The New Star

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I've just read that when Alpha, the International Space Station, grows, it will become the brightest object in the night sky after the Moon.

That means it will be brighter than Venus ("The Evening Star") or Mars, which already appear as the brightest "stars" in the sky.

I am blown away by this. Aside from an occasional visiting comet or far away Nova and periodic short eclipses the sky has remained unchanged to the human eye since the first proto-human decided to look up from his woolly mammoth burger and wonder what the hell those sparkly things were. Our kids will grow up knowing a New Star, and will take it for granted, much like they already take images of men wlaking on the moon for granted.

That's it. I'm going to the gym. I want to be ready for commercial space travel. At first they're only going to pick the most fit, and since it's not likely to happen until I'm 60 or so I'd better start doing some laps now.

I want to go, baby.

 

[Merelan]

Oh God!!! me too!!!!
Let's pitch all our money together and make our own space station!!

Or we could buy Mir, its going cheap.

 

[Cyan BloodsBane]

DCL

DCL... The reason they only look for the most fit.. is because you would have to with stand the 15g's of push on your body to broke eaths at.... and for those who cannot learn to control the muscles it is almost impossible... also lung compacity is a biggy.. and so on and so on.. So most likely they will only ask those of young years and are in top top shape.. with special training of sorts... suck hey

 

[Cyan BloodsBane]

Merelan

It's not going cheap it is just fall towards earth and soon to burn up... that's what they are going to let happen to it... There was a big story on it.

 

[Merelan]

Sorry sweet dragon, they cannot let that happen, as much as they would like. There are parts of it we still need, still usable. I am betting we will help them strip it and then push it away from Earth.

Hey, you are a Dragon... what does a girl have to do to catch a ride up there?

 

[Juliangel]

Re: DCL

also lung compacity is a biggy..

Well crap with my asthma that leaves me out but hey by then maybe I can buy a new set of lungs and still go.

 

[Cyan BloodsBane]

Hey by that point you may be able to buy yourself a new body... lol

 

[Mackdaddy_74]

Re: Re: DCL

also lung compacity is a biggy..

Well crap with my asthma that leaves me out but hey by then maybe I can buy a new set of lungs and still go.

Julia,if you couldn't afford new lungs,you could stay here with me.

 

[Juliangel]

You got it sweetie, if I cannot buy the new lungs then I am heading to the south GA coast.

 

[Cyan BloodsBane]

Sorry sweet dragon, they cannot let that happen, as much as they would like. There are parts of it we still need, still usable. I am betting we will help them strip it and then push it away from Earth.

Hey, you are a Dragon... what does a girl have to do to catch a ride up there?

Well that all depends on what you have to offer....

(The mighty green dragon looks down apoun the young madien)

 

[Skibum]

Sorry sweet dragon, they cannot let that happen, as much as they would like. There are parts of it we still need, still usable. I am betting we will help them strip it and then push it away from Earth.

You are thinking of Mir, the old Russian space station. The new international space station has just had the first crew put aboard.