New development in 'stadium-sized' FLYING SAUCER orb invasion NASA has clarified the exact size of the mighty helium balloon that will later today lift its Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) over the Pacific Ocean. As we reported yesterday, the agency vaguely described the whopping 963,000 cubic metre orb as so big you could "fit a professional football stadium inside it". The …
Lester,
Are you suffereing from 'rocket-envy'? Or even 'balloon-envy', given that you could launch something truly huge with one of those.
I've been trying my best to come up with a backronym for stratospheric hypersonic inflatable braking apparatus which relates to Bulgarian airbags in some way, but my brain has failed me. Such that I feel a complete tit...
Actually, maybe not *land* on the moon... perhaps something better.
What I'd kill to see is a very, very low slingshot round the moon, just scraping the peaks, all on camera. A slow drop towards the edges of the moon, picking up speed slowly then increasing (apparent) acceleration until it's a blur below you for a few minutes, then a slowing and drifting away from the ground until you're dropping away from the moon again.
*That* would be cool. So, howsabout this time next year?
(failing that, a virtual ride would be a good substitute and maybe a bit more doable)
Now, now, let's not be cruel. His brother ISN'T dead, no, not at all.
He's just living on the playmonaut farm, where he can run and play and ride rockets to his heart's content. Shame that Colin can't visit of course, but maybe he can join him there, one day. One day...
Always be kind to your playmonauts, folks.
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