dorlomin Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 SpaceX launches another 60 Starlink satellites and manages to recover the same booster for the 4th time. https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-launch-fourth-rocket-landing-success.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Olympus mons is something else. Theres also a canyon on mars that dwarves anything on earth. Would the top of it be one of the best terrestrial places for a giant observatory with the thin atmosphere etc?I can see the pub from here! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Olympus mons is something else. Theres also a canyon on mars that dwarves anything on earth. Would the top of it be one of the best terrestrial places for a giant observatory with the thin atmosphere etc?I can see the pub from here!Don’t think the top of an active volcano would be the best sight for an observatory tbh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 14 minutes ago, Enigma said: Don’t think the top of an active volcano would be the best sight for an observatory tbh. Depends who was doing the observing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Enigma said: Don’t think the top of an active volcano would be the best sight for an observatory tbh. Pretty sure mars stopped being active a couple of years back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 21 minutes ago, D.A.F.C said: Pretty sure mars stopped being active a couple of years back. I'm sure he still plays guitar and records music. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 It was the transit of Mercury across the face of the sun today. 1) I was at work 2) I don't have a solar filter to avoid blindness 3) It was pishing with rain anyway. It next happens in 2034 or something. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 32 minutes ago, Zen Archer Esq. said: I'm sure he still plays guitar and records music. Don’t believe me Joe Swash? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalkirkBairn93 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Interesting religious perspective is pantheism, what paganism is adopted from. The idea that the universe is your god, that the universe is your provider in the way other religions feel god is the provider. When you consider things such as the anthropological principle of the position of the earth to be able to sustain life as we know it. It creates an opportunity to consider is it chance or is there more to the functions of the universe than we know of -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 (edited) Chance imo. We hit a lucky streak. The Universe doesn't care about us, and isn't even aware. Edited November 13, 2019 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 On 11/11/2019 at 22:10, D.A.F.C said: Would the top of it be one of the best terrestrial places for a giant observatory with the thin atmosphere etc? Many of the worlds most important telescopes are on Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii. Others are on the volcannic island of La Palma. Mountain ranges create a lot of unstable air, while volcanoes often stand out on their own, so are high and have very stable air. This is why some of the biggest telescopes are on them. But moving one all the way to Mars would not really make much sense, if we could get it into orbit them keeping it there would be totally atmosphere free and there is no gravity so you can build it very light. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50419917 Quote The oxygen in Martian air is changing in a way that can't currently be explained by known chemical processes. That's the claim of scientists working on the Curiosity rover mission, who have been taking measurements of the gas. They discovered that the amount of oxygen in Martian "air" rose by 30% in spring and summer. The pattern remains a mystery, but researchers are beginning to narrow the possibilities. While the changes are most likely to be geological in nature, planetary scientists can't completely rule out an explanation involving microbial life. The results come from nearly six Earth years' (three Martian years') worth of data from the Sample Analysis at Mars (Sam) instrument, a portable chemistry lab in the belly of the Curiosity rover. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 (edited) On 11/11/2019 at 22:10, D.A.F.C said: Would the top of it be one of the best terrestrial places for a giant observatory with the thin atmosphere etc? "Terrestrial" means Earth so the answer is obviously No. It might be the best Martian place for an observatory but that is a different question. Maybe the Martians could use it to observe us! Edited November 15, 2019 by Fullerene 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 4 hours ago, Fullerene said: Maybe the Martians could use it to observe us! Like someone with a microscope would study the creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water? And slowly draw their plans........ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 On 15/11/2019 at 04:28, Fullerene said: "Terrestrial" means Earth so the answer is obviously No. It might be the best Martian place for an observatory but that is a different question. Maybe the Martians could use it to observe us! On 15/11/2019 at 09:09, dorlomin said: Like someone with a microscope would study the creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water? And slowly draw their plans........ The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, he said. Yet still, they come... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 On 11/11/2019 at 23:43, tamthebam said: It next happens in 2034 or something. How do they expect folk to see it at that time of night. Ridiculous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 "Terrestrial" means Earth so the answer is obviously No. It might be the best Martian place for an observatory but that is a different question. Maybe the Martians could use it to observe us!Minds immeasurably superior to ours. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenHibee Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Was in Lake Tekapo, New Zealand at an International Dark Sky Reserve 2 weeks ago. Perfect, clear night. Could see two neighbouring galaxies with the naked eye and lots of shooting stars. Also a constant stream of satellites passing over. Learnt how to navigate using the Southern Cross, looked through a telescope at Saturn, Orion Nebula, Oldest Stars in the Milky Way, and the Moon. Absolutely loved it. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 15 minutes ago, AberdeenHibee said: Was in Lake Tekapo, New Zealand at an International Dark Sky Reserve 2 weeks ago. Perfect, clear night. Could see two neighbouring galaxies with the naked eye and lots of shooting stars. Also a constant stream of satellites passing over. Learnt how to navigate using the Southern Cross, looked through a telescope at Saturn, Orion Nebula, Oldest Stars in the Milky Way, and the Moon. Absolutely loved it. The Southern Hemisphere sky is amazing. Getting a telescope or binoculars onto the Jewel Box is pretty awesome, the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds are as you say entire other galaxies to gaze at. Remember being out in the desert in Australia and feeling like the sky was 3D at night, the clarity and depth were such a world away from the UK and the couple of stars that poke past the road lights and towns. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman Hessian Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 On 16/11/2019 at 22:18, D.A.F.C said: On 15/11/2019 at 04:28, Fullerene said: "Terrestrial" means Earth so the answer is obviously No. It might be the best Martian place for an observatory but that is a different question. Maybe the Martians could use it to observe us! Minds immeasurably superior to ours. if by 'ours' you mean the collective intellect of the P&B illuminati, then i'm thinking that it will be possible to utterly confound the inevitable future invasion by our potential martian overlords simply by guiding them in to a circular containment area - and telling them to stand in the corner.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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