Legend, what else can I say:

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4704762.stm

 

That's some achievement.

Might have clipped Hellraisers house on the way down?!?!?!?! lol

sorry, i dont see it as an achievment

 

what does it do for anyone?

i'd be more impressed and see it as an achievment had he donate the cost of this trip to a worthwhile charity

Might have clipped Hellraisers house on the way down?!?!?!?! lol

probably but i wouldn't have heard a damn thing LOL im in a ground floor flat but it would have stopped my neighbours stomping on my damn ceiling tho :hyper:

sorry, i dont see it as an achievment

 

what does it do for anyone?

i'd be more impressed and see it as an achievment had he donate the cost of this trip to a worthwhile charity

 

I take your point, but I think this kind of thing is part of what make us human (man, I can just hear people puking everywhere right now): pushing the boundaries, seeing what we can do. The kind of development work that went into that plane might one day allow us to make more efficient engines, air travel, or goodness knows what. Stuff that could actually benefit the environment or mankind more generally. All this weird blue-sky "pointless" stuff eventually filters down into everyday items bought by consumers. A lot of innovations and new inventions, things that benefit everyone, come about as a result of people doing stuff that's apparently just fun or in some way bizarrely interesting, but otherwise "pointless".

 

A bit like the space-race: some people though that was pointless, and a waste of money, and on one level it certainly was a kind of epic pissing contest. But think of the developments that came out of that, think how much more we understand about the universe we live in.... and in any case, sticking a man on the moon is just *cool*. I mean, the moon for crying out loud, 100,000 miles away across the most hostile and extreme environment encountered by man, yet people have actually walked on it. We've sent probes to most of the planets in our solar system, and whilst it's not obvious what the benefits of that might be, there *will* one day be benefits that filter down into the lives of ordinary people. Things like this drive technological advances, amongst other things.

probably but i wouldn't have heard a damn thing LOL im in a ground floor flat but it would have stopped my neighbours stomping on my damn ceiling tho :hyper:

 

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