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Had my first burger and chips since February today. It was amazing. It was from a local bar and restaurant that was just expanding when Covid hit. They made a massive effort to be Covid compliant during the summer and even got permission to make an outdoor seating area on a closed-off section of a private road, in an attempt to make ends meet. But we're under Tier 3 restrictions now so times are very hard. They do, however, do takeaway food and beer, which is miles better than your average local takeaway.
 
Perun said:
Of the 12 people who have walked on the moon, only 4 are still alive and they are all 85 or older. Very soon there will be no living memory of the moon's surface.
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Does that mean the Chinese mission to the moon was completely automated? Also.... the U.S is supposed to go back by 2024... NEW memories will be formed.
 
Perun said:
Of the 12 people who have walked on the moon, only 4 are still alive and they are all 85 or older. Very soon there will be no living memory of the moon's surface.
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Most of them were 37-38 at the time they walked on the Moon. You should consider it.
 
Onhell said:
Does that mean the Chinese mission to the moon was completely automated? Also.... the U.S is supposed to go back by 2024... NEW memories will be formed.
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It was.

And they've been supposed to go back since the Orion program began 25 years ago. 2024 is 15 years later than originally planned.

Perun said:
Yeah, well they were all already accomplished heroes at that time.
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Test pilots are insane people, and some of these guys lived through some crazy stuff to get to the moon. Neil Armstrong, notably, lived through incredible moments of danger.
 
Exactly. I wish I wasn't too much of a pussy to sit myself on a rocket that will blast me to space, but quite frankly, I think I am.
 
Perun said:
Exactly. I wish I wasn't too much of a pussy to sit myself on a rocket that will blast me to space, but quite frankly, I think I am.
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Neil Armstrong...
Once sliced 2 metres of his fighter's wing off when he hit a wire during a low-level bombing mission. Despite being 150m above the ground and flying at 560 km/h, he maintained control, got the plane over friendly territory, and bailed out.
Once landed a B-29 with only one of four engines working. One engine isn't enough to provide lift to a B-29, so he instead used the engine to allow him to spiral slowly down to ground level and facilitate a landing.
Flew the X-15 rocket plane 7 times, to mach 5.7.
Saved his own life and the life of Dave Scott on Gemini 8, by managing to regain control of the Gemini spacecraft after a thruster stuck open, causing the craft to rotate on the Y axis more than once per second.
Successfully ejected from the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle, essentially an upward facing jet engine designed to simulate the lunar landing approach, when it flipped unexpectedly. Estimates suggested that he had around half a second to recognize the danger and trigger the abort before he would have ejected straight into the ground.
Took over the descent of Eagle during Apollo 11 when the craft descended long, missing its planned spot. Flying manually, he navigated past unexpected craters and boulders to find a safe landing spot with somewhere between 60 and 20 seconds of fuel left.

His nerves must have been of pure titanium, not even steel.
 
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