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Mr. Blonde · 09-01-2010, 02:14 AM

Stick to reading 200 year old philosophical bullshit then Repug, come back when you've regained your sense of wonder.

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Mr. Blonde · 09-30-2010, 10:08 AM

I'm sure everybody has heard about this already, but here goes...

Astronomers have discovered a habitable planet 20 light years away

Ugly Bastard · 09-30-2010, 11:27 AM

It's pretty insane that 20 light years away is considered incredibly close in astronomical terms, but when you actually consider just how far away that is, getting there seems insurmountable.

Der Fuhrer · 09-30-2010, 11:54 AM

Especially considering that even getting close to the speed of light seems basically impossible. We need a worm-hole (and no, I'm not talking about ID's sister's vagina).

Orgazmo · 09-30-2010, 12:11 PM

Amazing to think about.

One light year = 5.8 trillion miles. A manned NASA Shuttle can reach ~17,500 mph. That means one light year would take 331428571 hours, or ~37834 years.

The fastest spacecraft record is held by the Helios probes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia which reached ~150,000mph. One of those would take 4414 years.

Mr. Blonde · 09-30-2010, 06:22 PM

Yeah, but all the pandering to public interest is what pretty much every space or research program needs. The little people like to fantasize. I was pretty annoyed at all the speculation yesterday, so I posted this on facebook:

119,333,546,000,000 miles. That's how far away the Gliese 581 star system is. That is over 119 TRILLION miles away. For some perspective, Voyager 1 is the spacecraft furthest away from Earth -- It's been traveling for about 33 years and is only about 10.549 billion miles away from the Sun. This is one of many huge obstacles we need to overcome before we can get truly excited. If you're REALLY interested, here's the 50-page scientific journal on the subject.

http://www.ucolick.org/~vogt/ms_press-1.pdf

Also reminded me of this:

SittinOnDubsWGW · 10-04-2010, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ugly Bastard

It's pretty insane that 20 light years away is considered incredibly close in astronomical terms, but when you actually consider just how far away that is, getting there seems insurmountable.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orgazmo

Amazing to think about.

One light year = 5.8 trillion miles. A manned NASA Shuttle can reach ~17,500 mph. That means one light year would take 331428571 hours, or ~37834 years.

The fastest spacecraft record is held by the Helios probes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia which reached ~150,000mph. One of those would take 4414 years.

This is always what comes to mind whenever I think about space exploration, reliance upon our own solar system is truly what is of the utmost importance. It's cool that there are possibly inhabitable planets out there, although it means absolutely nothing for anything near our proximal generations.

thekremlin · 10-04-2010, 04:50 AM

Not necessarily true. If you think looking for extraterrestrial life is of importance, knowing the size of the universe and the frequency of earth-similar planets. Right now, the extent of the math is "the universe is really huge so there must be other life out there" minus "conditions have to be so specific for life to evolve on a planet, so there's no way there's life out there" equals "umm there's probably life out there, maybe?" Finding earth-similar planets can actually put some numbers on the problem.

Mr. Blonde · 10-04-2010, 05:34 AM

Specifically, this problem:

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ninjaface · 10-07-2010, 06:11 AM

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Repugnant Abomination · 10-07-2010, 06:47 PM

So space is really large, big whoop.

THEINCREDIBLEdork · 10-07-2010, 07:00 PM

Oh wow the universe is so big and I'm so small really makes you think huh? oh gee I sure am thinking a lot now yea oh wow. Oh no wait, go fuck yourselves who cares, whats for dinner?

Mr. Blonde · 10-08-2010, 06:53 AM

Homemade Spacecraft on Vimeo

I've heard of these before, but it really is unbelievable.

thekremlin · 10-08-2010, 07:19 AM

Think that was posted earlier this week in kick-ass videos.

OH MAN I JUST "MR BLONDE"-ED MR BLONDE!!!!!!

Mr. Blonde · 10-08-2010, 07:47 AM

Ah, sorry dudes.

Mr. Blonde · 10-21-2010, 07:37 PM

Curiosity Cam, Ustream.TV: INFORMATION ABOUT 'CURIOSITY CAM' Look inside the clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., to watc...

thekremlin · 10-22-2010, 06:57 AM

This is really big news, isn't it? Not sure how it wasn't front-page.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/sc...=1&ref=science

Mr. Blonde · 10-22-2010, 08:09 AM

Kind of. Not really. This just means there's more then we thought, which sure is great, but we knew there was water on the moon for sure almost a year ago.

That article even says:

Quote:

Last November, the team reported that the impact had kicked up at least 26 gallons of water, confirming suspicions of ice in the craters. The new results increase the water estimate to about 40 gallons, and by estimating by amount of dirt excavated by the impact, calculated the concentration of water for the first time.

I mean, it's still exciting, but not exactly surprising.

Orgazmo · 10-22-2010, 11:03 AM

It had a couple minute story on the CBS news last night. That makes it big news.

End of fucking story.

Mr. Blonde · 10-24-2010, 11:19 AM

First spaceport runway opens in US - Americas - Al Jazeera English

Pretty sweet. I didn't realize that flights were that (relatively) cheap.

Mr. Blonde · 11-09-2010, 05:10 AM

50,000 galaxies in one image

Different than but similar to the HDF and the HUDF. I can never seem to get tired of talking about how ridiculously amazing it is that every single galaxy (of which there are already hundreds of billions) has hundreds of billions of stars with potential planets with potential life with potential intelligent beings and civilizations. Looking back at their own "Hubble" thinking the same thing about us. Make sure to use your scroll-wheel and drag.

Mr. Blonde · 12-09-2010, 01:32 AM

Welcome To The Future, Where The Stars Belong To Corporations

I wanna be an interstellar semi driver.

SpaceX's Dragon went into orbit today. Pretty badass. And have you guys seen the Virgin Galaxy spaceport? I know photoshop was involved but jesus it looks like something out of the newest Star Trek movie.

Beebs · 12-09-2010, 02:46 AM

It's a fucking shame to see all the mom an pop owned star shops being shut down by the big corporations.

Repugnant Abomination · 12-09-2010, 03:22 AM

lol

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Beebs again.

Hey Blonde, fuck you. What the fuck is the deal negrepping me for a post I made back in August?! Do you know how many times I could negrep you for posts you've made in the past? I've worked hard for these measly 5000 internets, and you just shat all over them. Fuck you. It's on now.

Mr. Blonde · 12-25-2010, 12:19 AM

09-30-2010, 10:08 AM	#27 (permalink)
Mr. Blonde Spice Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 17,969 Internets: 284106	I'm sure everybody has heard about this already, but here goes... Astronomers have discovered a habitable planet 20 light years away
	Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing. ― Terence McKenna

09-30-2010, 06:22 PM	#31 (permalink)
Mr. Blonde Spice Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 17,969 Internets: 284106	Yeah, but all the pandering to public interest is what pretty much every space or research program needs. The little people like to fantasize. I was pretty annoyed at all the speculation yesterday, so I posted this on facebook: 119,333,546,000,000 miles. That's how far away the Gliese 581 star system is. That is over 119 TRILLION miles away. For some perspective, Voyager 1 is the spacecraft furthest away from Earth -- It's been traveling for about 33 years and is only about 10.549 billion miles away from the Sun. This is one of many huge obstacles we need to overcome before we can get truly excited. If you're REALLY interested, here's the 50-page scientific journal on the subject. http://www.ucolick.org/~vogt/ms_press-1.pdf Also reminded me of this:
	Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing. ― Terence McKenna

10-07-2010, 07:00 PM	#37 (permalink)
THEINCREDIBLEdork Emperor Meow Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 9,352 Internets: 290966	Oh wow the universe is so big and I'm so small really makes you think huh? oh gee I sure am thinking a lot now yea oh wow. Oh no wait, go fuck yourselves who cares, whats for dinner?
	#YOLO

10-08-2010, 07:47 AM	#40 (permalink)
Mr. Blonde Spice Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 17,969 Internets: 284106	Ah, sorry dudes.
	Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing. ― Terence McKenna

10-21-2010, 07:37 PM	#41 (permalink)
Mr. Blonde Spice Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 17,969 Internets: 284106	Curiosity Cam, Ustream.TV: INFORMATION ABOUT 'CURIOSITY CAM' Look inside the clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., to watc...
	Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing. ― Terence McKenna

09-30-2010, 11:27 AM	#28 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	It's pretty insane that 20 light years away is considered incredibly close in astronomical terms, but when you actually consider just how far away that is, getting there seems insurmountable.

09-30-2010, 11:54 AM	#29 (permalink)
Der Fuhrer Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 549 Internets: 5464	Especially considering that even getting close to the speed of light seems basically impossible. We need a worm-hole (and no, I'm not talking about ID's sister's vagina).

09-30-2010, 12:11 PM	#30 (permalink)
Orgazmo COME ON YOU YANKS Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 15,732 Internets: 311447	Amazing to think about. One light year = 5.8 trillion miles. A manned NASA Shuttle can reach ~17,500 mph. That means one light year would take 331428571 hours, or ~37834 years. The fastest spacecraft record is held by the Helios probes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia which reached ~150,000mph. One of those would take 4414 years.

10-04-2010, 04:50 AM	#33 (permalink)
thekremlin Don't call me Shirley Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: London Posts: 3,271 Internets: 220249	Not necessarily true. If you think looking for extraterrestrial life is of importance, knowing the size of the universe and the frequency of earth-similar planets. Right now, the extent of the math is "the universe is really huge so there must be other life out there" minus "conditions have to be so specific for life to evolve on a planet, so there's no way there's life out there" equals "umm there's probably life out there, maybe?" Finding earth-similar planets can actually put some numbers on the problem.

10-07-2010, 06:47 PM	#36 (permalink)
Repugnant Abomination Almost there... Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,979 Internets: 164547	So space is really large, big whoop.

10-08-2010, 07:19 AM	#39 (permalink)
thekremlin Don't call me Shirley Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: London Posts: 3,271 Internets: 220249	Think that was posted earlier this week in kick-ass videos. OH MAN I JUST "MR BLONDE"-ED MR BLONDE!!!!!!

10-22-2010, 06:57 AM	#42 (permalink)
thekremlin Don't call me Shirley Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: London Posts: 3,271 Internets: 220249	This is really big news, isn't it? Not sure how it wasn't front-page. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/sc...=1&ref=science

10-22-2010, 11:03 AM	#44 (permalink)
Orgazmo COME ON YOU YANKS Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 15,732 Internets: 311447	It had a couple minute story on the CBS news last night. That makes it big news. End of fucking story.

10-24-2010, 11:19 AM	#45 (permalink)
Mr. Blonde Spice Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 17,969 Internets: 284106	First spaceport runway opens in US - Americas - Al Jazeera English Pretty sweet. I didn't realize that flights were that (relatively) cheap.
	Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing. ― Terence McKenna

11-09-2010, 05:10 AM	#46 (permalink)
Mr. Blonde Spice Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 17,969 Internets: 284106	50,000 galaxies in one image Different than but similar to the HDF and the HUDF. I can never seem to get tired of talking about how ridiculously amazing it is that every single galaxy (of which there are already hundreds of billions) has hundreds of billions of stars with potential planets with potential life with potential intelligent beings and civilizations. Looking back at their own "Hubble" thinking the same thing about us. Make sure to use your scroll-wheel and drag.
	Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing. ― Terence McKenna

12-09-2010, 01:32 AM	#47 (permalink)
Mr. Blonde Spice Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 17,969 Internets: 284106	Welcome To The Future, Where The Stars Belong To Corporations I wanna be an interstellar semi driver. SpaceX's Dragon went into orbit today. Pretty badass. And have you guys seen the Virgin Galaxy spaceport? I know photoshop was involved but jesus it looks like something out of the newest Star Trek movie.
	Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing. ― Terence McKenna

12-09-2010, 02:46 AM	#48 (permalink)
Beebs Poor Sport Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Indianapolis / Middlebury / Long Lake Posts: 5,306 Internets: 127341	It's a fucking shame to see all the mom an pop owned star shops being shut down by the big corporations.

12-09-2010, 03:22 AM	#49 (permalink)
Repugnant Abomination Almost there... Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,979 Internets: 164547	lol You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Beebs again. Hey Blonde, fuck you. What the fuck is the deal negrepping me for a post I made back in August?! Do you know how many times I could negrep you for posts you've made in the past? I've worked hard for these measly 5000 internets, and you just shat all over them. Fuck you. It's on now.
	Last edited by Repugnant Abomination; 12-09-2010 at 04:34 PM.

12-25-2010, 12:19 AM	#50 (permalink)
Mr. Blonde Spice Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 17,969 Internets: 284106

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