Lawnmower Boy 770 Report post Posted August 2, 2011 Re: More space news! The CBC article on this has some guy trying to argue that Trojan orbits are impossible in the comments. There really ought to be a "Troll of the Week" award. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
L. Marcus 2,323 Report post Posted August 2, 2011 Re: More space news! What was his argument? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cancer 6,243 Report post Posted August 2, 2011 Re: More space news! Probably that he failed junior-level mechanics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
L. Marcus 2,323 Report post Posted August 2, 2011 Re: More space news! ... That's what he wants you to believe! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cancer 6,243 Report post Posted August 2, 2011 Re: More space news! True. He probably failed freshman mechanics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
L. Marcus 2,323 Report post Posted August 2, 2011 Re: More space news! Oh, burn! ^^ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lawnmower Boy 770 Report post Posted August 2, 2011 Re: More space news! What was his argument? I dunno. Right this minute, he's trying to use his misunderstandings of electrical circuit feedback loops to argue against "AGW."* He's the original all-rounder! Though he prefers to play on offence. *That's climate change to you folks outside the troll community. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
L. Marcus 2,323 Report post Posted August 2, 2011 Re: More space news! ... Ay Gee Wee ... Nope. No clue what that spells. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cancer 6,243 Report post Posted August 2, 2011 Re: More space news! Anthropogenic Global Warming. Sounds like the guy is one of those who doesn't pick up his graded exam papers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
L. Marcus 2,323 Report post Posted August 2, 2011 Re: More space news! ...Ah. Halfway to Timecube, then? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McCoy 782 Report post Posted August 3, 2011 Re: More space news! The CBC article on this has some guy trying to argue that Trojan orbits are impossible in the comments. There really ought to be a "Troll of the Week" award. I dunno. Right this minute, he's trying to use his misunderstandings of electrical circuit feedback loops to argue against "AGW."* He's the original all-rounder! Though he prefers to play on offence. *That's climate change to you folks outside the troll community. *goes and looks* *comes back and removes everyone from his ignore list* Guys, seriously, I really don't say this often enough, but I love you all! 2 Lucius and tomd1969 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
L. Marcus 2,323 Report post Posted August 3, 2011 Re: More space news! *blubbers, hugs McCoy* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tkdguy 2,965 Report post Posted August 4, 2011 Re: More space news! Cosmonauts deploy miniature satellite Juno spacecraft to study Jupiter, set to launch on August 5, 2011 Did Earth once have two moons? Moon may be unique in the universe Vesta's "snowman" craters Moon-Saturn-Spica Triangle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RexMundi 3 Report post Posted August 4, 2011 Re: More space news! Finite Universe.....hmm...Philip Jose Farmer Possibilities..... http://www.universetoday.com/38274/finite-universe/ ~Rex Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McCoy 782 Report post Posted August 4, 2011 Re: More space news! Some Swiss astronomers have done some simulations of how rare our Moon is. I wouldn't buy a lottery ticket with those odds ... Moon may be unique in the universe Not buying this. More later. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cancer 6,243 Report post Posted August 4, 2011 Re: More space news! Not buying this. More later. I have doubts too, but I want to see what they did first. And I'm at home now, not in the office, so I don't have all the institutional journal subscriptions to help me chase the stuff into the reviewed literature. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neverway 0 Report post Posted August 5, 2011 Re: More space news! Finite Universe.....hmm...Philip Jose Farmer Possibilities..... http://http://www.universetoday.com/38274/finite-universe/ ~Rex I counter with evidence of a multiverse http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14372387 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tkdguy 2,965 Report post Posted August 8, 2011 Re: More space news! This Week at NASA (video) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RexMundi 3 Report post Posted August 8, 2011 Re: More space news! I counter with evidence of a multiverse http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14372387 Yeah but if I'm running with the PHilip Jose Farmer World of Tiers set up.....that technically is a Multiverse. Finite Universe doesn't preclude a Multiverse, heh. Still, Nice Article which I shall add to my collection in the hoarder Universe. ~Rex.....tosses out some Multiversal Rep..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
L. Marcus 2,323 Report post Posted August 9, 2011 Re: More space news! Space.com: Moon's stabilizing influence on Earth's axis might be grossly overstated. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Narf the Mouse 146 Report post Posted August 10, 2011 Re: More space news! Narf: One single paper's influence on science may be grossly overstated. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
megaplayboy 1,536 Report post Posted August 12, 2011 Re: More space news! SETI back up and running, thanks in part to Jodie Foster: http://news.yahoo.com/jodie-foster-helps-revive-seti-search-aliens-181202490.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McCoy 782 Report post Posted August 12, 2011 Re: More space news! SETI back up and running, thanks in part to Jodie Foster: http://news.yahoo.com/jodie-foster-helps-revive-seti-search-aliens-181202490.html When called, a spokesperson from St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C. said John Hinckly was unavailable to comment. Too soon? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tkdguy 2,965 Report post Posted August 12, 2011 Re: More space news! I never paid much attention to SETI, but I see this as a good thing. I'm not a detractor, mind you, just not very interested in finding aliens. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
L. Marcus 2,323 Report post Posted August 12, 2011 Re: More space news! I was part of the SETI@Home project. My little sister thought it was mighty cool. ^^ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
