WeAreStarStuff
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Nice. That's the best way to go about it; it's not something that you should make a rash decision about. Im sure youll be happy with whatever piece you decide on.
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Space: The Final Frontier
- Thread starter Windu
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Nice. That's the best way to go about it; it's not something that you should make a rash decision about. Im sure youll be happy with whatever piece you decide on.
A less bigoted Deku
Banned
To be fair, the probe failed in orbit. We would never know if the sample return portion of the mission would have worked if it hadn't failed so early.
I wouldn't even given that mission partial points for trying and failing to return a sample.
WeAreStarStuff
Member
I don't think the following has been posted.
http://www.space.com/14378-nasa-interstellar-matter-ibex-mission-preview.html
Scientists will announce new findings about material from beyond the solar system at a NASA press conference today (Jan. 31).
The researchers will also discuss discoveries about the boundary region that separates our solar system from interstellar space and protects us from fast-moving particles called galactic cosmic rays, researchers said.
The results were obtained after analyzing data gathered by NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft, which is studying the edge of the solar system from an orbit about 200,000 miles (322,000 kilometers) above Earth. [Images from the IBEX Mission]
The briefing will take place at 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT) at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. ...
I wonder what it will be; perhaps stellar dust from another solar system?
http://www.space.com/14378-nasa-interstellar-matter-ibex-mission-preview.html
Scientists will announce new findings about material from beyond the solar system at a NASA press conference today (Jan. 31).
The researchers will also discuss discoveries about the boundary region that separates our solar system from interstellar space and protects us from fast-moving particles called galactic cosmic rays, researchers said.
The results were obtained after analyzing data gathered by NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft, which is studying the edge of the solar system from an orbit about 200,000 miles (322,000 kilometers) above Earth. [Images from the IBEX Mission]
The briefing will take place at 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT) at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. ...
I wonder what it will be; perhaps stellar dust from another solar system?
Like the hat?
Banned
WeAreStarStuff
Member
A buddy of mine won tickets to this and I'll be attending. If GAF would like to ask any questions vicariously through me just let me know.
http://www.nasa.gov/connect/tweetup/tweetup_garan_021412.html
Space Station Astronaut Ron Garan Hosts Tweetup at NASA Headquarters NASA invites its Twitter followers to a special Tweetup with astronaut Ron Garan at 1:30 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 14. The event will take place in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, Washington. This NASA Tweetup is an opportunity to meet and speak with Garan, the people behind @NASA account and other space-exploration-minded participants.
Garan spent 164 days in space during the Expedition 27 and Expedition 28 missions to the International Space Station. He and his crewmates launched April 4, 2011, and returned to Earth on Sept. 15, 2011. Aboard the station, the crew worked on a variety of microgravity experiments and hosted two space shuttle missions, including the last shuttle to visit the station. Garan also participated in the last space-shuttle-based spacewalk during the STS-135 mission.
During his time in space, Garan shared his experiences and images he took of Earth from the space station via his Twitter account, @Astro_Ron, and his Fragile Oasis blog.
Registration for the event was open to @NASA followers and their guests from 12 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 20, until 12 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 24. NASA will select 150 total participants by lottery from those who registered online.
http://www.nasa.gov/connect/tweetup/tweetup_garan_021412.html
Space Station Astronaut Ron Garan Hosts Tweetup at NASA Headquarters NASA invites its Twitter followers to a special Tweetup with astronaut Ron Garan at 1:30 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 14. The event will take place in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, Washington. This NASA Tweetup is an opportunity to meet and speak with Garan, the people behind @NASA account and other space-exploration-minded participants.
Garan spent 164 days in space during the Expedition 27 and Expedition 28 missions to the International Space Station. He and his crewmates launched April 4, 2011, and returned to Earth on Sept. 15, 2011. Aboard the station, the crew worked on a variety of microgravity experiments and hosted two space shuttle missions, including the last shuttle to visit the station. Garan also participated in the last space-shuttle-based spacewalk during the STS-135 mission.
During his time in space, Garan shared his experiences and images he took of Earth from the space station via his Twitter account, @Astro_Ron, and his Fragile Oasis blog.
Registration for the event was open to @NASA followers and their guests from 12 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 20, until 12 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 24. NASA will select 150 total participants by lottery from those who registered online.
Insane Metal
Member
I've just watched "Wonders of the Universe" from BBC, it was a nice experience. And Brian Cox seems like a really nice dude.
WeAreStarStuff
Member
I own and enjoy this series as well. Brian Cox is intelligent and you can witness his palpable enthusiasm for the subject matter; there are hints of Sagan.
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
That's pretty close. If we can reach just HALF the speed of light, we can get there in 58 years. Three-quarters and we're there in 29.
astroturfing
Member
sign me up!
Insane Metal
Member
depressing
that's like hundreds of thousands of years away at our current achievable speed(?)
Unfortunately I don't see us traveling at those speeds any time soon =(
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
No, but 1/4 the speed of light isn't insane within our lifetime. And there are dozens of potentially habitable planets within a human lifetime of travel at that speed.
WeAreStarStuff
Member
Brilliant.
Escape Goat
Member
Eastern Hemisphere is best hemisphere
or is it...?
or is it...?
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
Just thinking about the beauty of our planet and the number of planets just like ours in our galaxy alone makes me incredibly happy and unbelievably sad.
omg it's gaf's own Captain Badass the praying mantis!
WeAreStarStuff
Member
Eastern Hemisphere is best hemisphere
or is it...?
I never grow tired of seeing the protective haze of our atmosphere surrounding our little blue marble. It is mesmerizing; it's like magic!
I remember this thread from years ago. Nice to see it alive still.
Here's the moon in living color:
http://youtu.be/ilOsZyjRvDs
Right. I don't know how to embed an youtube vid.
Here's the moon in living color:
http://youtu.be/ilOsZyjRvDs
Right. I don't know how to embed an youtube vid.
what on zombie jesus's green earth is this crap?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilOsZyjRvDs&feature=player_detailpage#t=517s
Yep, the recent 'dark side of the Moon' photos released were obviously riddled with mysterious alien bases and structures according to the loonies..
I Stalk Alone
Member
I saw this today. Makes me want to do some time lapse of my own maybe I should practice on something small first though. Gives me some good reason to go on another trip along the great ocean road.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmh3Lu6XVPM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmh3Lu6XVPM&feature=related
Not sure how related this is, but here are some screen caps I took playing this space explorer called 'Space Engine'. It's truly magnificent when you get the hang of the controls.
[procedural planet in the orion nebula]
[all known/mapped/charted galaxies]
Here's the rest of them.
[procedural planet in the orion nebula]
[all known/mapped/charted galaxies]
Here's the rest of them.
Forsete
Member
I love playing around in that.
I dont know about the rest of that government cover up stuff, but I will say non-terrestrial officers does sound interesting. Probably some sort of military stuff though, since even the hacker they interviewed (Gary McKinnon) said he didnt think of aliens when reading that.
Anyway, anyone else heard of "The Great Attractor"? Just found out about it via that scale of the universe 2.0 thread. Are all galaxies being slightly drawn to it, or just the few in our local group? Doubt it could be some sort of incredibly large black hole, so could it just be a tight group of galaxies causing a pull on everything else, or just a gravity anomaly?
Anyway, anyone else heard of "The Great Attractor"? Just found out about it via that scale of the universe 2.0 thread. Are all galaxies being slightly drawn to it, or just the few in our local group? Doubt it could be some sort of incredibly large black hole, so could it just be a tight group of galaxies causing a pull on everything else, or just a gravity anomaly?
Naked Snake
Member
Man, .. how I wish that traveling via relativistic speeds would actually look like this.
FlyingTeacup
Member
niiiice!!!
Despite living in America I think the best Blue Marble images are the ones with Africa in them. Africa is seen as the birthplace of humanity, the cradle of life. I think its fitting for the main, iconic image of earth from space to be focused in on Africa.
I agree, and it really sucks ass how the stitch marks are present in the African-continent version, it's almost like they purposefully didn't clean up that version just to get the US/NA version more views. :lol
Maklershed
Member
Wow I've seen Alaska and the contiguous 48 states on a map a million times before but never realized how big Alaska is in comparison.
WeAreStarStuff
Member
It's not to scale. More a joke as to the myopic viewpoint of so many of my fellow Americans. Scale image would be more akin to:
Apologies; didn't mean to thread derail.
Maklershed
Member
Ohh ok, that makes more sense. I thought maybe maps have always been kind of like optical illusions - Canada has been dwarfing Alaska and I never realized the true size before or something. Still, Alaska is pretty damn big.
wat?
Because the term is older than the discovery? Space photography isn't (or hasn't been until recently, but not sure) using color, that's added in later with filters.
Can we direct radio messages at that planet? Could we adjust them to compensate for any degradation over 22 light years? It shouldn't be that expensive to blast some radio waves their way, just in case somebody is listening.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Huh, interesting. From now on every tine I watch the movie Sunshine the fact that the sun is yellow out in deep space is going to bother me. IT SHOULD BE WHITE!!!!
WeAreStarStuff
Member
Yeah, whenever you see a picture of the sun taken from space it is always a blinding white:
