Old Man Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 ... Which extends for something like a light-year. Thanks for peeing on NASA's parade!Well, I had to pee somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 "Bohemian Gravity": Not really news, but still a hoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 How much longer can Earth support life? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 How much longer can Earth support life?That's actually about a factor of 2 or so further away than numbers I've seen before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 The Moon may be a little (just 100 million years) younger than we thought. LINK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 Would an upcoming comet fly-by endanger a Mars mission? http://news.yahoo.com/could-upcoming-comet-flybys-damage-mars-spacecraft-182733944.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 27, 2013 Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 Turns out Mars is soaking wet (sort of). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 27, 2013 Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 Turns out Mars is soaking wet (sort of).... Me like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 28, 2013 Report Share Posted September 28, 2013 OTOH, Perchlorate in Martian soil makes life-finding hella-difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 28, 2013 Report Share Posted September 28, 2013 Yeah, it occurs to me that that finding kind of invalidates the terraforming paper I wrote twenty years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 28, 2013 Report Share Posted September 28, 2013 Science Marches On, bitches!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Looks like SpaceX is really starting to push the envelope. L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 ... Awesome. That envelope took a bit of a pounding, I'd say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 So you want to capture an asteroid, make it orbit the moon, use it as a base, and crash it into the moon when you're done? Read about it here! L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 That does sound like an enjoyable Saturday afternoon. L. Marcus and tkdguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 For SCIENCE!! tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Propylene found on Titan Comet ISON buzzes Mars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Mmmm, plastic fantastic ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Which, apparently,some people believe should not be built. Like all ground-breaking technologies there are a ton of potential snags -- most notably the difficult task of "unfolding" the telescope once it is launched, without a means to go up there and repair is (as Hubble was repaired) if something should go wrong. And of course people are blaming Obama for it. People blame Obama for bad weather. People blame Obama when they lose their car keys. People blame Obama when their kid fails high school chemistry. I'm blaming Obama for all those people blaming Obama... Wait... Michael Hopcroft and tkdguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Space Junk Cleanup Satellite to Launch in 2018 Impact That Formed Moon Blew Off Earth's Atmosphere Curiosity Has a Hole in Tire How do you fix a flat tire on Mars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 I knew the Doctor had a hand in this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 Almost sounds too good to be true -- fusion rocket could cut Mars travel time to three months. Some sort of pulsed fusion, with a metal ring that gets vaporized and used for reaction mass. The team is working on a lab set-up as of now. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Jupiter-bound spacecraft to swing by Earth on Wednesday Pillars of Creation photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordGhee Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 just cool and it looks like a hovering star ship http://defense-update.com/20130911_aeroscraft.html tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 just cool and it looks like a hovering star ship http://defense-update.com/20130911_aeroscraft.html The bad news is, it was damaged when the roof collapsed. The good news is, nobody was injured, and the damage is repairable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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