# Sustained space flight is impossible! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 1, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sustained-space-flight-is-impossible/665087 "2013-08-01T16:19:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sustained-space-flight-is-impossible/665087/1 "2013-08-01T16:19:16Z")
[Oh, the pain…](http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110522011511AAl1rIx) > [@](#): > > Atheists, don’t you understand that sustained space flight is impossible? > > All of the ‘satellites’ we have seen are merely boats that the government has been running on the shield of water surrounding our atmosphere. > > we know that the material/stuff directly above the atmosphere is WATER (in which, we see the ‘stars’ and ‘other planets’ due to other chemicals being mixed into the water) - because God separated the water into two sections, as stated in Genesis. > > We already KNOW that the ‘discoveries’ NASA has made are merely a lie, meant to try and eliminate religion and destroy the word of God. Greatest joke on Earth. > > Why must people keep spreading these LIES to our innocent children? OK, it’s two years old; but still… I’m pretty sure it was pretty well established prior to 2011 that we do have things in space. Perhaps the poster has educated herself since then. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sustained-space-flight-is-impossible/665087/2 "2013-08-01T16:34:10Z")
[Poe’s law](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law) might be relevant (although, of course, as the law itself makes clear, you never can tell). ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sustained-space-flight-is-impossible/665087/3 "2013-08-01T16:45:37Z")
Yahoo Answers is pretty much a playground for the phenomenally stupid and the people who entertain themselves by either mocking or imitating the phenomenally stupid. I’d say there’s at least a 50/50 chance that this is written as mockery. It’s hard to say without looking at more of the person’s output. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sustained-space-flight-is-impossible/665087/4 "2013-08-01T17:08:08Z")
So, how long until every American has a NASA spaceboat for personal travel? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sustained-space-flight-is-impossible/665087/5 "2013-08-01T18:42:08Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > [Poe’s law](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law) might be relevant (although, of course, as the law itself makes clear, you never can tell). > [@Smeghead](#): > > I’d say there’s at least a 50/50 chance that this is written as mockery. Perhaps I’ve been whooshed, then. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sustained-space-flight-is-impossible/665087/6 "2013-08-01T18:49:14Z")
\*\*Sustained space flight is impossible! \*\* Yet they are still accepting cadets at the academy. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sustained-space-flight-is-impossible/665087/7 "2013-08-01T18:53:13Z")
Me thinks the guy is trolling, since it’s hardly only atheists who believe in space flight. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sustained-space-flight-is-impossible/665087/8 "2013-08-01T20:02:31Z")
While I can’t figure out whether it’s intended in jest or not, it’s pretty funny either way. I know somebody’s water has some chemicals in.