Artemis’s splashdown.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 40874

Heard a conversation this morning where someone said if it splashed down in Hartlepool Bay, within 15 minutes it would be in a building somewhere in Longhill being broken for spares and the four confused astronauts in the arcades with a bag of chips.

PTID · **Joined:** Wed Apr 26, 2023 3:07 pm **Posts:** 6150

Or the astronauts strung up as spies.

Smokin Joe · **Joined:** Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:13 pm **Posts:** 1559

The astronauts would think that they had splashed down on a harsh parallel world of unfinished buildings and dereliction, with craters on every road surface and humans being dragged around by teams of dogs with doleful expressions on faces devoid of hope and expectation.

poolie1966 · **Joined:** Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:55 am **Posts:** 1217

From what I can gather NASA have done this mission to see if they can land on the moon. Almost 60 years ago they did land on the moon & the technology is a lot better now compared to then. Or have I missed something?

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 40874

But…why?

Smokin Joe · **Joined:** Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:13 pm **Posts:** 1559

Could be either something to do with populating the moon or at least establishing a Moonbase Alpha before the Russians, Chinese or Indians get there - and/or claiming it for mineral recover etc

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 23109

poolie1966 wrote:

From what I can gather NASA have done this mission to see if they can land on the moon. Almost 60 years ago they did land on the moon & the technology is a lot better now compared to then. Or have I missed something?

isn,t the moon full of loose rocks, dust and craters. landing on one of our main roads would have done the trick.

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 23109

PTID wrote:

Or the astronauts strung up as spies.

or welcomed as saviours of our football club.

Sussex UK · **Joined:** Wed Dec 28, 2016 10:34 pm **Posts:** 4235

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/space-ast ... ft-on-moon

poop left in bags years ago seems to be of interest to them.

Sussex UK · **Joined:** Wed Dec 28, 2016 10:34 pm **Posts:** 4235

Smokin Joe wrote:

Could be either something to do with populating the moon or at least establishing a Moonbase Alpha before the Russians, Chinese or Indians get there - and/or claiming it for mineral recover etc

I can't get that "Anything you can do, i can do better".. tune out of my head now..

I'll take a guess at Trump's new penal colony super max..

Splod · **Posted:** Sun Apr 12, 2026 10:33 am

Got to say the Artemis mission proves how clever those at NASA were in the 60s and 70s. The main elements are exactly as they were back in the day when it was all calculated with minimal computing capability. The rockets may be more powerful and they now have an en-suite toilet but the fundamentals are the same. It wasn't affordable in the 1970s and I'm not sure its affordable now. No wonder USA has a lower life expectancy than the rest of the western world when they prioritise space and wars over health care.

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 23109

Splod wrote:

Got to say the Artemis mission proves how clever those at NASA were in the 60s and 70s. The main elements are exactly as they were back in the day when it was all calculated with minimal computing capability. The rockets may be more powerful and they now have an en-suite toilet but the fundamentals are the same. It wasn't affordable in the 1970s and I'm not sure its affordable now. No wonder USA has a lower life expectancy than the rest of the western world when they prioritise space and wars over health care.

wait till milliband gets an electric version and charging points all the way to the moon.

jamie1952 · **Joined:** Fri Oct 03, 2025 11:07 am **Posts:** 2016

Just finished reading a book where the Chinese built a space station on the other side of the moon out of sight of everyone. Their plan was to launch ballistic nuclear missiles on the USA.
Wipe Out (Travis Delta Thrillers Book 3)

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 40874

jamie1952 wrote:

Just finished reading a book where the Chinese built a space station on the other side of the moon out of sight of everyone. Their plan was to launch ballistic nuclear missiles on the USA.
Wipe Out (Travis Delta Thrillers Book 3)

They’re there already Jamie.

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