tkdguy Posted November 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 Ad Astra's VASIMR project nearing ISS trial. Cool! All that needs to happen is for humans to actually land on Mars and make a breakthrough in railgun technology. Then my SF setting will become reality (although that's not necessarily a good thing in some respects). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 There is some way to go yet for my campaign. Mature fusion tech is, what, a century away? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 I think it's pretty much always twelve years out. Been that way since the eighties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordGhee Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 new Gamma burst Long lasting and different/ http://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/r14/Science/2013/1121/Scientists-witness-massive-gamma-ray-burst-don-t-understand-it Lord Ghee tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Will Comet ISON survive its close encounter with the sun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 Sluggish solar cycle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 I bet the Solarians are planning to invade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 Particles spewing from Milky Way's black hole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 There is some way to go yet for my campaign. Mature fusion tech is, what, a century away? More likely never coming at all. At least not in a commercially viable way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 How so? Gain continues to be made in materials -- particularly super-conductors -- laser tech, and computers. I see no reason for fusion to be a dead end -- it's just that we're closer to Hero of Alexandria than James Watt, so to speak. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Thanksgiving in space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordGhee Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 this is big http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2013/11/new-star-system-similar-to-ours-discovered-we-cannot-stress-just-how-important-this-discovery-is.html Lord Ghee tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 this is big http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2013/11/new-star-system-similar-to-ours-discovered-we-cannot-stress-just-how-important-this-discovery-is.html Lord Ghee Wow! Yes, it really is big news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2013 Thanksgiving in space Well, this is how it took place: Farewell Comet ISON Launch Aborted In other news: New image of ancient cluster A case for space travel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 Shuttle replica vandalized China to launch moon rover Did ISON survive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 India's Mars mission enters second stage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 China launches moon rover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Comet ISON: It's dead, Jim (?) Great animations there. tkdguy and Drhoz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Spectral features of water vapor in transiting exoplanet atmospheres I've pulled the preprint off of arXiv and given a cursory scan since this was relevant to my class today. An extremely difficult measurement to have made, and there is a lot of data massaging there. Might be correct, though. L. Marcus and Drhoz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Far-out space projects Drhoz, Christopher and L. Marcus 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 REALLY Big Discovery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clsage Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 http://www.space.com/23876-china-s-1st-moon-rover-arrives-in-lunar-orbit.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Saturn's hexagon storm may be centuries old 5 commercial space industries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Is dark matter made of tiny black holes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 9, 2013 Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 Yes! Yes it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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