Jack White Interviewed by Buzz Aldrin

[grumblestiltskin]

Sorry if this is a double up

http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/jack-white

Makes me really want a Buzz Aldrin Green series

[Kali Durga]

Yeah, that's as much Jack interviewing Buzz as it is Buzz interviewing Jack. Would be great if even the recording of that phone call could be released somehow.

[theeradicaleclectic]

When i think back about the best intentions of the green series then it makes me think that if this recording were to be combined with some particular intercraft computerized audibles and/or a bit of random space sound as directed by Aldrin then I think the exploration of a green series as such would serve its purpose... partial accomplishment of this has already been done by telecom adaptation of Aldrins voice... this is an exciting prospect

Maybe Aldrin will narrate or create some pull for the little record player in space concept that Jack has been mulling over... schmashing to be sure!!!

[DeeBee]

Wow, Buzz Aldrin and Jack White. That was a great choice for an interview, and it turned out really well. And now seeing a UFO from the window of a lunar orbiting spacecraft will be only the second strangest encounter that Buzz Aldrin has ever had in his life.

That photo set was quite, uh, unique too. Didn't care much for the cover photo they used, but the rest of them were intriguing. (Actually, the cover photo would have been good too, except that makeup makes his cheeks look gaunt and sunken.)

http://i.imgur.com/8MNCa.jpg

Makes me really want a Buzz Aldrin Green series

^ Word, word, word.

[hellosmith]

A somewhat shallow thing to mention I suppose, but THOSE PHOTOS. THAT VIDEO. Very cool!

[sandmaniac3]

Buzz Aldrin was on Colbert tonight. He seems to be generating quite a buzz lately. (Pun not entirely intended) I think blue series is seeming more and more possible. Maybe not probable, but still fun.

[goodjuju]

Wow, Buzz Aldrin and Jack White. That was a great choice for an interview, and it turned out really well. And now seeing a UFO from the window of a lunar orbiting spacecraft will be only the second strangest encounter that Buzz Aldrin has ever had in his life.

That photo set was quite, uh, unique too. Didn't care much for the cover photo they used, but the rest of them were intriguing. (Actually, the cover photo would have been good too, except that makeup makes his cheeks look gaunt and sunken.)

http://i.imgur.com/8MNCa.jpg

Makes me really want a Buzz Aldrin Green series

^ Word, word, word.

the photo reminds me of Robert Smith from the Cure.... I kind of like it!

[theeradicaleclectic]

that mention of Robert Smith is curious to me... i do see some similarity but i also see with with Johnny Depp and other icons... its 'typifying' stylization

marketing experts and holliwood haute couture standards dont really allow too much individuality to fit the profile... just a few architypes really

as i recall from the conversation the man who spent the longest amount of time in space was named collins and jack asked about him

i was thinking maybe jack was going to try to reach him and maybe try to simulate space sounds or get him to engineer something to play vinyl in orbit

[sandmaniac3]

i was thinking maybe jack was going to try to reach him and maybe try to simulate space sounds or get him to engineer something to play vinyl in orbit

Well, commercial space flight is more or less happening now. It will only be so long before Jack takes a trip up. I can see him wanting to make sure he can play his vinyl on the trip.

[theeradicaleclectic]

i dont think its quite that simple... the interview makes it clear that lots of space travel being funded means not coming back down here

i did get a very keen sense of commercialism about buzz aldrins role in that conversation... also heard he was on colbert recently as well

[jrfhoutx]

i dont think its quite that simple... the interview makes it clear that lots of space travel being funded means not coming back down here

i did get a very keen sense of commercialism about buzz aldrins role in that conversation... also heard he was on colbert recently as well

Uh, have you never heard of the Ansari X Prize, SpaceShipOne, or Virgin Galactic? The flight costs $200k per, with a $20k deposit, I think that's most likely well withing Jack's grasp, and I'm pretty sure Branson could make some exceptions for Jack's turntable onboard... it may not be interplanetary travel, or even a low earth orbit (it's sub-orbital), but space is space, and Virgin Galactic does round trips, because what goes up must come back down, somewhere (be it arizona or abu dhabi)... Current commercial space flight is more or less a reality, more so than ever before, but space flight, being in space, etc. doesn't necessarily mean going to the moon or other planets...

[theeradicaleclectic]

ok... i nearly had to laugh at this and would normally respond in a humorous retort but clearly you take this all very serious and are quoting the Branson Virgin operation details as if it were actually a feasible form of travel... which is LAUGHABLE by any stretch of the imagination... ROUND TRIPS???

i dont think its quite that simple... the interview makes it clear that lots of space travel being funded means not coming back down here ... i did get a very keen sense of commercialism about buzz aldrins role in that conversation

Uh, have you never heard of the Ansari X Prize, SpaceShipOne, or Virgin Galactic? The flight costs $200k per, with a $20k deposit, I think that's most likely well withing Jack's grasp, and I'm pretty sure Branson could make some exceptions for Jack's turntable onboard... it may not be interplanetary travel, or even a low earth orbit (it's sub-orbital), but space is space, and Virgin Galactic does round trips, because what goes up must come back down, somewhere (be it arizona or abu dhabi)... Current commercial space flight is more or less a reality, more so than ever before, but space flight, being in space, etc. doesn't necessarily mean going to the moon or other planets...

UHHH... yes i have... and if you also want to attempt to plug the scheduling of these flights (good luck) you are welcome to do so but its not what i was saying with my comment that 'lots of funding for space travel' is not even about humans traveling and much less about them re-entering the atmosphere ... the majority of space budget does not involved manned craft flight and what Branson does can hardly be called manned flight at this point in the 2 decades he has been at it with his meet and greet philosophy of grooming stars for a fleecing to amuse himself

here are some more figures http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Lea ... e_999.html
Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_mone ... z1u0061fZS

My comment was specifically directed at the complexity of how this entire process works for customers when it comes down to the diversity of what sort of space travel is actually being funded... commercially funded flight that is actually happening is not what Virgin has accomplished... Its laughable to me that you discuss this commercial model as if it is an actual event when the last test pilot flight was in 2004 and the space they incured as a matter of drifing in and drifting out was about 11 minutes of subspace as pictured below... does that look like space to you?

no... it is sub space which is not outer space but rather very much atmospheric space which reinforces the idea that 'Virgin is ONLY theoretical space travel for jack to sink his money into while he waited' for them to build another set of models and then craft another series of units and then ... and only then.... get around to his technical concerns as financial considerations related to one of 500 participants waiting in line for either a 'manned mission' that hit subspace or an unmanned mission aimed at not risking his life for what would amount to a rubber biscuit broadcast in some undetermined year in the future...

let me remind you that commercialism as industry is a regular exchange for a return of goods or services and not some initial investment in ... TMR knows this



"The flights would reach the outer space for a few minutes but not go high enough to enter earth’s orbit. The SS2 had previously aced a similar test in the month of July last year, when the space craft completed its test flight attached to the mother ship, VMS Eve.

This time around, the SS2 completed test flight completely on its own, after being released from the mother ship at an altitude of 45,000 feet, after which the craft remained airborne for 11 minutes and then safely landed at the Mojave Air and Spaceport."

[21x3]

i looked for this, but i guess its not on the stands yet. the pictures are beautiful though.

[sandmaniac3]

i dont think its quite that simple... the interview makes it clear that lots of space travel being funded means not coming back down here

i did get a very keen sense of commercialism about buzz aldrins role in that conversation... also heard he was on colbert recently as well

Actually, I was joking. However, since we are apparently taking this VERY seriously. I would refer you not to Virgin's publicity stunts, but to Elon Musk and his SpaceX company. They are the private sector company that actually is capable of space travel. Plus if Jack wanted to spend the money to get to space, no one would stop him. But obviously, what I said was not meant to imply Jack had immediate plans for space flight. I cannot even believe we are arguing about the feasibility of a celebrity being shot into space. Pointless!

[theeradicaleclectic]

What cant you believe?? i think its just as serious a conversation for people who cannot afford it as for those who can... Just ask yourself what happens when that thing comes down in your airspace... on your car or house?? As for SpaceX and friends mission of making humans a multi-planetary species... well bully on them

a few days ago they tested one of the engines... whoo hooo... May 7th is a target date... howdee doodee... but when they still talk about success not being guaranteed and test runs to see if its even safe or feasible to begin hauling cargo that pretty much means that they wont be shuttling humans for a while


The first SpaceX COTS flight, in December 2010, made SpaceX the first commercial company in history to send a spacecraft to orbit and return it safely to Earth.

Re-Entry is your issue of record as far as i can tell... so yeah... im taking it seriously for folks who cannot or do not get the total responsibility of such matters

Once SpaceX demonstrates the ability to carry cargo to the space station, it will begin to fulfill its Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract for NASA for at least 12 missions to carry cargo to and from the space station. The Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft were designed to one day carry astronauts; both the COTS and CRS missions will yield valuable flight experience toward this goal.... ultimately they are still talking about the International Space Station and there has not been a true dialogue about the territorial agreements associated with space and/or the mining and merchant considerations that Aldrin is on about

What this says to me... what my supposition was as a matter of recollection was that the majority of funds are not being spent on round trip excursions... ok