp://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/indexfrom
National Geographic.
Via information
estheticshttp://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/10/50_years_of_space_exploration_in_one_infographic.html

-- 
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/