redout22 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Mars is approx. 12.5 light MINUTES away. It would take around 6 months to reach Mars with a manned aircraft. These 'new planets' are 40 light YEARS away. It would take around 800,000 years to reach these places by a manned aircraft....Don't you think we should quit with the nonsense fantasy and $20B/year spending for NASA? 100 years ago powered flight was a fantasy. Today air travel is so common EVERYONE does it. It used to take a year to sail around the world. Today you could legit circumnavigate the globe in two days - maybe one with good connection flights. Do you really think we won't have technological breakthroughs that drastically cut travel time from here to other stars in the next century? How will that happen if we don't strive to advance technology? To think of the sustainable water needed, vasts amounts of rich soil, perfect atmosphere in regards to chemical composition, shields of radiation, perfect gravitational pull, plate tectonics, constant weather that is able to be livable by all forms of life there is no chance there is a civilization that is in any way similar to ours. Fermi Paradox Technically we don't need all that to survive on another planet/moon. There are ways to get around weather, tectonics, radiation, and even the atmosphere. Out of curiosity do you believe in global warming? Quote Link to comment
Hooked on Huskers Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 One month to go. First time event since way back in July 7th 1442 !! (Lincoln path). Before Christopher Columbus era. After August 21st, the next event in Lincoln will be May 26th 2245 .... hopefully a couple of CCG Husker winners LINK And speaking of Lincoln, this second capital city in the path lies near its northern edge, so totality is shorter there - only 1m 25.5s (at 1:02pm) on the grounds of the beautiful State Capitol. The 50-yard-line at Husker stadium gets five seconds less time in the shadow, so you can see how important it is to get as far south as you can! LINK Expected to draw big crowds from Australia to Russia ....... “I think we’ll sell out all the hotels in Nebraska region’’ The best was Alliance, Grand Island, Beatrice and Fall City .... bulls-eye. Almost 3 minutes duration (totality). Lincoln: one and half minutes. Anyway, I know temperatures will be lower that day in the eclipse. And birds and animals begin to stir. BTW, Total and annular eclipse are different. Annular=halo sun. The last in Lincoln was October 19 1865. Total means completely darkness, sun is fully obscured by the Moon, equal to new moon at night. Total eclipse occurred when the moon is minimum distance from Earth (perigee orbit) 1 Quote Link to comment
RedDenver Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 For anyone interested, PBS has been producing digital series the last few years and the ones I've seen are really good. Look on Youtube for PBS Space Time (mostly physics but a lot of space stuff in there). You can also go to PBS Digital Studios to see the full list of channels. 1 Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Uh, This Flat Earther's Homemade Manned Rocket Launch Does Not Sound Totally Advisable Quote 61-year-old DIY enthusiast and stuntman “Mad” Mike Hughes is planning his first manned launch of a homemade, $20,000 steam-powered rocket with “RESEARCH FLAT EARTH” written on the side on Saturday, the Associated Press reported. According to the AP, Hughes says he expects his new rocket to hurl him through the skies above the Mojave Desert ghost town of Amboy at up to 500 miles per hour for roughly one mile, attaining a peak altitude of 1,800 feet before it deploys two parachutes. Hughes is a proponent of the Flat Earth theory; the Research Flat Earth group is his main sponsor. Hughes does not “believe in science,” which he told the AP has “no difference” from science fiction. 1 Quote Link to comment
C N Red Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 2 hours ago, knapplc said: I'm pissed Earth doesn't have rings. Those things are pretty sweet!! 1 Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 1 minute ago, C N Red said: I'm pissed Earth doesn't have rings. Those things are pretty sweet!! Have you seen this? What would Earth's skies look like with Saturn's rings? 2 Quote Link to comment
C N Red Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Just now, knapplc said: Have you seen this? What would Earth's skies look like with Saturn's rings? That's sweet!! It's kind of like having a rainbow that never goes away. Quote Link to comment
RedDenver Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 9 hours ago, knapplc said: Have you seen this? What would Earth's skies look like with Saturn's rings? Those are some bad ass images Quote Link to comment
RedDenver Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 On 12/24/2017 at 7:27 AM, commando said: ET phone home Tweet is misleading. Russian astronaut found bacteria on outside of ISS that wasn't there on launch. That's NOT the same as not coming from earth. 1 Quote Link to comment
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