The Sci-fi thread
Dec 22nd 2015, 1:14 am
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Re: The Sci-fi thread
Real space stuff, with SpaceX launch (in 15 mins from now) :
SpaceX | Webcast
Can they land the first stage back on land ?
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Yes, it appears - and the crowd went wild.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5bT...tu.be&t=41m46s
Minute 42 for the stage 1 landing
SpaceX | Webcast
Can they land the first stage back on land ?
----
Yes, it appears - and the crowd went wild.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5bT...tu.be&t=41m46s
Minute 42 for the stage 1 landing
Dec 22nd 2015, 2:19 am
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Re: The Sci-fi thread
Kind of ridiculous how this, which is legitimate news that will have a significant impact, gets virtually no coverage on the news sites. Yet Miss Universe announcing the wrong winner (probably to get some publicity for something that's past its time) is all over the front pages.
Dec 22nd 2015, 3:59 am
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Dec 22nd 2015, 4:00 am
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Dec 22nd 2015, 4:00 am
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Dec 22nd 2015, 4:01 am
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I thought the new Star Wars was great - took me back to my childhood (have never sat and watched the prequels all the way through as to me they're not Star Wars). The storyline was a bit basic and so much like the originals, but I'm hoping that's just to bring new Star Wars fans up to date with what's happened previously and open the way up for a more sophisticated storyline in the next episode.
Dec 22nd 2015, 5:48 am
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Kind of ridiculous how this, which is legitimate news that will have a significant impact, gets virtually no coverage on the news sites. Yet Miss Universe announcing the wrong winner (probably to get some publicity for something that's past its time) is all over the front pages.
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Dec 22nd 2015, 5:53 am
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Dec 22nd 2015, 6:55 am
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Jan 9th 2016, 1:56 pm
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Re: The Sci-fi thread
The Shannara Chronicles.
Foxtel SyFi channel.
Jan 16th 7.30pm AEDT.
Author Terry Brooks has written roughly 30 novels about his Shannara world and this adaptation is based on The Elfstones of Shannara.
I read the very first book in the series The Sword of Shannara back in the late 70's and remember thinking it was every bit as good as Lord of the Rings.
Looking forward to checking this new series.
Foxtel SyFi channel.
Jan 16th 7.30pm AEDT.
Author Terry Brooks has written roughly 30 novels about his Shannara world and this adaptation is based on The Elfstones of Shannara.
I read the very first book in the series The Sword of Shannara back in the late 70's and remember thinking it was every bit as good as Lord of the Rings.
Looking forward to checking this new series.
Apr 9th 2016, 1:02 am
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SpaceX have finally gotten their first stage to land successfully back on the ocean drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You", in what looks like a fair amount of swell. If they can get this to be routine, they can reuse the engines and make each launch much cheaper. Also needed for their eventual Mars target (they'd need to land rockets there too).
Apr 9th 2016, 10:57 am
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Honestly I thought that too, but on reflection later, I felt as little disappointed. I must admit after the Star Trek films, I was never a big fan of Abrams, so not looking really forward to " Episode 8 - Rogue One". The writers used too may cliched lines from the first three film and even George Lucas was not happy that they hired Abrams and ditched his (Lucas) plots for episodes 7, 8 and 9 and revised them to suit the Disney take on it. The acting too seemed pretty second-rate compared to the originals.
It took the "Luke Skywalker" character 3 films to develop into a Jedi, but the female lead character (probably his daughter) managed to do it within 75% of the movie.....
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Apr 9th 2016, 11:58 am
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SpaceX have finally gotten their first stage to land successfully back on the ocean drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You", in what looks like a fair amount of swell. If they can get this to be routine, they can reuse the engines and make each launch much cheaper. Also needed for their eventual Mars target (they'd need to land rockets there too).
https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/tjS.../landing.0.gif
https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/tjS.../landing.0.gif
Just a little context, the barge is as big as a football pitch, and the rocket is 14 storeys tall.
Jun 17th 2016, 8:06 am
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And here's what happens when they 'explore the envelope', muck it up, and run out of fuel at the last moment :
you can see it hover too high, and topple after touching down.
you can see it hover too high, and topple after touching down.
Jun 17th 2016, 8:08 am
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And here's what happens when they 'explore the envelope', muck it up, and run out of fuel at the last moment :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ilfd6H1Kp0
you can see it hover too high, and topple after touching down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ilfd6H1Kp0
you can see it hover too high, and topple after touching down.