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"Pluribus" RobVG November 10, 2025 9:06 am (Science Fiction)

Elementary My Dear Watson BuckGalaxy November 7, 2025 9:39 pm (Space/Science)

Removing 50 objects from orbit would cut danger from space junk in half BuckGalaxy November 6, 2025 9:35 pm (Space/Science)

Posting just a title line sometimes links to an empty body. RobVG November 5, 2025 1:02 pm (GeekSpeak)

Trump nominates a NASA chief — again BuckGalaxy November 4, 2025 10:28 pm (Space/Science)

Muskfinger - and other evil space billionaires BuckGalaxy November 4, 2025 10:19 pm (Space/Science)

New Glenn set for its second launch on November 9 BuckGalaxy November 4, 2025 9:15 pm (Space/Science)

Spanberger projected to win VA BuckGalaxy November 4, 2025 5:10 pm (CurrentEvents)

The destruction of Goddard is illegal RL October 31, 2025 9:41 am (Space/Science)

Weighing the scales on Elon Musk BuckGalaxy October 30, 2025 9:28 pm (Flame)

Bunker Envy ? podrock October 30, 2025 6:18 pm (CurrentEvents)

Message in a bottle BuckGalaxy October 29, 2025 10:55 am (Off-Topic)

Secrets of Vesta by TB April 26, 2012 6:19 pm

I wonder what the gravitational acceleration is at the surface. Is it enough to allow a spacecraft to land, ... by ER 2012-04-26 19:00:06
- Vesta and Ceres are pretty big for asteroids (Ceres is the largest). by TB 2012-04-26 19:23:09

Breathing Earth by Vitruvius April 24, 2012 1:43 am

What amazes me is how some people are more concerned about the growth of the budget deficit than they are ... by ER 2012-04-24 09:54:54
- In the Cambrian Period, the CO2 level was about twenty times what it is right now. by TB 2012-04-24 11:40:59
  - No, but corn didn't grow in Iowa, either. by ER 2012-04-24 12:45:13
    - You mentioned Venus. I didn't. by TB 2012-04-24 12:52:23
      - Did you actually read my last sentence, or did you just shoot from the hip again? by ER 2012-04-24 13:22:25
        
        "We have every reason to believe it won’t be as high as Venus." I read snark and hyperbole. But you can explain ... by TB 2012-04-24 13:43:50
        
        You know perfectly well I have always rejected the idea of a runaway greenhouse effect on earth as untenable due ... by ER 2012-04-24 13:51:23
        
        Then why bring up Venus at all? by TB 2012-04-24 14:17:46
        
        We have every reason to believe it won’t be as high as Venus. by ER 2012-04-24 14:33:04
    - Now, now, TB might just be joking. Right, TB? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-24 12:47:45
      - TB knows exactly what I was saying, but for ideological reasons, he must reflexively ridicule any mention or discussion of global ... by ER 2012-04-24 13:26:33
        
        You may be wrong, you stated that: “As the earth heats up from the effects of the sun, there is only ... by johannes 2012-04-26 17:29:56
        
        "According to TB’s politics, we’re supposed to do nothing about it until it can be definitely proven. Unfortunately, there’s only ... by TB 2012-04-24 13:59:14
        
        You're not trying to avoid unnecessary surgery. Your posts on this thread prove you can't tolerate anyone even suggesting ... by ER 2012-04-24 14:16:38
        
        The only thing the doctor has been waving at me is a machete. When he puts it away, we'll talk. by TB 2012-04-24 14:19:02
        
        Go talk to your machete-waving doctor, then, if you even know who he is. It ain't me. I don't ... by ER 2012-04-24 14:24:11

North Korea parade missiles fake? by TB April 26, 2012 12:11 pm

They might very well be fakes, but that proves nothing, one way or the other. Fake missiles are used to ... by ER 2012-04-26 12:48:12
- PS. A close look at the launch/transport vehicles tells you a lot about a potential enemy's capabilities. How ... by ER 2012-04-26 12:59:44
  - Interesting. I wish I'd known that, I would have watched the May Day parades in the Kremlin with different ... by bowser 2012-04-26 14:53:19
  - Good info. Thanks! by TB 2012-04-26 14:24:03
Might be. Might well be. There's an ironic aspect to it, though. If at the moment the drums were ... by bowser 2012-04-26 12:27:37

Both Sides Now by ER April 25, 2012 7:42 pm

Water is so more efficient than air in transferring heat that very small changes in sea temperature could have profound ... by bowser 2012-04-26 12:14:33
- When water gets warm, it evaporates, and water vapor is even more efficient a greenhouse gas than CO2. The ... by ER 2012-04-26 13:37:44

Service to the Community by ER April 25, 2012 8:27 am

Why don't you invite him to the Zone? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 20:16:43
Fun. Great post, well written, interesting. by bowser 2012-04-25 16:23:34

What do you think; is this true? by johannes April 25, 2012 6:52 pm

I call bullshit on that story, and whoever wrote it by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 20:12:46

Question of the day! by Vitruvius April 25, 2012 3:07 pm

More on Prof. Deudney here. by TB 2012-04-25 15:43:29
- from your link... "So, once and for all -- what is a negarchy?" "...We didn't have a term that's abstract like ... by ER 2012-04-25 16:14:44
  - The guy does seem like a patriotic nutjob, but it's not his views I'm concerned with. Though his introduction ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 17:56:29
    - Well, according to Deudney... by TB 2012-04-25 18:20:42
      - Useful hint: I wouldn't spend the money if I were you. by TB 2012-04-25 18:43:09
        
        Silly TB.... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 19:31:52
    - I think I get what he said. And its not particularly outrageous. The rule may be of their own ... by ER 2012-04-25 18:12:34
I think that's the best we can hope for; a stable condition due to the exact balance of opposing ... by ER 2012-04-25 15:34:22

Does anyone have big ears? by bowser April 25, 2012 2:30 pm

I looked it up on Google Earth. Miles and miles of mountains. Frankly, I'm surprised the road is ... by TB 2012-04-25 16:51:48

Define insanity by Jody April 21, 2012 4:12 pm

We are all insane. And I'm not just making a rhetorical point, either. We all do stupid things we ... by ER 2012-04-22 08:30:02
- Don't confuse "irrational" with "insane." by TB 2012-04-22 11:04:47
  - In science, honest error is not generally the result of ignoring data, or manufacturing it. It comes from weighing ... by ER 2012-04-22 11:48:37
- Awesome ER!! by Jody 2012-04-22 08:43:27
Define anything that isn't. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-21 19:14:26
- Technically, yes. by TB 2012-04-21 19:36:24
  - Haven't read the book yet - could you describe it to me? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 09:52:39
    - I haven't read most of it either. Just excerpts on specific things I was interested in, and analytical articles. by TB 2012-04-25 10:58:48
      - Utopia does reek of totalitarianism, but I think we should read the Republic before judging it. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 15:17:26
When what's inside your head and what's outside are not compatible. by TB 2012-04-21 17:18:30
- "When it interferes with normal functions, or other people’s lives, it starts to become a problem." by ER 2012-04-22 08:35:25
For people like me it's drinking and/or using drugs. There can be more, and I could be insane without ... by bowser 2012-04-21 16:33:43

Well, jeepers. by TB April 24, 2012 7:38 pm

boot !== OS by Robert 2012-04-24 23:42:15
- Oh, I know how it works, and I know what the problem was. by TB 2012-04-25 09:41:38

But what have you done for me lately? by ER April 25, 2012 9:04 am

Russia's Million Dollar Hackers. by Jody April 25, 2012 7:38 am

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