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Which Sci Fi Gadget Would You Take Into Space?

Posted August 11, 2010 8:18 AM

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Brian writes, "I recently had an opportunity to film a "tweet up" with NASA astronaut and U.S. Army Colonel Timothy "T.J." Creamer. During his talk, Colonel Creamer took a moment to answer the question, "What is the one science fictional item you wish you could really have in space with you."

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Re: Which Sci Fi Gadget Would You Take Into Space?

08/11/2010 11:39 AM

My first thought is of a spaceship capable of getting me back home.

Or if not home then at least somewhere else in the universe where really good bratwursts exist.
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08/11/2010 11:46 AM

The Enterprise from Star Trek with all its technology and power.

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08/12/2010 7:39 AM

Forget the the spaceships - get the whole network of Stargates.

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Re: Which Sci Fi Gadget Would You Take Into Space?

08/12/2010 12:24 PM

An Oxygen tank?

A map?

A bottle of good water?

Toilet paper?

Barbecue?

A sci-fi compatible stripper girlfriend?

same things I want on earth... in fact... forget space...

I want to go to the beach.

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08/12/2010 5:53 PM

A Star Trek style replicator would just about be necessary for any long duration journey.

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08/16/2010 9:46 AM

I want what chrisg288 wants. ha ha. Ok, if I have to make a decision. A translator...

A realy good looking one.

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08/16/2010 3:20 PM

An easy button.

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08/16/2010 3:23 PM

if you want your pictures to work, you have to save them to your own hard drive, and then use the 'camera' button to load them into the editor.
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08/16/2010 4:07 PM

If you use IE as a browser the pic should come right up. I tried it on a different computer on a different network than the one I did the original posting.

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Re: Which Sci Fi Gadget Would You Take Into Space?

08/17/2010 2:50 PM

My Kindle, so I won't miss a single issue of Analog SF mag on my subscription.

Ummm, errr, ahhh...

Is Amazon's Whispernet (Sprint) already out there?

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