Mankind's last great achievement

[Hans]

I was watching this today and had a very tender moment (even Sarge would approve). This is, in my opinion, so far the last great achievement of our species. If I were a pompous prick, I'd say it's awesome to behold. Start at 2:39 if you want to skip the "boring" bit of the first video.

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Haven't been quite so touched by anything in quite a while.
Fuck. My coffee tastes salty.

[James Deuce]

I disagree. The "automatic" washing machine released all women in Western Civilisation from slavery.

[Hans]

I disagree. The "automatic" washing machine released all women in Western Civilisation from slavery.

Do we get head more often?

[James Deuce]

Depends on whether or not you're dick really.

[paddy]

Surely the motorcycle is man's greatest achievement?

[imdying]

She was a mighty fine hoax :yes:

[Hans]

She was a mighty fine hoax :yes:

I will not be trolled. Not today.

[Headbanger]

Breeding ever more stunningly sexy wenches.

That's the pinnacle of mankind's work.


Sexy women.






And some people claim I'm shallow.:no:

[DangerMice]

the view of the 'flame' as the camera falls behind is very impressive.

[imdying]

I will not be trolled. Not today.No trolling, the rockets were real... but we've all driven 60s American cars... no way in hell the Americans could have landed on the moon in the 60s :laugh:

[RantyDave]

The "automatic" washing machine released all women in Western Civilisation from slavery.
Pfffppp. The clothes have to get found, sorted, stuffed in the machine, made to go, taken out, hung out to dry, bought in when it starts raining, folded and put away.

Kids movies on DVD? Now that's progress :)

Dave

[James Deuce]

Pfffppp. The clothes have to get found, sorted, stuffed in the machine, made to go, taken out, hung out to dry, bought in when it starts raining, folded and put away.

Kids movies on DVD? Now that's progress :)

Dave

Yeah, but she doesn't have to get up at 4am to light the fire under the copper and stir the clothes for 2 hours before you finish lollygagging in bed and stumble out at 6am demanding a full cooked English breakfast.

[jackie]

No trolling, the rockets were real... but we've all driven 60s American cars... no way in hell the Americans could have landed on the moon in the 60s :laugh:

Yeah because they went to the moon in Mustangs.

Were you even alive in the 60s?

[pzkpfw]

No trolling, the rockets were real... but we've all driven 60s American cars... no way in hell the Americans could have landed on the moon in the 60s


Name a piece of technology that they'd have needed but didn't have.


Technology? Car?! Bah!

Technology! U2, SR71, B747, Viking, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo - FTW.

[Hans]

Name a piece of technology that they'd have needed but didn't have.


Technology? Car?! Bah!

Technology! U2, SR71, B747, Viking, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo - FTW.

Yeah, I find it surprising that anyone would believe this particular conspiracy BS. You only need to have a fairly basic understanding of space technology to know there was nothing stopping them from going. You also need to realise that the Russians were tracking all the Apollo missions very carefully and you can bet your life they would have exposed any "irregularity" with glee.

[Laxi]

She was a mighty fine hoax :yes:


I will not be trolled. Not today.

or be talked sense too :shifty:

[Hans]

Sure. Talk sense to me. Give me a good reason believe that it's a hoax. Not half cooked paranoid bs. Evidence.

[Laxi]

it's like religion mate, you've heard all the evidence but ya still go with the " cause I was told so excuse":no:

[Fluffy Cat]

Mahnn, 1st stage 5 F1 rocket motors 20 tons per sec kerosene and O2. If i remember right. Stuff the carbon footprint. Was beautiful then came the space scuttle (spelling correct). Wasted opportunity for the USA and the rest of us, could have been at Mars by now.

[Rodney007]

after first explosion after few secs, it gets sucked back... what happens there?

[Hans]

after first explosion after few secs, it gets sucked back... what happens there?

What time in the vid?

[Fluffy Cat]

Explosion is the motors starting, nice and cool flame. When the motors ignite they thrust down into a huge blast vent. So the pressure below draws the flame down. It gets sucked down. The blast duct deflects the rockets heat at start up and helps protect the launch gantry. They also dump tons of water onto the launch pad to cool it.

[Hans]

it's like religion mate, you've heard all the evidence but ya still go with the " cause I was told so excuse":no:

If you're trolling, best of luck to you. If you're actually serious, you need to go and get certified.

[Laxi]

cant blame a guy fror trying:lol: friggin bored

[Forest]

Mankind's last great achievement

I disagree. The Apollo project was impressive, but it was neither the greatest or the last of mankind's great achievements.

[Fluffy Cat]

I disagree. The Apollo project was impressive, but it was neither the greatest or the last of mankind's great achievements.

Right you are, i think our biggest achievement will be killing the planet.

[James Deuce]

Right you are, i think our biggest achievement will be killing the planet.
I hope we do it in style!

[Skyryder]

Do a Google on One Square Killometre Array. The stats on this are staggering.


Skyryder

[Kickaha]

I hope we do it in style!

While nuking the whales:Punk:

[Street Gerbil]

Amazing vid. Who has composed the soundtrack?

[Hans]

I think at least parts of it are from Black Hawk Down. I may be wrong.

[slowpoke]

"great achievement" based on what criteria? For what that ego trip cost the Third World could well be part of the First World by now.

[Jeaves]

Certainly our greatest achievement when it comes to saying to the universe "f#%k you, ill decide where im gonna go".

[Hans]

"great achievement" based on what criteria? For what that ego trip cost the Third World could well be part of the First World by now.

You're not being serious, surely? You think money can solve the problems of the Third World. How much time have you spent in the Third World?
No. Scientific and technological advancement, the stuff you're calling an "ego trip", is actually one of the things that set us apart from the Third World.
So what you're saying is we need to bring ourselves down to their level instead of bringing them up to ours.
The Third World largely needs to change it's attitude. You can't really buy that with money. Besides I'd much rather see my tax go towards the likes of an Apollo program, then to feed someone who's starving because they're part of an unsustainably high population somewhere in Africa.

[pzkpfw]

Besides I'd much rather see my tax go towards the likes of an Apollo program, then to feed someone who's starving because they're part of an unsustainably high population somewhere in Africa.

...and run by Governments that are either inept or corrupt (and often both).

See Mugabe and his drive to turn his country from a food exporter to a charity case.

[Fluffy Cat]

...and run by Governments that are either inept or corrupt (and often both).

See Mugabe and his drive to turn his country from a food exporter to a charity case.

Well said, the UK govt if you can call it that spent years paying reparations to Mugabe(who buy the way is a racist). When his corruption became to much for the said govt they withheld payments. Which led to an acceleration of repossession of white farms. These were the farms feeding the country. The rest is history. People need to do things for themselves, like build big rockets.

[imdying]

Oh sweet (http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/3005658/Ares-I-X-rocket-blasts-off-on-test-flight), we might even get 'back' there some day.

[Swoop]

Clarkson might be right. The Concorde was "the Zenith"...

Jb-Hi Fi had a great boxed set of dvd's on sale recently. Covered from V1 through to the middle of the shuttle era.
Great viewing.

[Mikkel]

Nevermind going to the moon... that rocket is approximately 100 meters tall. Anything that can make a jet of flame more than half a kilometer long is awesome in my book.

Everything you need to know in order to go to the moon was formulated by a chap called Isaac Newton in the late 1600s.


I disagree. The "automatic" washing machine released all women in Western Civilisation from slavery.

No, it just made them more efficient slaves. There'll still be dishes to be cleaned and eggs to be cooked.


While nuking the whales:Punk:

There is a committee for that you know.

[KiwiGs]

Do a Google on One Square Killometre Array. The stats on this are staggering.


Skyryder

The stats are staggering, what is even more staggering are the huge gaps in technology that have to be bridged between now and 2012.

[Street Gerbil]

A bit of research has shown that the soundtrack of the first video consists of two parts:
'Baltar's Dream' and 'Roslyn and Adama' from Battlestar Galactica by Bear McCreary.
Both works appear to be a near-verbatim copy (plagiarism much?) of 'Vale of Plenty' and 'Ashes to Ashes' by Hans Zimmer from Black Hawk Down OST.