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BruuceWarduck_sl

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too bad you dont work for nasa so you could have told them your great idea

 

khorum

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BruuceWarduck_sl said:

too bad you dont work for nasa so you could have told them your great idea

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Apparently, I needed to work at Northrup Grumman to exploit that particular idea. Judging from how the F-35 is going, sounds like they use a few more great ideas too.

 

Araxen

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Pluto's Interaction with the Solar Wind is Unique, Study Finds | NASA

Pluto behaves less like a comet than expected and somewhat more like a planet like Mars or Venus in the way it interacts with the solar wind, a continuous stream of charged particles from the sun.

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Should have never been demoted. Pluto is still the 9th planet!

 

Big Phoenix

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• May 5, 2016

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Tyson just wanted to make a name for himself and get people talking about space/science. Problem was the iau stooges didn't know they where getting trolled.

 

Cad

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Kharza-kzad_sl said:

Lifetime of beings on board a ship wouldn't be much of an issue if they can somehow survive high acceleration. Ship time can be less years than the distance in light years with length contraction. I don't remember any specifics but seems like if you can get up to 0.9999 c fairly quickly a 100 lightyear trip takes about 10 years for the people on board?

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And if we could, you know, produce that acceleration.

HELLO RESEARCH PROPULSION TECH MOTHER FUCKERS

 

Lenas

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Big Phoenix_sl said:

Tyson just wanted to make a name for himself and get people talking about space/science. Problem was the iau stooges didn't know they where getting trolled.

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Michal Brown from CalTech is responsible but hey keep blaming NDT like the rest of the dumb public.

 

Big Phoenix

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Tyson gave the idea credibility. Guy talks non stop about how the nytimes called him a planet killer.

 

Borzak

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• May 5, 2016

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Comet shower tonight. I walked out and saw several in just a few minutes. Tonight is supposed to be the peak.

 

Khalan

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• May 6, 2016

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Space X Nailed another drone ship landing tonight, this time it was much harder and expected to fail due to geosync orbit speeds, but they got it anyways. So fucking cool, history is being made.

 

Mudcrush Durtfeet

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Khalan_sl said:

Space X Nailed another drone ship landing tonight, this time it was much harder and expected to fail due to geosync orbit speeds, but they got it anyways. So fucking cool, history is being made.

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^

 

Dandain

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• May 6, 2016

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29 minutes~ is the landing and reaction again.

 

Abefroman

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This is something John Carmack retweeted.

This kind of thinking contributed to American rocketry being trapped in a local ... | Hacker News

 

meStevo

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• May 9, 2016

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Overdue for a spacecraft failure at Mars, think it will be this one if it's ever launched:Europe's ExoMars rover in 'last chance saloon' - BBC News

 

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Itzena_sl

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Abefroman_sl said:

This is something John Carmack retweeted.

This kind of thinking contributed to American rocketry being trapped in a local ... | Hacker News

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On the subject of rocket fuel,Ignition!is agreatread.
(If the text is incomplete or straight-up missing, download it and read it offline)

 

meStevo

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LachiusTZ

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• May 10, 2016

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That barge rolls a lot more than I expected.

 

Dandain

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• May 10, 2016

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I assume is the landing pad is stabilized independently of the hull of the barge. I doubt the surface the rocket contacts can be anything but near level.

1200 new exoplanets now verified from the Kepler data. This link has some nice graphics and data about them. Quantifies them by size, area of space located in and validation techniques.

Briefing materials for the announcement of 1,284 Kepler planets | NASA

 

AngryGerbil

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Stellaris is making me want to conquer them all!

 

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AngryGerbil_sl said:

Stellaris is making me want to conquer them all!

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Fuck Stellaris.

Space Engine

 

Dandain

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• May 12, 2016

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Pretty rad we can see such remarkable expansion rates 450 years later in only a 15 year period. For whatever reason, the gif will not animate, however. The link has it in action.

Chandra Movie Captures Expanding Debris from a Stellar Explosion | NASA