Starship Asterisk*

[quote="rstevenson"]The gravitational pull of all those M&Ms.[/quote]
And this is why I can't really LMAO, darn it!

The gravitational pull of all those M&Ms.

Rob

I'm always amazed at how thin the atmosphere is when viewed from above. It reminds me of the thin candy shell of an M&M, which is held in place because the candy solidifys into the shape of the M&M. But just what is it that keeps our atmosphere attached to our planet?

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[url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2163.html][size=150][b][i]Western Europe at Night[/i][/b][/size][/url]
NASA Image of the Day | 2012 Jan 30

[quote]With hardware from the Earth-orbiting International Space Station appearing in the near foreground, a night time European panorama reveals city lights from Belgium and the Netherlands at bottom center. the British Isles partially obscured by solar array panels at left, the North Sea at left center, and Scandinavia at right center beneath the end effector of the Space Station Remote Manipulator System or Canadarm2. This image was taken by the station crew on Jan. 22, 2012.

[b][i]Image Credit: NASA[/i][/b][/quote]