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| The Science Behind the Sci-fi; Because Aiko wasn't there first^_^ | |
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| +Aiko+ | Jun 2 2008, 12:00 PM Post #21 |
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There's been a lot of fascinating things happening recently, so here's a summary of the latest three things. Once again, this is taken from www.spaceweather.com. You should all have this bookmarked by now! Hot Jupiter Imagine fitting a planet the size of Jupiter deep inside the orbit of Mercury and having it circle the sun once every three dizzying days. Such a bizarre solar system does exist 1100 light years from Earth, in the constellation Lyra. The name of the G-type star is GSC 2634-1087; the name of the planet is HAT-P-5b, christened for the Hungarian-based HAT team of astronomers who discovered it in Oct. 2007. It makes you wonder, what else is out there? Martian Ice? NASA's Phoenix lander is on a mission to find ice in the martian arctic. Mission accomplished? Without even digging into the ground, Phoenix may have already spotted a slab of ice directly underfoot. This contrast-enhanced image was taken on May 29th by Phoenix's Robotic Arm Camera (RAC). Mission scientists believe the exhaust from Phoenix's descent engine has blown off a layer of topsoil to reveal a portion of frozen water beneath. On the other hand, it could be a rock. "We'll test the two possibilities by getting more data, including color data, from the robotic arm camera," says Ray Arvidson of Washington University in St. Louis, a co-investigator for Phoenix's arm. "If the hard features are ice, they should become brighter [in the days ahead] because atmospheric water vapor will collect as new frost on the ice." (Update: Evidence is mounting that the features beneath Phoenix are truly ice: more.) Hot Pursuit Space shuttle Discovery, which left Earth on Saturday, is now in hot pursuit of the International Space Station. The two spacecraft are racing around Earth in tandem as Discovery aims for docking with the ISS on Monday, June 2nd, at 1:54 pm EDT. Sky watchers should be alert for two bright lights gliding among the stars. The ISS appears first, followed a minute later by the shuttle. WORLD-WIDE TIMETABLES FOR FLY-BYS The above tool is fantastic. I was able to show an entire campground the International Space Station when it flew overhead last week for three consecutive nights. I even got a free cookout out of it. Happy Spacing! |
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| +CEMP+ | Aug 26 2008, 07:06 AM Post #22 |
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I think I remember one of my Industrial Electronics Teachers saying, "I wish the power cables for our technology were wireless; then we wouldn't have to have so much trouble in plugging them in. Of course, I'm very doubtful that won't happen for a while." Intel appears to making his wish comes true |
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"I believe that the human spirit is indomitable. If you endeavor to achieve, it will happen given enough resolve. It may not be immediate, and often your greater dreams is something you will not achieve within your own lifetime. The effort you put forth to anything transcends yourself, for there is no futility even in death." — Monty Oum | |
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| +Aiko+ | Sep 8 2008, 12:00 PM Post #23 |
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This is an interesting article about a huge atom smasher being developed. They hope to find The God Particle, evidence of the big bang, the existence of more than the 3 dimensions we can perceive, and possibly create microscopic black holes. Link |
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| ~The Boss~ | Oct 5 2008, 05:10 PM Post #24 |
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Yet another step closer to the future.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/02/space.elevator/index.html |
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| +Aiko+ | Oct 7 2008, 12:11 PM Post #25 |
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THIS HAPPENED TODAY!
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| +Aiko+ | Nov 19 2008, 12:39 PM Post #26 |
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Roffel House!
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Here is a video of the space shuttle Endeavor's latest launch. The radio lingo is translated as well. Pretty awesome footage. I highly recommend watching this. |
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| ~TobiasBrahms~ | Nov 19 2008, 12:54 PM Post #27 |
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Phantasmagoria
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I'm aware that I'm a little behind, but Aiko, a while back you posted something in here about a Tricorder from a NASA page... So I had to share something that's been around for something like ten years I give you The Mark I Tricorder It was featured in one of those anniversary commemorative magazines for Star Trek for the 25th or 30th I can't remember, have to find my copy and check, but it's been here for a while, one has to wonder how much they've progressed in the technology... |
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| +Aiko+ | Dec 12 2008, 02:58 PM Post #28 |
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Roffel House!
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| ~beflexor~ | Dec 12 2008, 10:31 PM Post #29 |
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I just _____ in the _____.
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That reminds me, I've been wanting to post something here myself. Some of you may already be aware of this. My dad wasn't though, and he's the total science nut of the family, so it weirded me out that this was a new thing to him. I give you the Uncanney Valley. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley I think this might be an interesting concept with GIs and holograms and androids and whatnot that we might want to consider in our RPs. The more I thought about it the more I realized that Squirt's body in the physical world falls into the Valley. |
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| +Aiko+ | Dec 31 2008, 12:32 PM Post #30 |
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Roffel House!
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So, did anybody see it? I didn't and I'm kicking myself in the rear! I was inside watching TV! |
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