I was (sorta) thinkin along the same lines as Allen. I believe Planet X is 7 years away, so keep the girl. She will be 21 years old when you land and probably very grateful for your efforts and consideration. Last time I was on Planet X, I found it to be a very cold and lonely place--not to mention almost completely devoid of the opposite sex.

We're car guys! How hard can it be to eliminate some weight? Just get rid of the AC, Dynamat, cupholders, power steering and the oscillation overthruster (it's bad for the environment).

Well since many of you are falling for the girl lol...you wont like the answer. I will put it up tonight after my final.

Tim

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Heres what the so called answer is. Member, I didnt make it up, I stole it from Chevelles.net



The Correct answer that the USAF was looking for was to simply follow orders and kill her. The mentality of a Disciplined Bomber Pilot should be that once he is given an order and sent out on a mission, that mission should be his highest priority. No matter what happens

No matter how much fire he is receiving,

No matter how many other bombers have been blown out of the skies,

No matter how badly his plane has been damaged or how many of his crew members are either dead or dying and in need of immediate medical assistance,

The bomber pilot is expected to remain on course and complete his mission, regardless of the consequences.

To Terminate her was the answer they were looking for…(but)

According to this manual, they were also willing to give partial credit for the following answer which also seemed to be the most popular:

"Once you begin your journey, you notice that the ships engines are burning more fuel that they’re supposed to. You look to the ships computer for an explanation and discover that the ship is exactly 114 lbs. heavier than it’s supposed to be."

The above statement indicates that the ship has not yet reached maximum velocity “meaning that it was still very close to its port of launch and not very deep into space yet. At Maximum velocity, the engines would have no longer been needed because space is a vacuum and with no air to resist the ships movement, It would remain at maximum velocity until it reached its destination. Only then would the engines have again been needed to slow the ship down for docking.

As the pilot, it would have been best for him to immediately contact his home base (not planet X) and request that a rescue ship be launched carrying enough additional fuel to replace the excess fuel that his ship has burned. Upon arrival, the rescue ship would transfer the replacement fuel to your ship while at the same time retrieve the girl. Once this transaction was completed, the rescue ship would return back to its place of origin while you continued on with your mission. Although it doesn't say this, I think we are expected to assume that this transaction would be carried out while his ship remains on course and in motion


Hmm...so simple, but so morally confusing.

Tim

Then, he doesn't get to keep the girl? So much for the humanitarian mission.

Criminy! to make this easier for people like zbugger , couldnt she be 19 or 20? :rolleyes:

Maybe I’m missing something here. Space is a vacuum. Once desired velocity is reached there is no need to use the engines. No friction, no air, nothing to slow it down. The only thing that will impede progress is the gravity of a planet. So if this is true, the fuel is not an issue. “Continue present course and speed number one.”

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i should have read the rest of the posts!!! :beathorse