SPACE

[JetGirl]

The hubble telescope released a bunch of new photos today.... hotdamn space is awesome. i need to go watch me some more nova.

http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2008/12/16/gal_hubble-3.jpg

http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2008/12/16/gal_hubble-1.jpg

[FryRulz]

Thats pretty cool, cant see the first picture though

[JetGirl]

my bad, fixed.

http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2008/12/16/gal_hubble-5.jpg

[FryRulz]

What site was this on?

[Sharktopus]

Dang. Those look awesome. I can't wait for the future. :D

[JetGirl]

All the pictures were posted on the Daily News site (a newspaper here in NY) here's the link: Hubbles most amazing images from 2008 (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/galleries/hubbles_most_amazing_images_in_2008/hubbles_most_amazing_images_in_2008.html#ph0)


what always amazes me is they are all REAL pictures, not drawings or artist renderings or anything like that. nothing prettier

http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2008/12/16/gal_hubble-6.jpg

[FryRulz]

Thanks for the link.


Yeh i know thats the wonders of space and what makes it so intresting. Just the fact there is things out there we couldnt possibly think of or imagine

[Ps360]

It's like when god was young he loved to play with lite brites.

[Aquarius]

Those look unreal, I mean I wouldn't believe much about the Space program considering the moon landing was staged.

[I Hate Bottles]

Those pics are freakin' awesome!

Too bad I'll never get to go to space, even if it does happen in my lifetime. I nearly get a panic attack when I go on an airplane so I think space travel is out of the question. I don't want to burn up on re-entry, thank you very much.

I guess I'll have to be content looking at all those pretty pictures. :)

[JetGirl]

Those look unreal, I mean I wouldn't believe much about the Space program considering the moon landing was staged.

lol

[Aquarius]

lol

You think the landing happened?

[ilovebender.com]

Self-sustaining fusion out of miniture stars for ever lasting power, I say, what ever will they think of next? :P
Is that Space? Is that Quantum Mechanics, can I still relate this, what ever it is, to Space?

[hdBattousai]

hmm i cant go tp the site :( ip208.7.160.123 from AC Corporate tries to scan my comp darn

[JetGirl]

aww man, our whole waterbear conversation was deleted :(

[Sharktopus]

Waterbears!
Squirming here and there and everywhere!
Their resiliance is beyond compare!
Here come the waterbears!

[KING ZOIDY]

LOL

[hdBattousai]

lol wtf?!?

[KING ZOIDY]

lol its a long story

[hdBattousai]

lolz i guess so haha

[frys_red_jacket]

i wont ask lol

[KING ZOIDY]

you know that when you say Lolz the Lol turns into a lol and the z is at the end?

[frys_red_jacket]

yeah i knew that

[KING ZOIDY]

that was directed at Batt lol he puts lolz in his sentences

[frys_red_jacket]

i knew just wanted input lol

[KING ZOIDY]

lol get a friend bum! lol nah kiddin your great

[Sharktopus]

So yeah.......SPACE. It just seems to go on forever....

[JetGirl]

and then you get to the end and there's a giant gorilla throwing barrels at you...

[KING ZOIDY]

You stink loser!

[JetGirl]

So update with Space...

its seems that nasa lost the original moon landing tapes lol
so now the hollywood film industry is helping to restore what video tapes they could find. this is great news for all the conspiracy theorists out there

NASA lost moon footage, but Hollywood restores it - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090716/ap_on_sc/us_sci_moon_video)

[The Illusive Man]

Yeah i know allready, some idiot lost them or recorded over them or something.

[Sharktopus]

PFFT! Forget the moon!
Find us the original run of Doctor Who! :P

[JetGirl]

now that would be epic lol

[ilovebender.com]

screw doctor who, find me that moon lander thing Obama was building for NASA or something.
He wants man back on the moon.
(Or to actually go, either way, find me one of those, make it road worthy, get it taxed and registered, and watch my new car lol j/k)

[The Illusive Man]

Back on topic guys

[JetGirl]

Back on topic guys

we are on topic, talking about space. which is the name of the thread

screw doctor who, find me that moon lander thing Obama was building for NASA or something.
He wants man back on the moon.
(Or to actually go, either way, find me one of those, make it road worthy, get it taxed and registered, and watch my new car lol j/k)

i'm not sure what obama is planning on making, but i heard that now the decision is to either go back to the moon and work on a living station there or head straight to mars

as much as i would love to have people walking on mars in my lifetime, i think the space station on the moon would be more beneficial in the long run.

[The Illusive Man]

we are on topic, talking about space. which is the name of the thread

Doctor Who isn't

[JetGirl]

i

[The Illusive Man]

You could of ignored what i said and just carried on but you have to give a reason why its wrong.

[ilovebender.com]

some people out there in the world think all because a country has a lot of gold, everyone who lives there must be better off than them, them selfs who assume that the grass must be greener on the other side, and in some respects, it might be, but, countries also use that gold for space travel.
Half the stuff up in space is golden or lined with gold or shielded with gold or something, and everything... Everything in space is exspensive.
I could have retired on a tool kit that drifted away, forever (or to burn up in the atmosphere).

[KING ZOIDY]

ok then...

[Goldie-2012]

:O No, dont talk about space, i had a whole lesson on the hubble telescope...

[KING ZOIDY]

lol just now? hell we studied that in 3rd grade

[Goldie-2012]

Well, not "literally" just now, like when i was at school today lol
3rd grade? I not sure how old you were back then but up until today I hadn't even heard of the Hubble telescope lol

[jaseyboi]

Awsome images....Some of the best natural photography ive ever seen.

[Yoshirama]

awsome pictures.

[JetGirl]

not sure how many people have heard of the Keplar Mission, but its basically something we have out in space right now that is trying to find other planets that have life.

http://www.darkskynet.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/the-kepler-mission-kepler-0042.jpg

even though its actually viewing a massive scale of area when looking at a picture like this it seems so dang small lol

[JetGirl]

ok a new awesome star has been found. anyone want to buy it for me?? :P

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3492919.stm

"Twinkling in the sky is a diamond star of 10 billion trillion trillion carats, astronomers have discovered.

The cosmic diamond is a chunk of crystallised carbon, 4,000 km across, some 50 light-years from the Earth in the constellation Centaurus."

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39866000/jpg/_39866481_cfa_203.jpg

[nacirema]

tell your husband to buy you a star.

i saw that you can buy stars, what a crock.

[JetGirl]

hahaha i don't have a husband

but yah if anyone is going to actually buy a star, this is the one to get

[nacirema]

what's so special about it?

i wanna buy a planet, over a star.

[JetGirl]

what's so special about it?

i wanna buy a planet, over a star.

the entire star is a giant diamond. that's what the article is about. i'd prefer a planet over a star as well, just going as a joke since most people want to own diamonds.

plus, it also makes me think of the giant diamond from futurama that mars was purchased for

[nacirema]

true that.

but diamonds are overrated.

[JetGirl]

well thanks for being a downer and ruining the joke :P

anyways,

this planet reminds me of the one in rainbow brite and the star stealer. maybe there are sprites up there right now polishing away

[JetGirl]

why was this thread moved into the TV section??

[Daddy Warbucks]

The universe is an amazing thing.

[JetGirl]

lol
tsk tsk mods/admins

[Shunsuke]

This is an actual thread about space? Cool.

This is going to happen in a few days so I'm very excited:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0111/leonid3b_lodriguss.jpg

[JetGirl]

which comet is that? will we be able to see it with naked eye?

[Daddy Warbucks]

The most important picture ever taken:
http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/1996/01/images/a/formats/large_web.jpg

[Shunsuke]

It's from the Tempel-Tuttle comet. This year, the moon is blocking out the meteor shower but if it wasn't for that, it would be clearly visible.

Why is that Dead Pool?

[Daddy Warbucks]

Because it gives insight on how large the universe really is.

[Shunsuke]

That's true.

Space is AMAZING!

[SuicideBooth]

If only my telescope was powerful enough to show me nebulas and planets in detail. All I see are dots.

[JetGirl]

that's not a very good telescope then. get a refund!

[SuicideBooth]

I've had it for years! Stupid 2-year warranty... :glare:

[JetGirl]

here is a picture of a sunset on mars!!

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR3SAHh4JAa4Pf8kqfIsQ3TssXJUUFHY HpGuclDsgHNK1TSea8&t=1&usg=__NWRiWF-K4J2D-iwupiYyruDGrfk=

[KING ZOIDY]

awesome.

[SuicideBooth]

Sweet! Mars' day lasts about 30 minutes longer than on Earth! Soon we get to sleep in!

[Daddy Warbucks]

Mars has water on its surface. Pretty cool.

What do you guys think about White Holes?

[Shunsuke]

They sound interesting...I don't really understand how they work though.

[Daddy Warbucks]

They are highly theoretical.

[Shunsuke]

What does the opposite of a black hole really mean? lol

[Daddy Warbucks]

A White Hole is the other end of a Black Hole.

[Shunsuke]

That makes sense. Thanks for clarifying! lol

Aren't these the greatest? :wub::

http://blog.shoptrailblazer.com/wp-content/uploads/perseid38.jpg

[Prophet]

i am actaly highly interested in white holes

[Daddy Warbucks]

Oh really.

[JetGirl]

this is the first i've heard about them surprisingly, i must be missing too much science channel lately lol

[Shunsuke]

I didn't know about them until just now as well.

[Prophet]

yes both in human females and in space i mean even if its just in theory wouldnt it be amazing (but also deadly) to find one? imagine the scientific benefits something like that could have!

[Daddy Warbucks]

You could figure what comes out of a black hole.

[Prophet]

you could also figure outif there is a way to enter and exit them safely (even though from what i understand it sounds impossible but again it in theory) I mean wouldnt you want to be the first person or atleast see video of someone going through a black/white hole and if we could do that then maybe we could make advances in space travel aswell allowing us to exoplore planets outside of the milky way galaxy

[Daddy Warbucks]

True.

[Prophet]

my memory is fuzzy but isnt there brown holes aswell?

[Daddy Warbucks]

Yes, but they are much dirtier.

[Prophet]

lol brown holes just sound dirty... i say we make ablack hole machine and TERRORIZE THE UNIVERSE!..while trying not to get sucked in...also i though nothing came out of a black hole as everything is just compressed to nothingness upon entering a black hole

[Daddy Warbucks]

Theoretically yes, but maybe not.

[Prophet]

true but i wonder who would volunteer (besides me) to go into a black hole i mean if you can out whos to say it wouldnt take years O_o

who here is interested in the fact the universe is most likely widening?

[Daddy Warbucks]

It is ever expanding.

[Shunsuke]

I thought we all knew that already! lol

[futurnana]

space is fascinating

[Shunsuke]

Yes, it is fascinating! :)

[Prophet]

this brings up the question should we live in fear that one day the earth will be to far away from the sun to get heat and the vegetation would die and humans would be driven to try and artificialy create food as animals would die after the vegetation or from the freezing temperatures?

[futurnana]

Yes, it is fascinating! :)

indeed i want to learn more

[Shunsuke]

I would, too! This thread could probably help.

[Prophet]

What would everyone like to learn?

[Daddy Warbucks]

Let's teach String Theory.

[Prophet]

very well let me get my professors glasses and turtle neck AND tweed jacket :D

[Daddy Warbucks]

I'll get the pipe.

[Shunsuke]

Thanks! I don't know what string theory is though.

[JetGirl]

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSwdHSB3DKlnFaT9CXRnj90yDAlEErHt QiXiFIKseOlU6W0BWE&t=1&usg=___z9pwTdJ5_SMjw3MaX3yzVrB02o=

[Shunsuke]

Does that really explain it? lol

[Prophet]

basically string theory is a theory of quantum gavity if i remember right

[Daddy Warbucks]

No, but this does http://imgur.com/m3knE.gif

[Prophet]

pretty much what dp said...but i have no pictures lol

[JetGirl]

all i know is this makes dragons real

[Shunsuke]

Dragons? lol

Space is AMAZING to learn about! :) :D :wub:

[Prophet]

@jg:do you mean zombie dragons....right?

[JetGirl]

@jg:do you mean zombie dragons....right?

zombie dragons are included :D

[Shunsuke]

Zombie dragons? I like the sound of that! lol

[Kigents]

Mh Or vampire dragons.

[Shunsuke]

Vampire dragons sound cool too!

[Kigents]

But not like those emo p***y vampires in twilight. More like blade.

[Shunsuke]

Sounds good Kigents!

[Kigents]

Does something not sound cool with you? :P

[Shunsuke]

I don't think so.

[SuicideBooth]

... it seems to go on and on forever.

[Shunsuke]

Space is where the party is.

[Kigents]

Is space endless?

[Prophet]

yes.

[KING ZOIDY]

Walk to the end, if you see a parallel version of yourself in a cowboy outfit then it is not endless

[Kigents]

No.

[KING ZOIDY]

Then you won't find out

[Kigents]

yes.

But how it can be endless, its like mind boggling...
Then it means that there are endless number of planets..

[Shunsuke]

I'm pretty sure space is endless. Who knows?

[KING ZOIDY]

http://cosmology.com/images/SuckingLightBlackHole.jpg

[Daddy Warbucks]

Expansion and what not.

[Kigents]

Well still..

Did you know that at the center of a galaxy is a black hole?

[Shunsuke]

That's interesting. I didn't know that.

[Prophet]

space is ever expanding so yes its endless...not all of it hospitable for human being by any means though

[Daddy Warbucks]

Yes, I did.

[Prophet]

i actauly knew that aswell..hell you can learn that by just reading a science book for 30 minutes or even watching a tv show about the universe for an hour

[Daddy Warbucks]

Or, using the intertubes.

[Prophet]

@dp:lol anything you search on the internet can be porn..literaly i looked up the univevrese on google and it came back something lke xxxuniverse as the first result... O_o

[Kigents]

Got like i have to go learn astronomy i just like the stuff about unverses and what not..


@scout. Yes but theres bound to be a planet where life exists then.

[Prophet]

@kig:its ignorant to think that we are the only life in the universe

[Kigents]

@kig:its ignorant to think that we are the only life in the universe

Well some people thins so, and they are idiots.

[Daddy Warbucks]

Indeed they are, and closed minded.

[Prophet]

i mean we havent even explored a percent of a percent of a percent of space whose to say there arent other life forms like humans doing the same?

[Daddy Warbucks]

Or machines, or nanos, or super viruses.

[Kigents]

WEll there probably will not be life forms exactly like humans. Damn it it could be a future already.

[Daddy Warbucks]

I don't want aliens to look like us. I would be super pissed.

[Kigents]

Maybe they be like tall and blue like in avatar. Where gravity is low.

[Prophet]

this does bring up the though what if humans explored space and found a virus that we have no imunity to and spread to fast to contain....wait wasnt that a movie lol

also i would say there can be..i think its stupid that people think the only other life is little green frail aliens yet they managed to build highly durable ships and travel galaxys

[Kigents]

Well yeah virus would be bad.

[Daddy Warbucks]

I want them to be like the aliens from Alien.

[Kigents]

Then you would be pretty much f****d

[Prophet]

i want them be kinda like those things from avatar...or predator imagine how bad ass thatd be " DONT FUCK WITH EARTH...WE HAVE PREDATORS"

[Kigents]

Yup 2 options avatar like of predator like.

[Daddy Warbucks]

The Xenos are more deadly, cause their entire body is a weapon. Avatar creatures are generic and stupid, I'd rather have Smurfs... oh wait.

[Prophet]

predators would f*ck up xenomorphs.

[Kigents]

Ah i loved avatar..

Anyways it would be funny if at last humans could go to another planet filled with lifeform and they would get eaten .

[Shunsuke]

What would be the point in that?

(Just felt like posting this)

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/photos/uncategorized/2007/08/09/perseid02_pacholka.jpg

[JetGirl]

Well some people thins so, and they are idiots.

Indeed they are, and closed minded.

i think those are the same people that won't admit dinosaurs are real either

[Kigents]

i think those are the same people that won't admit dinosaurs are real either

Yeah we just punked everybody on earth. Made the bones from flour or something...

[Prophet]

@jg:christians? because i used to livenext to some and they believed that dinosaurs were fake...despite you all the scientific evidence (not hating on any of you christians its cool that you believe what you do im just saying dinosaurs were real..."

[futurnana]

i think those are the same people that won't admit dinosaurs are real either

indeed

[The Illusive Man]

If Steven Speilberg says their real then i believe him.

[Prophet]

@dj:I know right?

[The Illusive Man]

Defornetly lol

[Prophet]

@dj:what do you think of space?

[Daddy Warbucks]

Silly religious people. No offense.

[Prophet]

@dp:none taken..then again im only slightly religious...but realy i dont understand how people can believe some of those things but i wont say anything else as i can ramble

[Daddy Warbucks]

I can too, living in the south isn't good for someone like me.

[Prophet]

@dp:lol i live in ms and here being able to ramble is a great tool for getting free stuff

[Daddy Warbucks]

lol true.

Anyways anyone here got a job or want a job dealing with space?

[Prophet]

@dp:only if theres lots of pussy.

[Daddy Warbucks]

Alien pussy, yes.

[Prophet]

@dp:but i want giraffe pussy :(

[Daddy Warbucks]

We can make that happen.

[Prophet]

@dp:then im on board...i do however request a satanic funeral....and if i die tell my wife i said hello.

[Daddy Warbucks]

Will do a satanic funeral IN SPACE.

[futurnana]

Will do a satanic funeral IN SPACE.

LOOOOL

[JetGirl]

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS16smGipL34elaYO1j572yJA6NrKWzC KSYpLj7WxLSoGExalY&t=1&usg=__VpaHjcuG2Gf_xcjOgmmGJW8ncXQ=

[Daddy Warbucks]

If you put Saturn in water it would float
We are moving through space at the rate of 530km a second
The moon is drifting away from Earth
The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old
The Sun loses up to a billion kilograms a second due to solar winds
The Big Dipper is not a constellation, it is an asterism
Earth has at least 4 moons
If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together

[Kigents]

Earth has 4 moons.. reaaallyy..

[JetGirl]

show me the data on that one. i know about the moon that no longer exists, that is now the astroid field between here and mars... but the other 2 moons i do not know of

[Kigents]

Maybe they are reeaaaaaaly small?

[JetGirl]

lol

baby moons!

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSZiLvMuI7nQhClwxa5xYzV2NOYOiHhR 1EkqHrec76rZJMQcpY&t=1&usg=__PhkkIYbFPAnbWhpOriB5Adt1fYk=

[Kigents]

Hah. :P

Maybe scientists lost their mind and thought mars and venus are moons too??

[Daddy Warbucks]

A moon is anything that orbits a planet no matter how small. Jupiter has millions.

[Shunsuke]

Yeah, the other moons Earth has are asteroids.

lol true.

Anyways anyone here got a job or want a job dealing with space?

If I don't become a drummer, I plan on finding a career involving meteors! :)

[JetGirl]

so last night there was a lunar eclipse. unfortunately the damn thing didn't start until 2am. I stayed up until 1:30am and saw it sorta forming, but didn't get to see the whole deal. damn early mornings because of work!

[SuicidalBunny]

Is there a page or something to check when are the next... Events like that? lol

(too lazy to google)

[JetGirl]

i don't know of any specific pages, i browse alot of science sites and usually just find out the day of or day before lol

[SuicidalBunny]

Oh kewl :D

[ilovebender.com]

okay, but, this is going to sound dumb...

What if, something travels faster than the speed of light, which is currently, the ceiling of speed.
What if something traveled faster than the speed of light, and therefore, escaped light.
So it remained black.

And what if Space is that black, that speed that is faster than light?
And it could be dragging the photonic 'photo, it means light, look up latin people' photonic particles (light basicaly) across behind it, as this Black 'the Vacuum' travels... Faster than light?

I don't know... They say space is curved too, so, I dunno.

I had Rich Hall's voice in my head as I typed that.

[Daddy Warbucks]

9C6lymtHG60

[JetGirl]

lol

i love saturn. i wish i could travel to that planet in my lifetime

[EdgeCrusher]

it would be awesome if public space travel was available in my lifetime. i would save up forever just to be able to go into space.

[Kigents]

Neptune for me because its blue, and i like blue. :D
Also it has a ring.

[Daddy Warbucks]

Jupiter, cause it's one massive storm.

[JetGirl]

with our combined powers we could rule the universe

[Daddy Warbucks]

Lets do it.

[JetGirl]

Jupiter and Io

http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/upload/2011/03/double_eclipses_on_jupiter_the/Jupiter-and-Io.jpg

[The Illusive Man]

Well we only have a trillion years left before the Earth is destroyed by the sun, might as well make the most of it.

[Daddy Warbucks]

In 1 Billion years the Milky is gonna crash with another galaxy, it would be interesting to witness.

[The Illusive Man]

In 1 Billion years the Milky is gonna crash with another galaxy, it would be interesting to witness.

Eventually they won't be any galaxies, just nothing.

[JetGirl]

the nothing? like neverending story?? :O

i bet gamorc will be there

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSK-39pQlsSh2FABQeEOr91-FDq37eBZzffIqvmB3ESasFE9Pz6o2XuyBjrbQ

[The Illusive Man]

the nothing? like neverending story?? :O

Yeah because all the stars will die out eventually and the universe will be empty. Its called the Arrow of Time.

[Kigents]

Yeah because all the stars will die out eventually and the universe will be empty. Its called the Arrow of Time.

Well that would be interesting.

[Shunsuke]

In a couple weeks, I'm gonna see if I can spot some:

http://www.nightskyinfo.com/sky_highlights/perseids_2007/perseid_aug12.jpg

:)

Hoping the full moon will let me see at least some.

[Armageddon]

SPAAAAAAACE
http://s3.amazonaws.com/kym-assets/entries/icons/original/000/005/641/space-core-portal-2.jpg?1308170661

[Daddy Warbucks]

Space is the shit.

[Shunsuke]

Space is the shit.

Indeed.

http://www.astronomynotes.com/solarsys/west-big.gif

http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/107/cache/geminid-meteor-california_10734_600x450.jpg

http://darkestlearner.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/uranus.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2762/4207933518_687e1f6e7f.jpg

[Daddy Warbucks]

VY Canis Majoris is the best.

[Shunsuke]

It's 1.7 billion miles in diameter.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lauqvjsfDU1qzvby8o1_500.jpg

[Harvey]

All these pictures are awesome! i approve :thumbup:

[JetGirl]

SPAAAAAAACE
http://s3.amazonaws.com/kym-assets/entries/icons/original/000/005/641/space-core-portal-2.jpg?1308170661

lol that dude was SO awesome

BVn1oQL9sWg

[ilovebender.com]

http://darkestlearner.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/uranus.jpgWhy is EVERYTHING in space round!

http://emotibot.net/pix/2459.gif

[ARMS]

Thankyou for this thread :D

[JetGirl]

Thankyou for this thread :D

you're welcome :D



i want to go to titan!

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQM7s6wQl6b25CaSqzZtwzisuzRO9LF5 gQckiYcgN4FE9sWHH2P

[EdgeCrusher]

^that would be pretty awesome :D

[JetGirl]

race ya :P

[EdgeCrusher]

your on :P

[nacirema]

europia would be alot cooler.

:D.

[Armageddon]

can't freakin wait for 2020, bring it on EJSM

[JetGirl]

evidence of water on mars! :O

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[EdgeCrusher]

i always like when they announce discoveries like that. i hope that they send people to mars in my lifetime. i was reading about what that mission would take to pull off and its crazy.

[ilovebender.com]

Seriously, everthing in Space naturally seems either round or perfectly symmetrical.

How?

Why!?

Maybe that's a clue on what shape the universe is... A big ball.


^and yes JetGirl, *More water was dicovered on Mars and it was announced on the News.

I however; have always beliefed the theories of water frozen on Mars, so the fact that it's melting coupled with, let's face it; '2012', has me looking out for Planet X j/k... But, I'm only surprised that it's melted, and enough has been gathered to observe it with our technology.

[EdgeCrusher]

Seriously, everthing in Space naturally seems either round or perfectly symmetrical.

How?

Why!?

Maybe that's a clue on what shape the universe is... A big ball.

i never thought of it like that before. that makes a lot of sense actually. lol

[ilovebender.com]

It baffles me lol ^

That, friction and speed too.

Plus pressure and friction caused by pressure and sh*-stuff :)

[nacirema]

the only way i can see us getting to mars...is to first focus on making the moon our point of origin.

as it would take far to long to build, stock, and shoot a space craft into earth orbit to sling shot to mars.

it'd make alot more sence to shoot from the moon....and befroe we focus on mars we gotta perfect living in space, and the moon would be a great stepping stone.

[EdgeCrusher]

what i read about it basically said that the ship required for that would be be too large to actually take off from earth. it would have to be put together in space. then the mission would take about 3 and a half years time and we would lose contact with them as they orbited the sun.

[Daddy Warbucks]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44113835/ns/technology_and_science-space/

[JetGirl]

is anyone else reminded of 5th element by that? lol

[SuicideBooth]

evidence of water on mars! :O

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Bah, everytime there's news that they've found evidence of water. Until they show us a lake or something, I'm not buying it! lol

[1B-DI]

So who's excited about the new Cosmos series that's being made with Neil deGrasse Tyson? I am.

Cosmic Log - A new 'Cosmos' will be on TV (http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/05/7268111-a-new-cosmos-will-be-on-tv)

[Daddy Warbucks]

Tyson is the coolest motherfucker ever.

[1B-DI]

For serious. And I met him back in April :D

[Daddy Warbucks]

I'm jealous, he's my idol.

[1B-DI]

It was awesome. He was a keynote speaker at a conference I went to in Seattle. I was walking around the convention and happened to see him coming up the escalator. He was very nice to stop and chat for a minute and take a picture with me.

[nacirema]

i'd want to do only on thing with good ol neil.

acid. copus amounts of acid.

[ilovebender.com]

Space... On Earth....


If I had an upside down bicycle and spun the front wheel here on earth, what is stopping it for spinning forever?
What is the force that is taking it's energy given to it by the inital push of the wheel, friction from the axel? Or;
Is it our atmosphere, our oxygen and what not; 'As the wheel cuts through the air, the air is pushing back on the wheel maybe?, Is that why sooner or later if spun, the wheel will stop spinning?..

If I was to somehow try and spin my bicycle wheel in outter space, would it spin forever?
Would it be tricky to spin the bicyle wheel in outter space with out seninding the entire bike spinning away from the first try?

Space... It facinates me.

[nacirema]

[QUOTE=ilovebender.com;877727]Space... On Earth....


If I had an upside down bicycle and spun the front wheel here on earth, what is stopping it for spinning forever?QUOTE]

gravity.

[ilovebender.com]

Oh yeah... Gravity... I forgot about that one Nac, bout 'spinning the wheel here on Earth' :P

[JetGirl]

^ lol

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRtwBRmEOOTqRfo5jZXZ_Pqe70lN9R8C mxgF7kCfAuypb-wy1CLxw

[nacirema]

sometimes, you don't think it thru ilb, lol.

[ilovebender.com]

There's always something I don't factor in. lol

[nacirema]

like, the greatest force known to man, lol.

[JetGirl]

as zapp brannigan would say "you win again gravity!"

[JetGirl]

Only conclusion... Space Sharks:
Water in Space (http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/185851/20110724/largest-water-reservoir-discovered-in-space-ever.htm)

"Astronomers have found a massive water vapor cloud, floating around a black hole in the universe, marking the largest discovery of water -- anywhere.

The reservoir is gigantic, holding 140 trillion times the mass of water in the Earth's oceans, residing 10 billion light years away."

[SuicideBooth]

I love space. I even have a small refractor telescope, not very powerful but it's decent enough. I've seen Saturn's ring and Jupiter's cloud patterns. I used to be obsessed with space and planets, now it's just a small time hobby I get into occasionally.

[ilovebender.com]

post more in the space thread :D
Space is big. lol

Exactly how big Space is, I don't know, but there is a lot of it.

Waterbears or something, My knowlegde of Space is limited, but there is a lot of radiation around and our ozone protects us from it with our climate, or something.

[JetGirl]

Space is big. lol

Exactly how big Space is, I don't know, but there is a lot of it.

Waterbears or something, My knowlegde of Space is limited, but there is a lot of radiation around and our ozone protects us from it with our climate, or something.

lol waterbears
i have no idea what you were going to say about them. but they are awesome. so far the only organism that can actually survive in space! i say we shoot them onto planets and see what happens XD

[ilovebender.com]

I remember them, those little critters that can live in the vacuum of Space lol

[JetGirl]

they made a plushie out of them

i want it O_O

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQSF_Ot8PeGM7VQk-os2nTJqEq3aGJmtpoDFR9vAu1Bz5ikzpyr

[ilovebender.com]

they made a plushie out of them

i want it O_O

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQSF_Ot8PeGM7VQk-os2nTJqEq3aGJmtpoDFR9vAu1Bz5ikzpyr

HAHAHA, you should so get that. lol

[nacirema]

waterbears are the future to spacetravel.

[ilovebender.com]

I wanna join NASA! :D

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