Starship Asterisk*

The effect on Astronauts in Space Stations

http://www.nsbri.org/HumanPhysSpace/index.html

Just watched the video, it was a wonderful site, THANKS America.

Thanks Neufer for the information on the journals but they do seem like rather a long read, so as time is of the essence I will unfortunately have to put that one on hold for the present. I have come up with a NASA site instead. GROWING PLANTS IN ZERO - G There is good information on experiments car...

Wonderful APOD, looking forward to news from the BIO LAB, especially work on micro organisms, and how will gravity effect the growth of plants?

[quote="geonuc"]I've read that it is because the crust is thicker on the far side, allowing less mare volcanism after an impact occurs. Why it is thicker on that side, I'm less sure. The differential crust thickness is a result of tidal forces, particularly when the moon formed.[/quote Tha...

can anyone come up with a reason why the Basaltic Mare's of the moon predominate on the nearside?

Home found for Little Big Foot.

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6461201.stm

Can I hazard a guess, is APOD now venturing into the artistic world? The marble pillars are of poor quality. Pure Italian Marble would have been of better use, enhancing the astronomical painting.
Marion

Can similarities be drawn between hurricanes and galaxies? Their shape is much the same, and both have the point of greatest rotational force within the Eye and the Black Hole.
Marion

The rocks are eroded over millions of years by weathering. Rain and wind are the principal eroding factors. They finally end up in the seas and oceans creating sedimentary formations of the future. In the case of Monument Valley where temperature ranges are high the rate of erosion would be greater,...

Does it matter whether the rocks are igneous or sedimentary? The APOD is breathtaking, especially with Mars shining so brightly in a non-light-polluted sky.
Marion

[quote="Dutchman"]So what's everyone's opinion on the extent of the universe? Finite or infinite?[/quote] Suppose expansion does not stop it means that everything will continue to move further apart, galaxies, clusters etc. In this universe, the stars will use up the hydrogen fuel that pow...