Starship Asterisk*

History tends to repeat and so do stories... But sometimes with a twist. Today's lovely cosmic debris field could have once harbored an earth like planet inhabited by far advanced beings (from humans) capable of traversing the vast distances between stars. They would have of course evacuated their d...

Summer vacation is now long over for me. I am back to resolving Tetris type puzzles within schedule targets and connecting dots that can rattle and hum insanely if improper geometry is formed. My work also entails careful negotiation of differing intellectual characteristics between differing design...

So Canton, GA isn’t the center of the universe!? Dang again! Now I feel even less important. If I were any lower I would be inside a black hole... Not Canton. Austell, GA is. Well that is not bad news... Austell is only a Hercules's stone's throw from Canton! In cosmic resolution, that's as good as...

Maybe this helps with my argument that “Milky Way” is just too wimpy of a name. If I lived in 3C 279, I would scoff at such a puny preponderance. I would not be so quick to arms however if “Milky Way” were named... say, “Dragon’s Lair”... or “Death Trap To All Hostile Intergalactic Alien Invaders, E...

WOW....good shot... The dark north pole region looks like AMERICA and Canada,....you have the Gulf of Mexico, and a bit of Florida. But you don't quite have Baja.... :---[===] * So Charon is “MOCKING” us. And dang again! It is not enough to prompt scientific insight as to our lowly position in the ...

The Moon is actually in orbit around the Sun, not simply around the Earth. I think I have learned this before but I still had to go test it out in a simulation and watch it. Sure enough, if Earth disappears, the Moon and a few other things which were preloaded in the simulation (like Chandra, B44E,...

Next mission to Pluto will be carrying Popeye’s nemesis Bluto. Yes, Popeye finally did Bluto in and only fittingly stuffed him in a spinach can. The mission plans to eject the can containing Bluto onto Pluto during its close flyby. Olive Oil was quoted as saying, “Oh dear, with Bluto on Pluto, I ho...

Next mission to Pluto will be carrying Popeye’s nemesis Bluto. Yes, Popeye finally did Bluto in and only fittingly stuffed him in a spinach can. The mission plans to eject the can containing Bluto onto Pluto during its close flyby. Olive Oil was quoted as saying, “Oh dear, with Bluto on Pluto, I hop...

New Horizons picked up a radio signal at its closest approach point which has been since deciphered as: “BARK, BARK, BARK!”. This pompous transmission was immediately identified as a plutonian prank and has been interpreted as an interplanetary insult aimed at our beloved Walt Disney's legacy. Needl...

I think maybe you broke it up too much, Not With Standing Still too much. Just Not Withstanding. (Curiously, "withstand" comes from Old English "with" and "stand", where "with" means "against", quite opposite its usual current usage.) Chris, I get y...

bystander wrote:I think maybe you broke it up too much, Not With Standing

Thanks Bystander,
I get it... if we Asterisk* buds were to all have an overindulgent cocktail party... pass out on the floor and a stranger crash in... we would all be Not With Standing!

NOTWITHSTANDING! I was reading thru our neighborhood covenant and noticed a large number of “Notwithstanding” word entries. I also noticed that every time I read the word “NOTWITHSTANDING” I would go into a cranial tailspin. In desperation, I researched the references on the internet. The first refe...

"Venus and [Jupiter] are alright tonight!"

neufer wrote:

emc wrote:
there are no horses on the moon

No stallions, perhaps, but there are quite a few mares.

Ha!... We probably want to steer clear of Mare Vaporum...

Beyond wrote:http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33262884

My first instinct was to scream...

I think this Sun spot thing could be used as an example for why we don't necessarily need to be so concerned about the tidiness of our homes. And if you also consider the amount of dirt resident on our home planet... well, it seems our cosmic environment is telling us that to be normal, we don't nee...

I am derived by the means in which this playground allows interaction with you of astronomically resourced data. I have reached into and out of the recesses that allow me to communicate my whimsies and behavioral nuances which I strain to control. I think I’m outnumbered here. I think you know me an...

Hi Geck, Just kidding that you were to blame for the snake image in my head... my head is too much responsibility for anyone. No nest could be found near on or near the chair so I expect he was just hunting. What I was funniest about the experience was that image of a snake popping into my head... I...

After having read this thread I decided to have my cup of coffee on the front porch. I sat down in our rocker and immediately felt sharp pain in my lower left cheek. My first mental image was of a snake (I blame this thread... and further, I blame Geck) to which I jerked up out of the rocker spillin...

Hahaha... I don't know what is going on in here, but keep it up. :lol2: Hi Geck, A friend at work asked me what I would be doing on my vacation. Since I had no immediate plans I attempted to express my anticipated mental release from circuit board design tasks... i.e., I would (for one week) not ha...

FloridaMike wrote:

emc wrote:...past the range of all sensors...

NOT an accurate description of flatulence.

emc wrote:... This will undoubtedly be a flabbergasting shock for the masses... breaking the windings of celestial evolution and a vibrant strain on anyone’s imbued imagination.

This summer, just for grins, I am preparing to morph into a distant, even by Nemiroff and Bonnell standards, star trekking fibroblast blossom meandering thru the cosmos untethered by the physical constraints that torment my meager existence as a born to wander semi-cohesive collection of mysterious...

This summer, just for grins, I am preparing to morph into a distant, even by Nemiroff and Bonnell standards, star trekking fibroblast blossom meandering thru the cosmos untethered by the physical constraints that torment my meager existence as a born to wander semi-cohesive collection of mysterious ...

We explore to expand our knowledge and resources. We adapt in order to harvest those resources. I believe Solar System exploration and cultivation is logical technical evolution.