Sciencemadness Discussion Board - Spaceship Fixer Upper

Spaceship Fixer Upper

smaerd - 9-7-2015 at 14:51

So who's down? Let's go fix these things up and visit the moon

?

http://www.idealistrevolution.org/the-ruins-of-the-soviet-sp...

We need,
Zombie on the moonshine fuel creation.
Aga on moonshine fuel quality control and electronics.
IrC doing analog circuits.
Magpie on machining
Blogfast on the thermodynamics
Solo on research & development
Woelen on inorganic wizardry
I'll be the space ape!

The positions are subject to change via their preference. That's just how I see it right now.

[Edited on 9-7-2015 by smaerd]

IrC - 9-7-2015 at 15:06

I claim a seat next to a window.

Also a pint of zombies rocket fuel.

blogfast25 - 9-7-2015 at 15:08

I suffer space sickness real bad. I didn't think I was going to survive the return from alpha Centauri last time.

Better hire someone to clean up that bird shit too...

[Edited on 9-7-2015 by blogfast25]

smaerd - 9-7-2015 at 15:38

phdchemist can do the poop scooping.

blogfast25 - 9-7-2015 at 15:55

Quote: Originally posted by smaerd

phdchemist can do the poop scooping.

Or franklyn, but I'm not sure he can hold a scoop. You know, thumb/index coordination?

aga - 9-7-2015 at 16:08

Quote: Originally posted by blogfast25

Or franklyn, but I'm not sure he can hold a scoop. You know, thumb/index coordination?

I got one of those off ebay.

UC235 - 9-7-2015 at 16:40

I don't think moonshine's gonna get us far, especially since you'll all drink it. Start peeing in jugs. We'll need the urea for a few bathtubs full of hydrazine.

blogfast25 - 9-7-2015 at 16:45

Quote: Originally posted by UC235

I don't think moonshine's gonna get us far, especially since you'll all drink it. Start peeing in jugs. We'll need the urea for a few bathtubs full of hydrazine.

You being funny with me? I ALWAYS pee in jugs.

smaerd - 9-7-2015 at 17:37

UC235 can be in charge of the alternative fuels.

Way of the road
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb0bwbcfd28

woelen - 10-7-2015 at 01:54

Quote: Originally posted by UC235

I don't think moonshine's gonna get us far, especially since you'll all drink it. Start peeing in jugs. We'll need the urea for a few bathtubs full of hydrazine.

We also need AJKOER with us, he'll bring with him the hypochlorite, needed to make the hydrazine from the urea.

blogfast25 - 10-7-2015 at 03:57

Quote: Originally posted by woelen

We also need AJKOER with us, he'll bring with him the hypochlorite, needed to make the hydrazine from the urea.

Just keep him away from the aluminium...

The Volatile Chemist - 10-7-2015 at 10:01

The aluminum...

LOL-ed so hard...
I want to do the programming and orbital stuff! To quote XKCD, "It works in Kerbal Space Program!"

aga - 10-7-2015 at 13:19

I'll bring a socket set and some spanners.

Bound to be a screw loose amongst that lot.

Tdep - 10-7-2015 at 23:45

Not that i'm volunteering people, but you are going to space, so you're going to need a space alchemist... and you're probably going to have some quantum cores up there.. so there really is only one man for the job.

UC235 - 11-7-2015 at 19:14

Quote: Originally posted by Tdep

Not that i'm volunteering people, but you are going to space, so you're going to need a space alchemist... and you're probably going to have some quantum cores up there.. so there really is only one man for the job.

Oh good, he can be our monkey. Smaerd will have to take a ground control position. And as the man in charge of alternative fuels, I insist that we fill the second stage boosters with nitroglycerin and TATP. No ifs, ands, or buts.

[Edited on 12-7-2015 by UC235]

Texium - 11-7-2015 at 21:05

Quote: Originally posted by UC235

Quote: Originally posted by Tdep

He can see what happens when you add germanium powder to a charred conglomerate of arsenic, mercuric chloride, chloroplatinic acid, and uranyl nitrate that has been refluxed under steel wool in zero gravity, along with other valuable data!

I'd be happy to assist with the mission of course, although I haven't yet discovered my specialty. Jack of all chemistries, master of none.

neptunium - 12-7-2015 at 03:54

I highly recomand Pneumatician as the alien diplomatic relations supervisor.. but he might prefer a trip to Uranus..

woelen - 12-7-2015 at 12:25

There is one thing which really irks me. How will the inorganic chemistry behave when we go at hyperspeed below space?

Pyro - 12-7-2015 at 13:56

Can I come?

Seriously though,... Imagine stumbling on something like that! I'd go nuts...

And to think i get excited about being able to get some marble tiles from an abandoned building!

aga - 12-7-2015 at 14:08

Quote: Originally posted by woelen

There is one thing which really irks me. How will the inorganic chemistry behave when we go at hyperspeed below space?

It's all same-same like in Thailand.

The Volatile Chemist - 16-7-2015 at 13:07

Quote: Originally posted by Pyro

Can I come?

Seriously though,... Imagine stumbling on something like that! I'd go nuts...

And to think i get excited about being able to get some marble tiles from an abandoned building!

I know! It'd be great! I'd take lots of pics, invite some chicks, tow the darned things out, and fly 'em around a bit!
Who will be in charge of weaponry and defenses? (Tdep's got us covered for stink bombs, at least)
(I <3 Uranus)

Pyro - 17-7-2015 at 06:28

Being Pyro,I'll do that

I'd take everything that wasn't nailed down, and a few things that are

Last time I returned home with 400sq ft of ''aquired'' or recovered hand cut marble tiles my dad told me that the Italian in me is showing

so if I return with a space shuttle will the nonexsistent russian in me show

The Volatile Chemist - 21-7-2015 at 13:15

Quote: Originally posted by Pyro

Being Pyro,I'll do that

I'd take everything that wasn't nailed down, and a few things that are

Last time I returned home with 400sq ft of ''aquired'' or recovered hand cut marble tiles my dad told me that the Italian in me is showing

so if I return with a space shuttle will the nonexsistent russian in me show

Haha, I at least get the test one. You'd have to be a redneck or a great pilot and fixer-up-er to 'return home' with that shuttle...

Pyro - 22-7-2015 at 12:28

I meant return with it behind my not yet acquired car, I'd put it on deck and charge an entrance fee

aga - 22-7-2015 at 13:12

Now it's sounding like a plan.

The Russians want 25% or it's your legs.

I get the Cockpit Burger Bar concession capisce ?

Texium - 22-7-2015 at 14:49

I've built a scale model prototype of one of our solid fuel booster rockets, as you can see.

The Volatile Chemist - 27-7-2015 at 11:39

Quote: Originally posted by aga

Now it's sounding like a plan.

The Russians want 25% or it's your legs.

I get the Cockpit Burger Bar concession capisce ?

Great! Give 'em 30% or they'll want it back after we top $10,000 profits

Nice model zts16! I have a model rocket me and a friend built from a PVC pipe and cap, copper sheet metal fins (there went my nice electrolysis rods, oh well), that shiny looking duct tape like stuff, and three small model rocket engines (it's not at my house or I'd check their size. The three are in parallel set-up...). It'll probably impale one of us upon launch, but that's the fun part, right? I'll post a clip of its launch when I stop being a cheap-skate and buy the electric fuses...

Brain&Force - 27-7-2015 at 14:55

And what am I, chopped liver?

I've spent a decent number of hours in Orbiter, I could do course planning and delta-V management. And I'll lead the search for LANTHANIDEZ (on earth too, we should use Al-Sc and Al-Y alloys for extra strength on our spaceship).

aga - 27-7-2015 at 15:11

Aha. Ve needs zis chopped liver for zer missssion.

Excellent food source ja ?

Alles Gut. Haupt !

Hawkguy - 27-7-2015 at 15:42

Can I be the intern...? I can remove coffee grounds from the sink, and refill the water dispenser with paper Dixie cups. I can also drink coffee while someone talks about themselves.

[Edited on 27-7-2015 by Hawkguy]

The Volatile Chemist - 29-7-2015 at 09:27

And do the vacuuming and run the floor scrubber

aga - 29-7-2015 at 10:39

Quote: Originally posted by Hawkguy

Can I be the intern...?

A lot of interns will be needed on this mission.

About 300,000

We'll need them to all push Upwards as hard as they can just before the engines fire.

The Volatile Chemist - 2-8-2015 at 16:10

Those sound more like minions to me...

TheAlchemistPirate - 30-8-2015 at 12:27

We will need a reconnaissance team to steal NASA's warp drive... I'll handle jamming the communications.

aga - 30-8-2015 at 13:00

How ? (said the telecommunications expert)

TheAlchemistPirate - 30-8-2015 at 13:05

Ill tie a bunch of magnets to birds and set them free over the area.

aga - 30-8-2015 at 13:10

Damn !

You got a Plan already !

OK. I know when i'm beaten.

You get Uhuru's wig and the Orange chair.

Edit:

You can have the thing i stuck in my ear if you like, but it might be a better idea to make your own.

I used a honey grabber sprayed silver.

Can i still come and do the sound effects ?

[Edited on 30-8-2015 by aga]

smaerd - 30-8-2015 at 13:33

Quote: Originally posted by zts16

I've built a scale model prototype of one of our solid fuel booster rockets, as you can see.

Nice!

Excellent. Glad to see how many deck-hands we have. All who want on are allowed.

aga - 30-8-2015 at 13:43

Cool !

I want 'on' fourteen times so i can sell tickets.

The Cockpit Burger Bar will be busier if there are more people.

Vegetarians might die on this mission, so can i be in charge of Waste Disposal ?

Burger Bar needs Raw Materials you know.

The Volatile Chemist - 30-8-2015 at 14:13

Let's get Bob Lazar on board! He can help with the warp drive

(of unitednuclear.com)

aga - 31-8-2015 at 13:26

My Mother says i can't go on this Space Mission.

I asked why not, seeing as NASA, CIA NSA etc have all cleared me to go ?

She said "Thats Classified.".

TheAlchemistPirate - 31-8-2015 at 14:09

Quote: Originally posted by aga

Damn !

You can have the thing i stuck in my ear if you like, but it might be a better idea to make your own.

[Edited on 30-8-2015 by aga]

Thanks for reminding me, where will we get our babel fish(es?)! I heard the hatcheries economy collapsed along with the mattress farms.

aga - 1-9-2015 at 12:18

Babelfish would be perfect for a hydroponic farm.

Just make sure that the Navigator (AJKOER) does not stray too far from any Stars so the plants grow nicely.

The Volatile Chemist - 4-9-2015 at 12:36

haha

Did the main character in AHGTTG ever remove his babelfish? I forget...
Also, there's a chemistry library called openbabel... it's not talking about babelfish, but it's still funny.

TheAlchemistPirate - 4-9-2015 at 17:57

I'm not sure of how it ended, so idk. I remember Arthur Dent getting found by Ford on prehistoric earth, then helping him try to fix a huge catastrophe related to the (Vogans?) destroying earth for a super space highway, even though space highways were incredibly outdated. I think it ends in a paradox.

Back to the spaceship, If any of you need me, I might be in the on-board bathtub for a couple of years... Just make sure we know how to land. And keep the phone handles disinfected.

The Volatile Chemist - 11-9-2015 at 12:27

Were not taking any of those middle-classers on board >

***Spoiler Alert***
The fifth book ends in everyone on and from earth dying.
Again, you say? Yes, again. Except for Elvis Presley, unless the vogons worked that out too...

I love that series.
***************

aga - 11-9-2015 at 13:02

Since this thread started i made my own Space Pick-up Truck in case your engines fail, and a sub-space radio system.

Seemed like a good plan, and Mom is happy with it, as she can ride shotgun.

Emergency Radio is a mere $1m.

$200k more for the Squelch feature.

The Volatile Chemist - 13-9-2015 at 14:45

With all the people coming, escape pods'd be a costly addition. I guess it's, as always, first come first serve

We'll only get two. Sucks to be the pilot...