Search found 14 matches
- Tue Jul 25, 2017 12:40 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Int-Ball Drone Activated on the... (2017 Jul 25)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5686
Re: APOD: Int-Ball Drone Activated on the... (2017 Jul 25)
Next space walk Int-ball will discover fans don't work in a vacuum.
- Sun Aug 07, 2016 1:52 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Apollo 15 Panorama (2016 Aug 05)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11033
Re: APOD: Apollo 15 Panorama (2016 Aug 05)
I'm sure someone mentioned it but to be staged that is one hell of a prop.
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- Fri Jul 01, 2016 7:07 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Juno Approaching Jupiter (2016 Jul 01)
- Replies: 47
- Views: 10624
Re: APOD: Juno Approaching Jupiter (2016 Jul 01)
Great trailer. Some posters seem to forget how important PR is to NASA projects. While the Juno project is important (and exciting) to scientists, if the public can't feel it some politicians are going to start cutting funding. I wouldn't be too critical of NASA's Hollywood promos. I am reassured, w...
- Thu Jul 16, 2015 8:36 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: 50 Miles on Pluto (2015 Jul 16)
- Replies: 60
- Views: 14009
Re: APOD: 50 Miles on Pluto (2015 Jul 16)
Well, while exciting to the max, a little disappointing that at least Charon wasn't Rama. :( Perhaps when New Horizon visit the next Kuiper Belt object.... Out in these realms even Hollywood is beat out by sifi (as always). Clarke's award-winning novel Rendezvous with Rama (1972) was optioned for fi...
- Tue Feb 10, 2015 5:28 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: An Extremely Long Filament on the Sun (2015 Feb 10)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 83318
Re: APOD: An Extremely Long Filament on the Sun (2015 Feb 10
So this filament is 435000 miles long?
Not 93000000 million but it scared the bjesus out of me.
Not 93000000 million but it scared the bjesus out of me.
- Sat Nov 01, 2014 4:09 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Day After Mars (2014 Nov 01)
- Replies: 29
- Views: 29159
Re: APOD: The Day After Mars (2014 Nov 01)
While it would have interfered with our study of Mars, its too bad it didn't hit Mars, it could have used the water. ![Wink :wink:](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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- Wed Feb 05, 2014 4:44 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Lunar Time Lapse Panorama including... (2014 Feb 03)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5399
Re: APOD: Lunar Time Lapse Panorama including... (2014 Feb 0
Great pic. Even so I know conspiracy theorists (not a real science
) are going to declare its fake because of the disconnected tracks. I told one of them China used the same stage set as the Apollo missions. I regretted it because he took me as serious.
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- Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:19 am
- Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
- Topic: Moon or Frying Pan? Answer to Quiz #7
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11274
Re: Moon or Frying Pan? Answer to Quiz #7
I knew that (but I enjoy being a fool).
- Sat Feb 09, 2013 4:05 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Great Meteor Procession of 1913 (2013 Feb 09)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15792
Re: APOD: The Great Meteor Procession of 1913 (2013 Feb 09)
It isn't clear by the Great Meteor Procession of 1913 posting if the halftone hand-tinted image by the artist Gustav Hahn was from photographic film. It seems to indicate that it was. If so, I wonder if the negative survives.
- Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:00 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Arms of M106 (2013 Feb 06)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7642
Re: APOD: The Arms of M106 (2013 Feb 06)
I agree with Speaker2Software who said, "I get the thought that we're looking at the results of galaxies in collision." I'm surprised more didn't comment on that. Even so appearances can be deceiveing especially for laymen like me.
- Thu Dec 27, 2012 2:42 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Curiosity Rover at Rocknest on Mars (2012 Dec 27)
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4988
Re: APOD: Curiosity Rover at Rocknest on Mars (2012 Dec 27)
Great shot and like previous posts I was going to lament the picture creating an ever running conspiracy theory. Some people don't read or more likely don't have any reading comprehension. I think they should have edited out the scoop tracks too because they look like foot prints to the dubious cons...
- Sun Nov 25, 2012 5:19 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Dark Sand Cascades on Mars (2012 Nov 25)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5314
Re: APOD: Dark Sand Cascades on Mars (2012 Nov 25)
I have viewed this photo many times and, while I accept the explanation, I still cannot twist the image enough to get away from seeing "trees". I guess I'll go to the dementia site again and take the faultering brain test. ![Laughing :lol2:](./images/smilies/asterisk_laugh.gif)
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- Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:55 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Curiosity Before Mars: Seven Minutes... (2012 Jul 31)
- Replies: 53
- Views: 11064
Re: APOD: Curiosity Before Mars: Seven Minutes... (2012 Jul
OK kiddies, I remember when we couldn't even hit the moon. In my humble opinion, in this very new century, this feat will stand as one of the great technological achievements of space exploration. Its intricacies and payoff should thrill the public and that is so important for future robotic explora...
- Sun Jul 22, 2012 9:41 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: M16: Pillars of Creation (2012 Jul 22)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 7735
Re: APOD: M16: Pillars of Creation (2012 Jul 22)
Loved the Pillars as always but loved the comments here even more. Good entertainment on a Sunday.