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The Science Behind the Sci-fi; Because Aiko wasn't there first^_^
Topic Started: Jan 17 2008, 10:04 PM (1,598 Views)
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Roffel House!

Mars is alive?
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Roffel House!

FIREBALL!

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Scandinavian Fireball Sightings: Jan. 17, 2009

Readers, if you witnessed or photographed this event, please submit a report.

Summary: On Jan. 17, 2009, at 1909 UT, a meteoroid of unknown size hit Earth's atmosphere over Scandinavia and exploded with a thunderous, rumbling boom. The fireball was so bright it turned the nighttime sky blue:


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The movie was recorded by an automated video camera belonging to Roger Svensson in Sweden. Jacob Kuiper of the Dutch National Weather Service says the phones at his offices were ringing off the hook. "The Dutch Coast Guard has been overwhelmed with eyewitness reports, sometimes 20 phone calls in a few minutes." Observers reporting to the Danish astronomy web site Astronomibladet say the fireball's brightness exceeded that of a full Moon; early evening drivers "could not help noticing it, despite being blinded by the opposite traffic."
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COLLIDING SATELLITES: Experts are calling it an "unprecedented event." Two satellites have collided in Earth orbit. Iridium 33 crashed into Kosmos 2251 on Tuesday, Feb. 10th, approximately 800 km over northern Siberia. Click to launch a 2.3 MB animation of the collision:


Still images are also available: #1, #2

Both satellites were completely destroyed. The expanding cloud of debris contains more than 500 fragments, substantially increasing the debris population at altitudes near 800 km. According to NASA, the International Space Station orbiting 350 km above Earth is in no immediate danger from the much higher-altitude debris.

The US Air Force Space Surveillance Radar in Texas reportedly detected echoes from the debris cloud when it passed over the facility on Feb. 11th. Spaceweather.com is streaming live audio from the radar, and it might be possible to hear echoes the next time debris passes overhead. Try listening on Thursday, Feb. 12th, between 4:14 pm and 4:24 pm CST (2214 - 2224 UT). That's when Kosmos 2251 would have passed over the radar intact had the satellite not been shattered.

UPDATE: Rumors are circulating that the debris is radioactive. Not true. These satellites were not nuclear powered.
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Roffel House!

Hey guys, 'cloaking' may not be that far away!

LINK

ALSO!!! Those of you who live along the southeastern coast, GO OUTSIDE at 10:49PM tonight and look South! You might be able to see the launch!

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KEPLER NIGHT LAUNCH: NASA mission controllers say there is a 95% chance that the Kepler spacecraft will lift off from Cape Canaveral tonight at 10:49 p.m. EST. The spectacular night launch will propel Kepler on a mission to find Earth-like planets around other stars.
Edited by Aiko, Mar 6 2009, 01:19 PM.
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Artificial Intelligence is becoming a reality... One has to wonder, is this a good thing or a bad thing? Has all this happened before and is beginning to happen again? or is this simply the beginning of Judgement Day and SKYNET will evolve from this simple program? Perhaps she will be our salvation from the killing machines we will create...

http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/cadie/index.html Entry about CADIE
http://cadiesingularity.blogspot.com/ CADIE's BLOG (how does an AI program have a blog? is it really that smart already?)
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I think it's an April fools joke.
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I'm on Scout with this one. I'm rather skeptical with who made the article; how do we know this is actually reality?
"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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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Googles-April-Fools-Prank-Tradition-Continues-with-CADIE-432833/
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THIS is humbling.

The International Space Station is only 50 miles away. The moon is 238,857 miles away. Look at the size difference even with that distance in mind. Makes you realize just how vast things are.
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Earth's Sister Planet?

NASA rocks!
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