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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #980 on: October 29, 2015, 08:29:36 AM »
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If Russia is serious on sending humans to the moon I think the great space race 2.0 will commence and that might be the kick in ze butt the US gov needs. Unless Russia lands on Apollo 11s landing zone and replace it with a Russian flag and WW3 commence or something like that.

Could you imagine how apeshit shit this country would go if Russia or China did that? I'm almost certain it would turn into an interplanetary game of capture the flag.
Yea it would be one giant "poke in the eye" move from Russia towards the US.
Serious question though: Is the landing site or flag protected by something like world heritage or something?
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #981 on: October 29, 2015, 10:21:28 AM »
Quote from: Kotowboy on October 24, 2015, 05:30:52 PM
Astronomy :coolio  :tup :eek





Astrology :rollin  :tdwn NO

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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #982 on: October 30, 2015, 06:57:11 AM »
I read yesterday that Russia's moon mission will have an all-female crew. I hope that's enough to trigger some kind of response from the US.


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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #983 on: October 30, 2015, 07:00:47 AM »
Quote from: Chino on October 30, 2015, 06:57:11 AM
I read yesterday that Russia's moon mission will have an all-female crew. I hope that's enough to trigger some kind of response from the US.

I'm in the U.S., and my response is: I wonder if any of them will be hot.







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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #984 on: October 30, 2015, 08:38:51 AM »


Some of them are not bad.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #985 on: October 30, 2015, 11:41:20 AM »
A. I believe the US flag is solid white now; bleached from the sun.
B. I'm pretty sure it blew over from the blow-back of the LM launching.
C. Under treaty nobody can lay claim to the moon. I suppose that'd make the flag something along the line of jetsam under maritime law.
D. Even during the height of the cold war, our respective space programs were highly respectful towards each other. Akin to English and German combatants in the early days of WWI. I suspect you'd hear some pretty loud Russian balking if one of them were asked to do that. Like asking one scientist to walk over and kick another one in the nuts for being a damn Belgian.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #986 on: October 30, 2015, 12:59:43 PM »
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #987 on: November 03, 2015, 06:51:06 AM »
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #988 on: November 03, 2015, 10:51:39 AM »
Oh man, that is freakin' awesome!
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #989 on: November 04, 2015, 11:23:04 AM »
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #990 on: November 04, 2015, 08:14:06 PM »
Quote from: faizoff on November 04, 2015, 11:23:04 AM
Quote from: MrBoom_shack-a-lack on November 03, 2015, 06:51:06 AM
Spectacular footage:

NASA | Thermonuclear Art – The Sun In Ultra-HD (4K)



Amazing stuff.

Man that is awesome!!! can't stop watching and looking at that. I don't think I'll ever fall out of fascination with our Sun.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #991 on: November 04, 2015, 09:34:04 PM »
Quote from: gmillerdrake on November 04, 2015, 08:14:06 PM
Quote from: faizoff on November 04, 2015, 11:23:04 AM
Quote from: MrBoom_shack-a-lack on November 03, 2015, 06:51:06 AM
Spectacular footage:

NASA | Thermonuclear Art – The Sun In Ultra-HD (4K)



Amazing stuff.

Man that is awesome!!! can't stop watching and looking at that. I don't think I'll ever fall out of fascination with our Universe.

FTFY  :angel:

Never! It's incomprehensible and ever awesome.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #992 on: November 11, 2015, 08:03:18 AM »
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #993 on: November 11, 2015, 08:15:12 AM »
I hate that you type in " The Sun " in Google to read up on it and all the results are about a shitty gossipy fearmongering sensationalist tabloid.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #994 on: November 11, 2015, 08:19:23 AM »
What are you looking to learn about in particular?
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #995 on: November 11, 2015, 08:21:50 AM »
Jus' Browsing mainly :)
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #996 on: November 11, 2015, 08:23:01 AM »
The sun is my favorite planet. It's like the king of planets.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #997 on: November 11, 2015, 08:30:28 AM »
Quote from: Chino on November 11, 2015, 08:23:01 AM
The sun is my favorite planet. It's like the king of planets.

It's like The Pandora of planets :chino:
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #998 on: November 11, 2015, 08:32:06 AM »
Quote from: Chino on November 11, 2015, 08:23:01 AM
The sun is my favorite planet. It's like the king of planets.

Looks like Kotowboy isn't the only one who needs to Google the sun. :P
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #999 on: November 11, 2015, 08:50:26 AM »


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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1000 on: November 11, 2015, 08:51:29 AM »
Thank god for that. :lol I've only seen that once, when someone linked it last time it came up, so pardon my forgetting.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1001 on: November 11, 2015, 08:52:38 AM »
Quote from: BlobVanDam on November 11, 2015, 08:51:29 AM
Thank god for that. :lol I've only seen that once, when someone linked it last time it came up, so pardon my forgetting.

It might be my favorite Will Farrell skit of all time.

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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1002 on: November 11, 2015, 12:51:56 PM »
I wish for someone to go back to the Moon with a worldwide live stream only for them to say to the whole world "Now try and say we didn't go either".  ;D

Anyway, I found it weird that they'd plant a flag on the Moon only to blow it away departing, but it looks like that's what may have happened, I found this article online about the flags on the Moon:

https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ApolloFlags-Condition.html
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1003 on: November 11, 2015, 12:54:57 PM »
Quote from: BlobVanDam on November 11, 2015, 08:32:06 AM
Quote from: Chino on November 11, 2015, 08:23:01 AM
The sun is my favorite planet. It's like the king of planets.

Looks like Kotowboy isn't the only one who needs to Google the sun. :P

it be big and hot and yella
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1004 on: November 12, 2015, 05:48:09 AM »
https://www.ibnlive.com/news/tech/astronomers-spot-most-distant-object-in-solar-system-1163349.html

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Astronomers have discovered a mysterious dwarf planet that is three times farther away than Pluto and believed to be the most distant object in our solar system.
The discovery of the dwarf planet known as V774104 was announced on Tuesday at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society near the US capital and could indicate the presence of more rogue planets in our celestial neighborhood.

The dwarf planet currently sits 15.4 billion kilometers (9.6 billion miles) from the Sun.
It is believed to be between 310 and 620 miles across.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1005 on: November 12, 2015, 06:04:54 AM »
Good thing they're not called the American Space Society :neverusethis:
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1006 on: November 15, 2015, 02:09:35 PM »
Just 644 days to go until the Total Solar Eclipse in the United States.  There has not been a Total Eclipse of the Sun in the Continental U.S. since 1979.  It takes place on August 21st, 2017.

More info: https://www.eclipse2017.org/eclipse2017_main.htm
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1007 on: November 22, 2015, 08:47:17 PM »
I've been at my company for 10 years, which gets me a piece of swag. Getting a telescope! Very excited. It's a Meade 70 Infinity.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1008 on: November 22, 2015, 08:47:59 PM »
Did you get the telescope from your work, or get money which you're using for a telescope? (I don't know how life works) Either way, pretty cool.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1009 on: November 22, 2015, 08:50:16 PM »
I had to choose from a small booklet, the telescope was the best item. So, I'm not paying for it, no.
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« Reply #1010 on: November 22, 2015, 08:56:28 PM »
Nice. Your 10 year gift is the power of the peeping tom. :neverusethis:
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1011 on: November 22, 2015, 09:24:13 PM »
Everybody is saying that!!!!  :lol
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1012 on: November 22, 2015, 10:31:56 PM »
Quote from: Chino on November 11, 2015, 08:50:26 AM



I know I would, I'd have seconds, then polish it off with a tall, cool, Budweiser
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1013 on: November 22, 2015, 10:32:15 PM »
Quote from: El Barto on October 30, 2015, 11:41:20 AM
I believe the US flag is solid white now; bleached from the sun.
So it looks like France went to the moon.
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Re: The Official Space and Astronomy Thread v. Well, this is weird.
« Reply #1014 on: November 23, 2015, 07:12:14 AM »
Quote from: rumborak on November 22, 2015, 08:50:16 PM
I had to choose from a small booklet, the telescope was the best item. So, I'm not paying for it, no.
Thanks for the reminder!  I just had a work anniversary, and a telescope is one of the choices.  I just put the booklet down, and forgot about it.
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