The Space Thread

[old skool tom]

This universe stuff is mind bendingly beautiful and frighteningly frightful

 

I wish my brain was clever enough to understand it all........Pointless and Catchphrase is my minds limit unfortunately

[Section_31]

Oh yeah, Philly. 

 

[dennis tooth]

Solved

The reason micro and macro act different is due to the effect of time upon their size so they can exist and not just read it ye meff

[dennis tooth]

http://www.science20.com/news_articles/einstein_a_hero_again_he_saves_the_quantum_cat-156167?

[Bobby Hundreds]

[Dougie Do'ins]

New Horizons: Pluto's surface sharpens for Nasa probe

As New Horizons bears down on Pluto, its images just get sharper and sharper.
The probe's latest picture released on Saturday has started to give scientists some real indications of the geology on the dwarf world.
The new black-and-white view reveals a vast band of patterned terrain stretching around the globe for roughly 1,500km.
Nasa's spacecraft is due to flyby the distant mini-planet on Tuesday.
When it does so, it will be just 12,500km above the surface.
At that point, its telescopic camera, Lorri, will be acquiring images at a resolution that is better than 100m per pixel.
But for the moment, features still have a rather blurred look about them.
This latest shot from Lorri was taken on Thursday when New Horizons was still 5.4 million km from its target.
At this distance, the resolution is 27km per pixel. Nonetheless, even at this range, there is plenty to excite the geologists.

You can still see just below the patterned band the very dark terrain that scientists have dubbed "the whale". Not visible anymore, however, is the very bright region that looked like a heart in earlier images. This has rotated out of view.
It will, though, come back around, and will be the face of the 2,300km-wide world that is presented to New Horizons at closest approach.
"Among the structures tentatively identified in this new image are what appear to be polygonal features; a complex band of terrain stretching east-northeast across the planet, approximately 1,000 miles long; and a complex region where bright terrains meet the dark terrains of the whale," said New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern.
New Horizons was launched from Earth in 2006. It is set to gather hundreds of pictures and other types of research data as it sweeps past Pluto and its five moons: Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos and Hydra.
The probe's difficulty is getting all that information back to Earth. The distance to the dwarf is vast - more than 4.7 billion km - and this makes for very low bit rates.
The mission team expects it to take 16 months to return all the science from the flyby.

The BBC will be screening a special Sky At Night programme called Pluto Revealed on Monday 20 July, which will recap all the big moments from the New Horizons flyby.

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33491454

[Cardie]

 

 

 

 

 

 

If this picture proves one thing it's that, no matter the level of intelligence, you give someone some work to do on a Friday afternoon and they're going to half arse it.

 

A scientist get's asked to analyse the latest pictures from Pluto and comes up with square shape, squiggly lines and this bit looks like an animal, sticks some lines on it and is out the door.

[Cardie]

 

Where's Klendathu?

[Dan Vito Corleone]

Some awesome pictures getting beamed back from Pluto.

[Nunavut Patrick]

Not even a planet anymore, waste of money....

 

Was pissed off aboot that, Pluto was my favourite.

[Section_31]

The only place in the universe colder than Amanda Holden's heart. 

 

 

[Anubis]

Pluto is alive! Check out that bottom image. Left hand side. Half way down.

 

Those are two eyes. It's watching us.

[Guest Super Sub]

Pluto is alive! Check out that bottom image. Left hand side. Half way down.

 

Those are two eyes. It's watching us.

If you can see two eyes watching us then you have been taking drugs.

[alles ist gut]

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Loving the whole Pluto exploration albeit still photo's. I know it is far fetched to say the least but it would be fucking great if one of the photo's of the surface has graffiti saying "I am a fucking Planet!!!"  

[Section_31]

That bottom one is Charon its moon, my bad. 

[Dougie Do'ins]

NASA-funded study envisages a permanent Moon base within 20 years

http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-funded-study-envisages-a-permanent-moon-base-within-20-years?

[Section_31]

NASA-funded study envisages a permanent Moon base within 20 years

 

http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-funded-study-envisages-a-permanent-moon-base-within-20-years?

They say that all the time,they're full of shit.

 

Apparently an asteroid is passing through the solar system with a platinum core worth over a trillion, two mining companies are sending probes. That's more like us.

[General Dryness]

NASA-funded study envisages a permanent Moon base within 20 years

 

http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-funded-study-envisages-a-permanent-moon-base-within-20-years?

 

[manwiththestick]

Watched a programme on BBC 4 last night about the possibilities and obstacles surrounding a manned mission to Mars. Really interesting, it starts out making you think it's possible within your lifetime but then you realise there's no chance.

 

A bigwig NASA engineer was adamant that if given all the necessary funds they could do it within ten years. He probably meant unlimited funds and even then it's a stretch.

 

Love it though. Space is frigging brilliant.

[Dougie Do'ins]

Has NASA found 'another Earth'? Space agency could reveal new planet capable of supporting LIFE

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/science/nasa-found-another-earth-space-6109322

[johnsusername]

Watched a programme on BBC 4 last night about the possibilities and obstacles surrounding a manned mission to Mars. Really interesting, it starts out making you think it's possible within your lifetime but then you realise there's no chance.

 

A bigwig NASA engineer was adamant that if given all the necessary funds they could do it within ten years. He probably meant unlimited funds and even then it's a stretch.

 

Love it though. Space is frigging brilliant.

 

Or the Liverpool FC wasted transfer money 2002-2015.

[ZonkoVille77]

NASA-funded study envisages a permanent Moon base within 20 years

 

http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-funded-study-envisages-a-permanent-moon-base-within-20-years?

"Basically expand free enterprise to the moon"

 

Translation: we'll fuckin destroy the moon too as long as we make a profit. Cunts.

[Section_31]

It makes me laugh when they say we need more money to send people to Mars, why do we? If we have te resources why can't we use them? It's insane that everything has to be bought and sold, even something for the betterment of mankind - absolutely insane. That's why we're running out of antibiotics, there's no money in them - great world eh. 

[M_B]

Watched a programme on BBC 4 last night about the possibilities and obstacles surrounding a manned mission to Mars. Really interesting, it starts out making you think it's possible within your lifetime but then you realise there's no chance.

 

A bigwig NASA engineer was adamant that if given all the necessary funds they could do it within ten years. He probably meant unlimited funds and even then it's a stretch.

 

Love it though. Space is frigging brilliant.

 

NASA have started the program haven't they? They are certainly testing the rocket engines that are required for the mission. The plan is to use a number of launches to take all the parts into earth orbit where the craft will be assembled. It'll then head off to Mars and use Mars to slingshot a return. The trouble with the program is getting enough mentally well balanced astronauts who are prepared to risk their lives on the journey.