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27 Mar 2019, 2:25 pm

Wolfram87 wrote:
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I think "Starship Troopers" sounds better.. especially if we end up at war with giant space bugs.
Or how about "Stormtroopers"?
The US would probably prefer something less German-derived.
How about "Orbital Assault Forces"? I can see the headline now ... "OAFs in Space!"



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27 Mar 2019, 2:33 pm

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27 Mar 2019, 2:57 pm

Wolfram87 wrote:
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I think "Starship Troopers" sounds better.. especially if we end up at war with giant space bugs.

Or how about "Stormtroopers"? :lol: :wink:


The US would probably prefer something less German-derived.


The reference was to Star Wars.


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27 Mar 2019, 3:23 pm

Yes. But the Stormtroopers in Star Wars are named after the German Sturmtruppen, presumably to reinforce their status as the bad guys.


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27 Mar 2019, 3:26 pm

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27 Mar 2019, 4:52 pm

Hmmm, I wonder what GPS is?? Anybody?? The point is the military already has tech in space, also other countries have tech in space and have been violating treaties.



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27 Mar 2019, 4:54 pm

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Hmmm, I wonder what GPS is? ...
Global Positioning System.



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27 Mar 2019, 4:57 pm

GPS is ONLY ONE of many vitally important satellite constellations. We don't get the accuracy needed for my work from GPS satellites alone. It's a guaranteed zero sum if we start destroying each other's satellites because too much orbital debris could prevent the entire world from ever launching more spacecraft.

Do your homework. Google GNSS for me before you keep pretending to know what we need in space.

Or just go to Wikipedia for me.


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27 Mar 2019, 5:01 pm

TL;DR orbital war would annihilate the world. Do you seriously believe anyone deserves that kind of power?

I guess some people will buy anything, physics be damned.


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27 Mar 2019, 5:03 pm

Wolfram87 wrote:
Yes. But the Stormtroopers in Star Wars are named after the German Sturmtruppen, presumably to reinforce their status as the bad guys.


Who'd have thought George Lucas could be so subtle.


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27 Mar 2019, 5:22 pm

What did we do to deserve this idiot and his circle of cronies?
I hate my life. Nothing else, I just hate my life.



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27 Mar 2019, 5:24 pm

Aliens haven't visited us yet because they took one look at our leadership and said "Nope".



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27 Mar 2019, 5:35 pm

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What did we do to deserve this idiot and his circle of cronies?
I hate my life. Nothing else, I just hate my life.


Nothing is worse than venture capitalism masquerading as rocket science.


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27 Mar 2019, 5:37 pm

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Aliens haven't visited us yet because they took one look at our leadership and said "Nope".

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27 Mar 2019, 5:48 pm

cberg wrote:
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What did we do to deserve this idiot and his circle of cronies?
I hate my life. Nothing else, I just hate my life.


Nothing is worse than venture capitalism masquerading as rocket science.


It makes me sooooo depressed when I feel as if the world is just burning down around us and nobody seems to care.
SPACE is the last thing we really need to be focusing on right now! COME. ON!! !
It's okay though. I'm sure all of his time spent out on one of his dozens of private golf courses give him the qualifications to know what he's talking about.
Have you ever wondered why his tiny mouth is always shaped like an A-hole? It's because everything he spews out of it is Bull-S***. Pretty self explanatory, to be honest.