Glocks4Freedom Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Bamboo grows on the DSOTM. Comrade Panda knows it... 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DrB Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 7 hours ago, kerbie18 said: How do they stay in communication with it on the far side of the moon? The moon would block radio signals unless you use a satellite relay or something. CB radio.... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 After all they steal our latest technology. 23 Channels and all, high tech. Skip is a wonderful thing off of Mars for communication. They haven't figured Single Side Band out yet.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moeman Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 We’re they delivering General Tso and egg roll take out? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Soldier Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I expect a rebellion from the Walmart Shoppers. The ones on the little carts sipping a large Dr. Pepper. They fear the U.S. will shut down the local Chinamart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moshe Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 21 hours ago, tous said: Perhaps, but I suggest that the Moon is a good place to station useless bureaucrats. Plus, they can park wherever they want without messing up traffic. Plus, the incorrigible prison population. We don't need them on the planet either. I suspect and isolated spot on the moon would pretty much be really hard to escape from when the only atmosphere is inside and not on the outside. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xromad Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Dark Sky. Nazis. Czech it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 At least they haven't landed a probe on Uranus. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 If it's on the dark side of the moon, how do they send communication back to Earth? Quote Queqiao relay satellite Communication with Chang'e-4 Direct communication with Earth is impossible on the far side of the Moon, since transmissions are blocked by the Moon. Communications must go through a communications relay satellite, which is placed at a location that has a clear view of both the landing site and the Earth. On 20 May 2018, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) launched the Queqiao (Chinese: 鹊桥; pinyin: Quèqiáo; literally: "Magpie Bridge") relay satellite to a halo orbit around the Earth–Moon L2 point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang'e_4#Queqiao_relay_satellite 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Soldier Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 When Columbus and his men departed on his exploration the world was flat. His wind driven wood boat would likely fall off the planet into eternity. The only communication devise then was pigeons or smoke signals. Those were truly brave men. But he should have stopped by Scandinavia. The Vikings already knew the answers. ? Planetary exploration would have never developed without these early sailors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 (edited) Indeed, sir. Humans are doomed when we run out of people that, regardless of the peril, want to know what's out there, what's over the next hill, across the oceans or across the solar system. Here's to the explorers. Edited January 7, 2019 by tous 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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