All these worlds are yours except Europa. Attempt no landings there....

[Talyn]

Don't make the Monolith mad! ​

Liftoff! NASA’s Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter​

Liftoff! NASA’s Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter

The massive spacecraft heads for Europa to search for signs of whether the ocean thought to exist beneath the moon’s icy shell could support life.

www.jpl.nasa.gov

Europa Clipper

NASA's Europa Clipper is planned to explore whether Jupiter's icy moon Europa could harbor conditions suitable to life.

www.jpl.nasa.gov

“ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS, EXCEPT EUROPA.​

ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE.​

USE THEM TOGETHER. USE THEM IN PEACE.”​

― Arthur C. Clarke, 2010: Odyssey Two

 

[SimonRL]

When I was a kid I read a book on the making of 2001: A Space Odyssey and a lot of the visual effects were very simple in execution or things were done using practical effects. When you watch the film today it stands up against virtually any of today’s digital VFX. Same with Blade Runner.

 

[Winchester67]

When I saw the headline, I thought they were talking about my old Lotus Europa! Simultaneously the most satisfying and most dreadful car I ever owned. It was magical to drive when it was running...but keeping it running was best left to a full time squad of mechanics. Here it is under primer, as working on the mechanical side ran into extra innings and we had to make a Spring Break deadline my senior year of college. Good times...I was braver back then. Today I don't think I would take a Lotus from Missouri to Texas no matter how many bikini clad girls were going to be there!

 

[Winchester67]

And no, I am not an NBA Star. I am 5 foot 5....the car made me look like a giant!

 

[Shibadog]

I probably couldn’t bend enough to get IN ( and if I did I’d be stuck. The joys of getting old

 

[papa]

I probably couldn’t bend enough to get IN ( and if I did I’d be stuck. The joys of getting old

So much truth in this statement ^^^^ .

 

[SimonRL]

When I saw the headline, I thought they were talking about my old Lotus Europa! Simultaneously the most satisfying and most dreadful car I ever owned. It was magical to drive when it was running...but keeping it running was best left to a full time squad of mechanics. Here it is under primer, as working on the mechanical side ran into extra innings and we had to make a Spring Break deadline my senior year of college. Good times...I was braver back then. Today I don't think I would take a Lotus from Missouri to Texas no matter how many bikini clad girls were going to be there! View attachment 68379

What a great car. I drove a black and gold one for a while.

 

[Winchester67]

Lordy, the John Player Special! The elusive best of the best...and still would turn a strong man to drink.

 

[Shibadog]

Reminds me of my 6’3” son in high school looking at a Triumph Spitfire

 

[3L120]

When I saw the headline, I thought they were talking about my old Lotus Europa! Simultaneously the most satisfying and most dreadful car I ever owned. It was magical to drive when it was running...but keeping it running was best left to a full time squad of mechanics. Here it is under primer, as working on the mechanical side ran into extra innings and we had to make a Spring Break deadline my senior year of college. Good times...I was braver back then. Today I don't think I would take a Lotus from Missouri to Texas no matter how many bikini clad girls were going to be there! View attachment 68379

Tried fitting my 6-6 frame in one…thought I would have to be buried in it! Bought a Volvo 1800 ES instead. Ex got it in the divorce, I got the VW Thing.