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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hI6tCxW2Mk


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKpwBNixtJ8


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP3a1ALXkrE

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKpwBNixtJ8


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP3a1ALXkrE

I like the face she makes as she describes her boobs as Two Ballons. It make my pervy side happy. Also , I like her with her hair up, I just realized she looks a lot like Wynonna Ryder.
Oh, and Stormsinger...Boobies , boobies, boobies.

>> ^rkone:

Something's up. Maybe I'm just not familiar with Russian camera technology, but I don't know of any camera that records snow when it breaks...


As with those lame internal monologue ballons, it's probably added by the poster.

Stack a few kids on top. Problem solved. There are also a few rather large people in the video. You could have tied the corners to few of them as they drink PBR and sunburn. Problem solved. Cut a big hole through the middle so the thing doesn't act like a sail. Problem solved. Fill it with sand instead of air. Problem solved. Tell onlookers it's a bouncy castle kite/ballon. Lemons into lemonade.

Do I have to think of everything?

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

Yep, that's what I'm suggesting. Though I guess by the way you've framed your questions you think I'm insane. The success rate of the balloon method is not bad. And getting two rovers down from a single launch is also something that's been successful. I don't think it's that unreasonable to consider that two rovers like Spirit and Opportunity could carry complementary gear, meet up and connect.

You're right that we don't send landers to Mars very often - that's why it's important to build on successful technologies with a proven track record of success to maximise our chances.

Thanks for the link - I've reviewed a lot of this stuff too though I appreciate more information even if it is delivered with a heavy dose of condescension.

Egos and personalities involved in science? Why would I ever think that - everything we do or say or write comes from a completely rational base right?

>> ^Fletch:

@dag

Why wouldn't you try and improve on that method instead of going with a completely, untested extremely complicated new method? I suspect personalities and nerd egos are involved.

Are humans supposed to bounce across the surface in a balloon when/if we ever send a manned mission? Do you think that success or failure of this landing precludes learning anything from it? We don't get to send landers to Mars very often, so the opportunity for testing new procedures and techniques has to be taken when it can. Every little thing is done for a reason. If you think it's the result of "personalities and nerd egos", there are hundreds of books, TV specials, and documentaries out there that detail just about everything NASA has ever done, from inception to success or failure, as well as the people and personalities involved, that I think will change your mind. Here's a good place to start. Great book.

I understand that the sheer size of this rover (small car) makes it too big for a single bouncing-ball drop, but why not then, do two and let them come together and connect on landing?

Assuming you are serious...
The success rate of Mars missions is not good. On top of that are budget and launch window considerations. Are you really suggesting that TWO separate pieces be launched, have them both fly 150 million miles to Mars, enter orbit, BOTH successfully land (and land close enough they can find each other), find each other, and then connect somehow to make one rover just so they can use ballons? Really? Talk about complicated... It would take an incredibly huge nerd ego to even ATTEMPT to sell that idea. Even a single launch with two pieces on board would rely on the success of two completely separate and complicated landings and a meet-up before the rover mission could even begin. This also means the weight of each half of the rover would have to be reduced so two separate landing systems can be included. Less room for instruments. Less science. Anyhoo, this system is not so different from the previous rovers. They weren't just dropped from a parachute. The atmosphere is too thin for a parachute alone. RAD (rocket assisted descent) motors brought the rovers to a near dead stop about 50 feet above the surface and they were released. This landing also calls for more precision, as the landing zone is much more specific.

@dag

Why wouldn't you try and improve on that method instead of going with a completely, untested extremely complicated new method? I suspect personalities and nerd egos are involved.

Are humans supposed to bounce across the surface in a balloon when/if we ever send a manned mission? Do you think that success or failure of this landing precludes learning anything from it? We don't get to send landers to Mars very often, so the opportunity for testing new procedures and techniques has to be taken when it can. Every little thing is done for a reason. If you think it's the result of "personalities and nerd egos", there are hundreds of books, TV specials, and documentaries out there that detail just about everything NASA has ever done, from inception to success or failure, as well as the people and personalities involved, that I think will change your mind. Here's a good place to start. Great book.

I understand that the sheer size of this rover (small car) makes it too big for a single bouncing-ball drop, but why not then, do two and let them come together and connect on landing?

Assuming you are serious...

The success rate of Mars missions is not good. On top of that are budget and launch window considerations. Are you really suggesting that TWO separate pieces be launched, have them both fly 150 million miles to Mars, enter orbit, BOTH successfully land (and land close enough they can find each other), find each other, and then connect somehow to make one rover just so they can use ballons? Really? Talk about complicated... It would take an incredibly huge nerd ego to even ATTEMPT to sell that idea. Even a single launch with two pieces on board would rely on the success of two completely separate and complicated landings and a meet-up before the rover mission could even begin. This also means the weight of each half of the rover would have to be reduced so two separate landing systems can be included. Less room for instruments. Less science. Anyhoo, this system is not so different from the previous rovers. They weren't just dropped from a parachute. The atmosphere is too thin for a parachute alone. RAD (rocket assisted descent) motors brought the rovers to a near dead stop about 50 feet above the surface and they were released. This landing also calls for more precision, as the landing zone is much more specific.

yuck. It looks great, but I would never rub food on ballons. The rubber tastes horrible, and I'm pretty sure the taste rubs off rather easily.

http://videosift.com/video/How-To-Inflate-A-Ballon-You-Will-NEVER-Want-To-Pop is dead.

Thanks - Translation is here: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arte.tv%2Ffr%2FEchappees-culturelle
s%2F2616672.html (Edit: the darn link keeps fracturing itself after submit - just highlight/cop/paste to use the link)

Since 2007, ARTE has made a habit of upsetting its summer program to revive through music and film moments that have made our common history. After the success of the Summer of Love, held two years ago in psychedelic swirls and Summer of 70's as rich as revolts of musical creativity, celebrated last summer, here comes the 80, which we will devote every Tuesday and Thursdays this summer 2009.

>> ^BoneRemake:


Can you read this ?
http://www.arte.tv/fr/Echappees-culturelles/2616672.html
maybe that will help. I think this is a recent remix as it seems more technoish.

>> ^Sagemind:

Where does this video come from?
I've never seen this before and it looks semi-modern, that's not an 80s hairstyle.
The one that I remember from the 80's was quite different - http://videosift.com/video/Nena-99-Luftballons
It looks like Nena re-recorded and re-made the video in 2002 - http://videosift.com/video/99-Luftballons-New-2002-Version.
So, where does this version fit in? Is that her? If it is, it has to be before 2002 unless she has gone back and remade an 80s style video with modern technology and hasn't aged.


Can you read this ?

http://www.arte.tv/fr/Echappees-culturelles/2616672.html
maybe that will help. I think this is a recent remix as it seems more technoish.

>> ^spoco2:

>> ^BoneRemake:
This reminds me of "DECENT" what a great Dos game.

I think you mean Descent
Decent, the game, would be about helping old ladies across the street and treating everyone with respect and being the sort of person people say 'Isn't he nice' about .


The second I read what I had said, in the email notifier; I said to myself " oh, that is not spelled correctly "
Glad it was brought to my attention, this travesty could not go on.

>> ^BoneRemake:

This reminds me of "DECENT" what a great Dos game.


I think you mean Descent

Decent, the game, would be about helping old ladies across the street and treating everyone with respect and being the sort of person people say 'Isn't he nice' about .

i saw that life once in a show called "masters of shaolin kung fu" touring europe. It was the highlight of the show, pretty impressive when seen live (there was a ballon behind the glass back then). It took a lot of tries, he tried it on several occasions during the show because allegedly it was such a difficult thing to do. the slomo clip takes away the "wow" effect somehow.