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Trantor - Did you even read the linked articles? Sure, or where do you think the quote comes from? They're not looking at it because it's the most efficient, most advanced, most powerful rocket engine. Nothing of that except the power. It´s an inefficient dinosaur. A breaktrough then, yes. But hist...

That was a great article. There's a follow-up to it: The F-1B Not only did NASA reverse-engineer the engine, one of the companies in the Advanced Booster Competition is using that data to create the F-1's successor, the F-1B. Same beast, modern tech. Fun times. :twisted: Honestly? That´s a dead end...

Essentially, they had to disassemble and reverse-engineer a 40-year-old F-1 to figure out how it works. Not sure what that says about the current state of our aerospace industry. Nothing, because that´s only relevant for historians/museums. Today we must make engines with todays standard of tech (l...

So what would happen? Well all the air currently in your lungs would be pulled out really fast by the vacuum, no matter how hard you tried to hold your breath. Also your intestines get the same treatment, so it's going to get messy. You will probably black out 15 seconds later as you start to run o...

Possibly good news for our robotic friend in mercurys orbit: According to information from the 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2013) there´s an additional budget of $200mio for FY 2013 (due to be signed by the Prez), and there is already a roadmap for a so-called "Second Extended Missio...

Necroposting, YAY!

So, last time i checked MESSENGERs mission will be terminated tomorrow.

There is still enough propellant for two more years, and scientists have petitioned on an extension for that time. I hope they will continue as there´s still a LOT to find on that oddball planet out there.

Arioch wrote:The line you quoted was referring to the possibility of a brown dwarf closer than Proxima Centauri, which the example you linked is not.

Neither link says that.

Necroposting FTW! Given that the frequency of stars seems to go up as the size comes down, it's logical to expect that there are a significant number of brown dwarfs. Unfortunately I haven't seen much current evidence (or even much theory) that soldily predicts how many there are. Me neither, but re...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2011_L4

Just in case someone didn´t noticed yet.

Aygar wrote:The vestibules look like they are half height rooms so crawling would be the only means of access. Using a toilet with that kind of height restriction would be very uncomfortable.

To me they look like normal height, but are half a level below the main deck.

Next one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2013_A1

Oh please please please, let us see THAT spectacle!

Seat pitch slightly above 1m - that´s economy plus. Well, and here i thought it´ll be business class at least.
Seatguru.com surely would recommend row 3.

Karst45 wrote:your mouth say, poor him, but your head say: WHY NOT MEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Ummm...


scnr.

fredgiblet wrote:

javcs wrote: Raper-class Escort Cruiser

That takes the naming conventions in a slightly different direction...

Poor Alex - death by SnuSnu.

Hel-lo. Nice.



And this made my day :

Ktrain wrote:Beryl has yet to grasp the human concept of sarcasm...

...and then it will only confirm the Loroi in their opinion that spoken words are a tool of deception.
Heh. Heckuva job for you, Alex!

fredgiblet wrote:Does it still count as astronomy when it's in the atmosphere?

Came from outside, was captured from above, too - so i dare to say yes:

No mention of the meteoroid in russia here?

http://zyalt.livejournal.com/722930.html?nojs=1

Mr Bojangles wrote:Definitely weird, Turrosh, kudos.

Any other takers?

Hehe, let´s trigger the 4chanies...

I saw the word "page" in orange and got all excited for a second. Sorry for that one. Anyway, looks to me like Fireblade's just receiving sanzai . Yes, that´s what i think, too. But what? It might even be particularly surprising for her to make such a blatant facial expression. Exactly. SO WHAT IS ...