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Voyager in the borderlands by TB December 7, 2011 9:44 am
  • A lot of information there, not the least is that a craft like those two can last 34 years in ... by bowser 2011-12-07 10:29:13
          
    Among the most unimaginable: "Two black holes most massive ever found, astronomers say" by bowser December 5, 2011 7:53 pm
    • The "event horizons" on these are 5 times the distance from the Sun to Uranus. by bowser 2011-12-07 10:25:32
            
      Many habitable planets by johannes December 5, 2011 12:45 pm
      • USA today also covers this. History is in the making here folks. Next step: FTL Drives. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-05 15:08:10
              
        Guide for going into space by TB November 29, 2011 9:27 pm
        • For a while I thought I could do it. Then I checked what I thought were deep pockets. It was ... by bowser 2011-11-29 23:24:35
                
          Mars rover launch successful by TB November 26, 2011 10:11 am
          • The landing is indeed the hard part. Although the technology has been used by the military for some time, ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-11-26 11:17:19
                  
            • Friendly question, I don't know the answer. Where has the military used this landing process? by bowser 2011-11-27 13:57:26
                    
              • I saw something online a couple years ago but am having a hard time finding it. It was an ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-12-05 18:26:25
                      
                • Probably lowering stuff from helicopters? Just a guess. by TB 2011-11-27 14:42:51
                        
              Oppy's Thanksgiving by RobVG November 24, 2011 12:40 pm
                Neutrinos are FTL-capable again. by Robert November 18, 2011 11:12 am
                • ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-11-23 17:26:51
                        
                  • How about if the acceleration is constant but the speed is not. Do photons accelerate to their propagation speed; if so, ... by johannes 2011-11-19 18:41:35
                          
                    • Maybe half true...density does matter to photons, however...it does not matter to its neutrino carrier, so when the photons "stop", ... by Jody 2011-11-25 08:55:56
                            
                      • I'd say that if there's acceleration, then the speed won't be constant. But the basic conceptual problem here is that ... by Robert 2011-11-19 19:17:04
                              
                        • That is an interesting concept, it would mean that the photon is moving at the speed of light even when ... by johannes 2011-11-20 19:30:17
                                
                      • Wouldn't the speed of light be the speed of perception? The observable? Maybe neutrinos are the speed of the unobservable? by Jody 2011-11-19 10:54:28
                              
                        • It sure would. Sounds like you've been plugged into the Krell machine again ;-) When I puzzled it out, it began ... by Robert 2011-11-19 13:26:52
                                
                        • Newtonian physics explained things well until more sophisticated clocks came along. Einstein was complemented by quantum mechanics. As measurements get ... by bowser 2011-11-18 14:58:39
                                
                          • What makes Alcubierre's idea so clever is that it doesn't actually violate Einsteinian physics. The ship would be motionless inside ... by Robert 2011-11-18 18:28:29
                                  
                            • When Spock looks at the readout, it says "unknown form of radiation." by TB 2011-11-18 19:41:00
                                    
                              • You're right that "radiation" is ambiguous, and now that I think about it, Spock's cliche is "unknown form of energy". ... by Robert 2011-11-19 13:40:35
                                      
                          What if: by Jody November 16, 2011 8:53 am
                          • Hmmm, Looks like somebody's been using the Krell Educator by RobVG 2011-11-16 17:37:18
                                  
                            • Wrong VGer...This Personally I like the deer in the headlights look myself...I wear it well. by Jody 2011-11-16 20:09:05
                                    
                            • ...on the hedron collider, because it is round, all we will ever be able to see are mathematical instances. Run ... by Jody 2011-11-16 10:59:34
                                    
                              • this even takes out the fun of the double slit experiment. Because in an perfect vacuum where this takes place ... by Jody 2011-11-16 11:01:08
                                      
                                • OK, what have you done with the real Jody? by Eri 2011-11-21 05:33:21
                                        
                                  • Resistance was futile for carbon based unit. by Jody 2011-11-21 09:27:06
                                          
                                    • Heh...my son, a buddy of his and I brainstormed for over a week on and off until we came up ... by Jody 2011-11-21 11:36:54
                                            
                              MSL Sampling Tools by RobVG November 15, 2011 9:44 am
                                No airbags by RobVG November 14, 2011 9:00 am
                                • What happens to the sky crane assuming all goes as planned, lands and becomes another lab? by FrankC 2011-11-15 19:13:14
                                        
                                  • Hmmm, apparently it just flies off and crashes. Seems like they could get some little experimental value from it's final ... by FrankC 2011-11-15 20:47:18
                                          
                                  • As TB says, what could possibly go wrong? I sure hope that works, but I'd bet against it if ... by bowser 2011-11-14 19:02:22
                                          
                                    • I feel the same way by RobVG 2011-11-14 19:26:07
                                            
                                    The landing procedure by RobVG November 14, 2011 8:47 am
                                      Curiosity will be nuclear powered by RobVG November 13, 2011 11:17 pm
                                      • Seems to me to be a superb option. More reliable without the extremely large solar panels necessary to power ... by bowser 2011-11-14 05:00:06
                                              
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