tkdguy Posted September 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 What would a war in space really be like today? Podcast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 5, 2015 Report Share Posted September 5, 2015 Hey -- Boeing has decided to jazz up the name of their CST-100 craft: it's now called the Starliner. I approve. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 Not everyone is convinced dark matter is the best explanation for various cosmological mysteries: http://discovermagazine.com/2015/july-aug/15-dark-matter-deniers As the guy points out, there's no theoretical basis for Modified Newtonian Gravity (MOND)... but at this point there's no theoretical basis for what dark matter is made of, either. Occam's Razor doesn't sseem to offer any guide, here. Dean Shomshak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 SpaceX's Falcon Heavy set for first launch come spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 Does this count as moonshine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 Makes me wonder about aging whiskey in enhanced radiation environments. Inside a containment vessel, or getting an old cyclotron and bombarding the casks with a stream of, say, 100 MeV protons. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 If they brew illicit alcohol in a moon colony, will they have to call it earthshine? Cancer and tkdguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 Now THIS is remote control! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 879 days in space Beast of a galaxy cluster New photos of Pluto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 The giants are coming Giant telescopes, that is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 Now, those giants I can embrace! tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 Cassini finds global ocean in Saturn's moon Enceladus tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 I was about to post that and got scooped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 Whee, more oases of life! tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA AND ENCELADUS AND GANYMEDE IO AND TITAN YOU KNOW WHAT JUST STAY HOME YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH DAMAGE ALREADY Lawnmower Boy, Cancer, L. Marcus and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 Never! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 You can't take the sky from me. SpaceX Mars Landing Idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Orion crew ready to launch in 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Fog on Pluto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Photograph taken from the ISS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Technique for mining water from asteroids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Lasers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 This is more speculation than news, but I found it an entertaining read. http://io9.com/heres-more-evidence-that-galactic-super-civilizations-d-1732390739 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 We're first! We get dibs! tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Unless every past civilization got to our current level of civilization and blew themselves up. Pessimistic, I know, but I think someone else has already raised this idea before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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