Congradulations U.S.A. (The Mars Landing)

The nearest planet that we can walk unprotected and breath is 2 light years away.


I have been unable to find any information to confirm my claim by looking on the internet.

 

Breath[e]? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Mars

Oxygen 0.13%

 

Frosty, I don't know where you come up with these "facts", but there are no known planets within 2 light years, let alone any stars they might be orbiting. The closest known planet (other then those in our solar system, which haven't an oxygen atmosphere) is about 11 light years away and is a gas giant, like Jupiter. It doesn't have an oxygen atmosphere either. Seeing as Pluto (the farthest away planet) is about .0004th (at it's nearest orbit) of a light year away, you're a wee bit off in your math.

Cryogenics hasn't been seriously considered for decades and for obvious reasons. We'll need a significant jump in propulsion technology, though we do currently have interstellar space craft designed that can get to Alpha Centauri in a reasonable amount of time (40 years), communications is still an issue.

 

Anybody know what the atmophere was inside the lunar orbiter?

 

A standard 20% oxygen mix at just under 15 PSI.

 

Neil Armstrong - proof that a nice guy can be first.

Just to expand on PAR's reply, you won't find it.

Nearest star is Proxima Centauri at 4.2421 light years no planets seen.

The nearest star that might have planets Epsilon Eridani is 10.489 light years away and no suggestion they are breathable.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nearest_stars#cite_note-B-6

Warp drive will get over the problem of distance.

I know that space is very, very, very empty but can any Trekkies explain that when travelling much faster than light you do not crash into something.

 

from here--http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_I

As the result of the Apollo 1 fire during a plugs out test-

There's enough info to reconstruct the flight computer, but finding info on the life support system is hard; probably due to the controversies and accident investigations down through the years. It would appear the Command Module wasn't much of a pressure vessel, and there would have been a problem with decompression sickness if an nitrogen/oxygen atmosphere had been used. Nitrogen leaking into the suit had previously caused problems to pilots wearing high altitude suits. The available info is vague to say the least.

A related link- http://www.therebreathersite.nl/03_Historical/apollo_rebreathers.htm

 

philSweet is the winner!

But thanks for coming out PAR.

And the vehicle walls weren't much more than tin foil!

 

Kids,

Frosty was just fooling around... Even to Martians that much is clear.

 

Ah, right - you are in mourning today Hoyt, aren't you?

 

And what do you use for brakes at the end of the journey?

 

And also, how do you steer the damn thing?

 

Throwing "red-shirts" from one side of the spaceship will make it veer to the
other side.

 

But then you'd have to open the side windows of the spaceship to throw the shirts away. So I guess it works only on models designed by Mitt Romney...?

 

""Red shirts" are the expendable characters in Star Trek.

Mitt who?