Teh Mars Race

From: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ) 4 Mar 2017 09:28
To: graphitone 6 of 26
It's entirely possible that Koswix and Ant will team up to build the ship, but then I'll get drunk and somehow end up waking up on Mars, surrounded by the wreckage.
From: ANT_THOMAS 4 Mar 2017 10:01
To: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ) 7 of 26
Didn't you at least start some sort of aerospace degree?
If so, I vote you.
From: Chris (CHRISSS) 4 Mar 2017 10:30
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 8 of 26
A lot of that stuff says US release only :(
From: koswix 4 Mar 2017 10:31
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 9 of 26
Throb does have an impressive collection of Ray guns, which could come in handy for fighting off Marvin.
From: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ) 4 Mar 2017 13:00
To: ANT_THOMAS 10 of 26
Y'know, I'd almost forgotten about that, but yes I suppose my degree in Aeronautical Engineering with specialisms in Spaceflight Dynamics and Industrial Aerodynamics would stand me in good stead.

If I could remember any of it (and if I'd been any good in the first place - I barely scraped enough to get the lowest possible degree it was possible to get).
 
From: koswix 4 Mar 2017 13:22
To: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ) 11 of 26
Couldn't have been that hard, I mean it's not exactly brain surgery.
From: graphitone 4 Mar 2017 15:13
To: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ) 12 of 26
Perhaps they considered your plan to get to Mars and thought that hitching a ride on a rocket and somehow orchestrating a crash landing through ineptitude wasn't the best and awarded your degree accordingly. Still, you managed to scrape through, so there must be some merit to it. :)
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 4 Mar 2017 15:16
To: koswix 13 of 26
No, but it is rocket science.

Color me impressed.
From: ANT_THOMAS 4 Mar 2017 17:32
To: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ) 14 of 26
In that case, Kenny4Mars
EDITED: 4 Mar 2017 17:32 by ANT_THOMAS
From: koswix 4 Mar 2017 19:59
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 15 of 26
From: Manthorp 5 Mar 2017 22:12
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 16 of 26
Exactly.  If it ain't artfaggery, I'm not touching it.  Besides which, I'm only a Pi dilettante, begging help here, tweaking other people's code there and making rag-baggy objects to amuse the culturati.

But I'll come along on the journey and talk pretentious bollocks to keep everyone amused.  And if or when we get there I'll claim the whole thing is art in a blatant attempt to steal the true geniuses' thunder.
From: Manthorp 5 Mar 2017 22:17
To: koswix 17 of 26
Indeed: 115 at my collection's height.  I wound it down a few years ago to pay for no. 2 son's cricket tour to St. Kitts & Nevis (he drank his way through the entire thing), but I still have the star attractions, including Buck Rogers blasters from 1936 & 37 respectively.  They'll keep the Zerg at bay.
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 6 Mar 2017 00:12
To: Manthorp 18 of 26
Well, we just watched The Martian, and I've decided to stay home.
From: Manthorp 6 Mar 2017 00:34
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 19 of 26
Aye, Smiffy: poo potatoes aren't the most enticing incentive.
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 6 Mar 2017 00:36
To: Manthorp 20 of 26
Also, I hate disco.
From: Manthorp 6 Mar 2017 00:46
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 21 of 26
Defo not a candidate for Teh Mars mission then.  Stay at home and tell the children of the alt stoneage that we will return.  But warn them against eating the spuds of the gods.
From: koswix 6 Mar 2017 11:36
To: Manthorp 22 of 26
[painfully forced puns about having a BLAST and all those SHOTS etc.]
From: koswix 6 Mar 2017 11:37
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 23 of 26
I read the book before watching the film. Absolutely hilarious. I read in bed, and got in trouble more than once for bursting out laughing at 3am :D
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 6 Mar 2017 14:18
To: koswix 24 of 26
Yeah, MrsD. read the book and she thought it was vastly superior to the film (as usual, I suppose).

I found the film moderately amusing, but it couldn't hold a candle to Gravity as a brutally realistic space escape adventure.
From: Serg (NUKKLEAR) 6 Mar 2017 15:52
To: ALL25 of 26
I reckon it'll actually be Ken, he'll quietly beat all the others...