IndianaJoe3 Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 Re: More space news! The legal theory behind mining claims, applied to asteroids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Re: More space news! Lunar colonies built via 3D printing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Re: More space news! Obama's asteroid mission is more challenging than going to Mars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Re: More space news! "Comet of the Century" or just hype? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Re: More space news! 4.5 billion earth-like planets in our galaxy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Re: More space news! Hey, one for us all, almost! I wonder who gets to bunk up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Re: More space news! Near Earth Object Worth Big Bucks ... if we can catch it, that is. Curiosity Finds "Hood Ornament" on Mars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Re: More space news! I'd bet anything that that's the Ancient's door clapper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Re: More space news! Huge Meteor Explodes Over Russia - The shockwave took almost two minutes to reach the ground, and it STILL shattered windows, blew doors out of their frames, and set off every car alarm in the city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Re: More space news! Over a thousand injured, I read, but no casualties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Re: More space news! Yeah, the injuries seem to be mostly people hurt by broken glass or bits of structure that was blown out by the blast wave. Nuclear-class airburst (or larger; I'm now seeing estimates of 10 meter size) about a dozen kilometers up. Gonna rattle a lot of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Re: More space news! Apparently, people were sure the War had come! I'm glad no-one had a finger on the Button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Re: More space news! ... And now, Vladimir Zirinowskij, Russian nationalist politician and vice-speaker of the Duma, has claimed that it was, in fact, not a meteorite. It was US weapons experiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Re: More space news! ... And now' date=' Vladimir Zirinowskij, Russian nationalist politician and vice-speaker of the Duma, has claimed that it was, in fact, not a meteorite. It was US weapons experiment.[/quote'] "Russia Already Has Meteor Truthers" http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/02/15/russian_meteor_truthers_vladimir_zhirinovsky_claims_meteor_was_actually.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Re: More space news! A few hours after the meteor exploded in Russia, another one was seen over the San Francisco Bay Area. It was nothing as dramatic as the Russian meteor, thankfully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 Re: More space news! I'm inspired to get a dash cam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 Re: More space news! ... And now' date=' Vladimir Zirinowskij, Russian nationalist politician and vice-speaker of the Duma, has claimed that it was, in fact, not a meteorite. It was US weapons experiment.[/quote'] It was a very early reaction; he had been reported to say that about 6am my time,before much in the way of real stuff was available to report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 Re: More space news! Yes, but he's way loco. He'd be amusing if it weren't for the fact many Russians seem to be listening to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 Re: More space news! Higgs Boson news How about this kickstarter? "Hello? Hello?" Meteorite "rush" begins Russian meteorite by the numbers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Re: More space news! Giant Sunspot Mini-planet Kepler-37b Radar Video of Asteroid Flyby Curiosity to Eat, Analyze Rock Powder And for stargazers: Bright Comets in February and March Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Re: More space news! Early Warning System for Asteroids in the Works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Re: More space news! I say we install aribags in each and every asteroid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Re: More space news! Kill All The Bugs. Nuke'm its the only way to be sure. QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Re: More space news! New transiting planet candidates are identified in 16 months (2009 May–2010 September) of data from the Kepler spacecraft. Nearly 5000 periodic transit-like signals are vetted against astrophysical and instrumental false positives yielding 1108 viable new planet candidates' date=' bringing the total count up to over 2300[/b']. ... The largest fractional increases [in number of new discovered planets] are seen for the smallest planet candidates (201% for candidates smaller than 2 R⊕ compared to 53% for candidates larger than 2 R⊕ ) and those at longer orbital periods (124% for candidates outside of 50 day orbits versus 86% for candidates inside of 50 day orbits). ... The fraction of all planet candidate host stars with multiple candidates has grown from 17% to 20%, and the paucity of short-period giant planets in multiple systems is still evident. The progression toward smaller planets at longer orbital periods with each new catalog release suggests that Earth-size planets in the habitable zone are forthcoming if, indeed, such planets are abundant. Emphasis added by me. Just downloaded this paper and I'll be reading it today. EDIT: They include a table of 24 planet candidates whose orbits + host star characteristics indicate planetary surface temperatures between 285 and 303 K. One is near Earth size (1.02 R⊕), seven in the range 1.25 - 2.0 R⊕, eleven 2 - 5 R⊕, three 5 - 12 R⊕, one at 20.8 R⊕. The one near Earth size candidate (KOI 2124.01) orbits a rather cool star (Teff = 4100, a spectral type around K6 to K7, which is close to 61 Cygni . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Re: More space news! Dammit, it's an astronomically exciting time to be alive! tomd1969 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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