Skywalker's Lightsaber to Actually Fly To Space

Post by **Mike DiCenso** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:41 pm

More on that in the Space.com article here:

http://www.space.com/entertainment/cs_0 ... saber.html

I think this would be the first ever movie (regardless of genere) prop to fly into space.
-Mike

Cpl Kendall · Post by **Cpl Kendall** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:01 pm

I wonder what this costs.

Mr. Oragahn · Post by **Mr. Oragahn** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:25 pm

Oh dear.

I guess the next step is to turn Mir station into a replica shop.

Post by **Mike DiCenso** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:29 pm

Mir? You ment ISS, didn't you? Mir's now just burnt pieces of metal and plastic on the bottom of the Pacific ocean. ;-)
-Mike

Mr. Oragahn · Post by **Mr. Oragahn** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:57 pm

Mike DiCenso wrote:Mir? You ment ISS, didn't you? Mir's now just burnt pieces of metal and plastic on the bottom of the Pacific ocean. ;-)
-Mike

I'm not up to date at all about what happens in orbit. I just don't give a damn. I probably heard about Mir one day and just thought, oh, well, more russian junk back on Earth, and forgot about it a few days later.

Space exploration must probably be one of the most acclaimed wastes of money and ressources on this planet.

GStone · Post by **GStone** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:36 am

At least there's another reason to send the shuttle up, so it isn't for the prop only.

Post by **Jedi Master Spock** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:26 am

Frankly, I think it's pretty cool... there may not be much of a point to it, but it's neat.

2046 · Post by **2046** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:24 pm

Mr. Oragahn wrote:Space exploration must probably be one of the most acclaimed wastes of money and ressources on this planet.

I find that statement somewhat confusing given the topic of the board. I mean I realize Star Trek and Star Wars are hardly realistic, but isn't a lot of the interest in space-based sci-fi the basic idea of man (et cetera) in space?

Mr. Oragahn · Post by **Mr. Oragahn** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:30 pm

2046 wrote:
Mr. Oragahn wrote:Space exploration must probably be one of the most acclaimed wastes of money and ressources on this planet.
I find that statement somewhat confusing given the topic of the board. I mean I realize Star Trek and Star Wars are hardly realistic, but isn't a lot of the interest in space-based sci-fi the basic idea of man (et cetera) in space?

Interesting, yes.
Useful, no.
We just need satellites and cams to monitor things on Earth and nearby space, and spread information, that's all.
Sending puppies in space and rovers on Mars... pointless. A mere distraction, off the real problems we actually know.