NASA plans capsule to take humans into deep space

Bloody reporters. Mars orbit is not "deep space".

Apparently, anything beyond the moon's orbit is deep space these days

And any kind of armoured vehicle is a tank... and any kind of naval vessel is a "battleship".

Remember when reporters knew something about what they were reporting?

Those were the days.

Wow, I can't imagine four people spending months at a time in such a cramped space. Makes a submarine look like a five star hotel.

I guess a toilet, shower, good bed and dishwasher doesn't fit in there, right? I ain't goin'.

And any kind of armoured vehicle is a tank... and any kind of naval vessel is a "battleship".

Remember when reporters knew something about what they were reporting?

Those were the days.


They actually knew what they were talking about once? No way!

Well, I can think of a few people to send, one way!

You won't need a bed and dishwasher. There's no gravity that would require you to have good back support. I mean people keep talking about special mattresses that are like sleeping on air. Dishwashers won't be necessary since you'll be eating paste out of tubes. For a shower, they'll send a goodly supply of moist towelettes, and they have toilets

Have a nice trip

Can someone tell me why these capsules (which are a step backwards) are beter than shuttles?? Whatever happened to the next generation space shuttles??

-J.

Not in the budget.

NASA isn't that well funded.

You won't need a bed and dishwasher. There's no gravity that would require you to have good back support. I mean people keep talking about special mattresses that are like sleeping on air. Dishwashers won't be necessary since you'll be eating paste out of tubes. For a shower, they'll send a goodly supply of moist towelettes, and they have toilets

Have a nice trip
Coming with me?

Just a pure guess here but it might have to do with weight constraints at liftoff. Anything travelling between planets will need a shit load more shielding against radiation if it's carrying life than if it's just buzzing around in orbit.
Although I'm no engineer by any stretch so I could be wayyyyyyy off

You won't need a bed and dishwasher. There's no gravity that would require you to have good back support. I mean people keep talking about special mattresses that are like sleeping on air. Dishwashers won't be necessary since you'll be eating paste out of tubes. For a shower, they'll send a goodly supply of moist towelettes, and they have toilets

Have a nice trip
Coming with me?
Darn, I would but I've a got a family reunion that year

Darn, I would but I've a got a family reunion that year
Ohhhh, LAME!!!