A friend of mine was viewing my blog and asked me if I watch Red vs. Blue. I said I had, but I don't. Apparently in the last season the characters encounter an alien whose vocabulary consists of just two words... Honk and Blarg. I swear I didn't know. This is not a a Halo reference. I have the Halo 3 beta, but I probably won't buy the retail. The first Halo game was awesome. I played the crap out of it. A brilliant thing about Halo is Halo itself (The ring-shaped space station). NASA's current plan to travel to Mars includes a ship that separates in two pieces but is tethered together by what I assume is a rather strong cable. Once extended, the two pieces begin to rotate. This simulates gravity in the main compartment where the astronauts will spend the 6 months it takes to travel to Mars. This reduces many of the terrible effects weightlessness has on the human body; bone density loss, muscle atrophy, etc... Unfortunately, NASA isn't yet setting their sights on Mars. They do have a plan to return to the moon by 2020. As my sister and I discussed last night, how difficult can that be? We (allegedly) went there in the 60's. Come on! THE 60'S! NASA should be able to plan a weekend trip to the moon over a few drinks. After 50 years it's not really rocket science! Well, it is, but it should be old-hat rocket science. We need to go to Mars!
So in short, David, I don't watch Red vs. Blue.
Dude, you should really watch red vs. blue - it's hilarious. I actually remember the episodes with the alien that says "blarg". They were brilliant.
ReplyDeleteOn the bright side, this means I do something nerdy that you don't do. Ha! Normally you're a much bigger nerd than me.