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Title: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on July 23, 2012, 11:23:50 am
Time-Lapse of Earth at Night

Holy crap!!!

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/HTL_jaw-dropping.gif)
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on July 24, 2012, 04:02:46 am
Saw that the other day... Too cool.

Did you know the space lab goes around the earth every 90 minutes?
The guys are having difficulties sleeping with seeing a sunrise way too much. They are working on some LED lighting concepts

Good thread. I loves me some space
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on August 02, 2012, 07:50:33 am
Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover Animation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4boyXQuUIw

I'm pretty sure that Mac posted this elsewhere. Anyway, this is going down on Sunday Night/Monday Morning. Arnold Schwarzenegger would be jealous.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on August 02, 2012, 07:55:00 am
Curiosity rover drives $2.5B make-or-break Mars mission (http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57481962-76/curiosity-rover-drives-$2.5b-make-or-break-mars-mission/)
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on August 02, 2012, 09:37:36 am
I thought I posted the little bit about how they were going to drop the rover.

But that animation was cool. Thanks.

Gawd, I hope we get back into the space business. Government or not. Let's do some technology and explore.
Wouldn't hurt us to explore more of the seas too folks. (http://www.twncommunications.net/Forum/public_html/yabbfiles/Smilies/Snorkel.gif)
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on August 02, 2012, 10:14:10 am
Wouldn't hurt us to explore more of the seas too folks. (http://www.twncommunications.net/Forum/public_html/yabbfiles/Smilies/Snorkel.gif)

James Cameron's (http://pennycan.createaforum.com/the-drive-in-theater/james-cameron-filmography/msg7276/#msg7276) got your back, dude.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on August 06, 2012, 09:48:14 am
Whew!!!!

NASA's Curiosity rover scores touchdown on Mars


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fter eight years of planning and eight months of interplanetary travel, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory pulled off a touchdown of Super Bowl proportions, all by itself. It even sent pictures from the goal line.

More... (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48511087/ns/technology_and_science-space/?__utma=14933801.391431976.1342472536.1343925956.1344271091.16&__utmb=14933801.13.10.1344271091&__utmc=14933801&__utmx=-&__utmz=14933801.1343406636.14.14.utmcsr=google|utmccn=%28organic%29|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=%28not%20provided%29&__utmv=14933801.|8=Earned%20By=msnbc|cover=1^12=Landing%20Content=Mixed=1^13=Landing%20Hostname=www.nbcnews.com=1^30=Visit%20Type%20to%20Content=Earned%20to%20Mixed=1&__utmk=82474646#.UB_08_LNnzM)
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on August 06, 2012, 09:54:39 am
I'm still expecting the Rover to find this......

Spoiler (hover to show)

And these.....

Spoiler (hover to show)
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on August 06, 2012, 09:58:03 am
Whoa!!!!!
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on August 06, 2012, 10:00:40 am
So, I take it that the Rover is only equipped to take still photos? No video? I would think that if they can get all the way to Mars that NASA would be able to have a video camera of some sort.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on August 06, 2012, 04:39:11 pm
Curiosity's Eyes
The MastCam is Curiosity's workhorse imaging tool. It will capture high-resolution color pictures and video of the Martian landscape, which scientists will study and laypeople will gawk at.

MastCam consists of two camera systems mounted on a mast that rises above Curiosity's main body, so the instrument will have a good view of the Red Planet environment as the rover chugs through it. MastCam images will also help the mission team drive and operate Curiosity

A Sleuth on Mars
MAHLI will function much like a high-powered magnifying glass, allowing Earthbound scientists to get up-close looks at Martian rocks and soil. The instrument will take color pictures of features as tiny as 12.5 microns — smaller than the width of a human hair.

MAHLI sits on the end of Curiosity's five-jointed, 7-foot (2.1-meter) robotic arm, which is itself a marvel of engineering. So mission scientists will be able to point their high-tech hand lens pretty much wherever they want.

The View From Above
MARDI, a small camera located on Curiosity's main body, will record video of the rover's descent to the Martian surface (which will be accomplished with the help of a hovering, rocket-powered sky crane). [Video: Curiosity's Peculiar Landing]

MARDI will click on a mile or two above the ground, as soon as Curiosity jettisons its heat shield. The instrument will then take video at five frames per second until the rover touches down. The footage will help the MSL team plan Curiosity's Red Planet rovings, and it should also provide information about the geological context of the landing site, the 100-mile-wide (160-km)
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on August 06, 2012, 04:41:53 pm
Very nice.

So, when are they gonna start uploading images and video directly to Penny Can? Screw the rest of the Universe! Penny Can's got dibs on this stuff!
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on August 06, 2012, 06:50:59 pm
Well since we're waiting for the bikini shot, it might be awhile for the direct feed
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on August 08, 2012, 12:28:11 am
Mars Rover Curiosity: Proof Government Can Work?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl8uT8JO0bs
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on August 29, 2012, 02:39:42 pm
Will.i.am's mission to Mars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhd-76302GU

I get that it's awesome to get your music played on another planet, but this is a big fail on the part of NASA. They should be playing the greatest Rock band of all time on Mars: The Beatles. Nuff said.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on September 12, 2012, 01:47:23 pm
What NASA Is Looking for on Mars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v4UyvkNbd8
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on September 23, 2012, 05:44:00 pm
How to get to Mars (HD)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRCIzZHpFtY
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on October 15, 2012, 04:33:26 pm
Felix Baumgartner Freefalls from the Edge of Space (Oct.14, 2012)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNn4sPqLnNI

Skydiver Felix Baumgartner breaks sound barrier in death-defying free-fall (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/skydiver-attempts-record-breaking-free-fall-article-1.1183115)


This is both awesome and insane. 833 Milers Per Hour!!!! Yikes!!!!
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on October 15, 2012, 04:35:36 pm
Felix Baumgartner and Red Bull Stratos Team Preparation for Stratosphere Jump

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeyFkCv6ZXA
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on October 15, 2012, 05:45:50 pm
Pretty cool... I'm still not sure how he got to the perch for the jump off.

anyway... these records broken. I thought there were 5 total concerning the freefall.

AFTER becoming the first man to break the sound barrier in free fall - plus records for the highest freefall and highest manned balloon flight - Felix Baumgartner's mission to the edge of space also set new digital media benchmarks and pushed the boundaries of sports marketing.

Google confirmed yesterday that the stuntman's supersonic dive over New Mexico was watched by eight million concurrent viewers on YouTube, the largest in the website's history.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on January 15, 2013, 04:14:49 pm
Ahhhhhhhh, Run (http://forums.watchuseek.com/attachments/f2/604027-hyt-new-dawn-watchmaking-smiley_running.gif)

Galaxy Smash-Up: Milky Way and Andromeda On Collision Course

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WgNKFTVCW4
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on January 21, 2013, 01:05:28 pm
Dutch Company Planning To Send Humans To Mars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz3nrbxtKDo

He (http://pennycan.createaforum.com/dvd's-blu-rays/total-recall-(1990)/msg11659/#msg11659) already beat you guys!!
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on February 02, 2013, 10:25:57 am
Asteroid Close Call with Earth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7oqlYrcFLE

It's gonna be a bumpy ride! Where's Bruce Willis (http://pennycan.createaforum.com/dvd's-blu-rays/armageddon-(1998)/msg5506/#msg5506) when you need him?
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on February 15, 2013, 12:01:08 am
Asteroid Incoming!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcUdC6lEqds

Fasten your seatbelts!!
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on February 15, 2013, 07:49:25 am
ABC World News Now : Russian Meteor Caught on Camera

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAHFew_ptjY

Of course it has everything to do with the Asteroid. With the speed that it's hurtling through space, it's going to "pick up" debris along the way with it's gravitational force. I won't be shocked if there is more fall out from this through out the day and possibly coming weeks.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on February 15, 2013, 11:06:40 am
Super Meteor Crash makes huge Crater in Russia Место падения метеорита!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DLkhsmlXoPk

I do believe this is fake. I can hear Michael Bay yelling 'Cut' in the background.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on February 15, 2013, 12:23:43 pm
That's what I thought. Cutting room floor material from The Thing or Men In Black.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on February 15, 2013, 04:24:19 pm
Here's What Would Happen if a Huge Asteroid Hit Your City

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Around the time people in California are getting lunch today, a honking great clod of space rock will be zooming over earth at a hair-raising proximity. (Not this one, as cool as it was.)

Asteroid 2012 DA14 will soar above the planet at a height of about 17,200 miles, above the heads of astronauts on the International Space Station but below the orbits of our geosynchronous weather satellites. The interplanetary cannonball will be so in our face that it might tremble with "asteroid-quakes" caused by the tug of earth's gravity; it's set to become the closest asteroid flyby that we know of since the 1990s.

Sadly for science, 2012 DA14 will not hit the earth and provide a wealth of empirical data on asteroid impacts. But we can still see what the ground-shaking outcome of such a pounding jounce would look like, thanks to this macabre yet fascinating simulator from the excellently named site Killer Asteroids.

The tool estimates the blast radius of several sizes of asteroids using data from Google and this impact calculator from London's Imperial College and Purdue University. To get it working you'll need a GoogleEarth plugin and (at least for me) something other than Firefox. Now, are you ready to virtually decimate some cities? Great, let's go!

We'll begin with Houston, simply because friends tell me it's a rather dull place to live. This is the estimated discus of damage from a "small" asteroid the size of a school bus. A hit from 2012 DA14 would be much more punishing, as it's about 165 feet wide:

(http://cdn.theatlanticcities.com/img/upload/2013/02/14/ast%20houston%20small.JPG)

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Obliteration! Assume everyone in the orange zone is killed instantly. People in the outer yellow area will experience a minor inconvenience as their office buildings fall over like colossal dominoes. Crank up the asteroid size to "medium," with a diameter three times the length of a football field, and you get this blue ring of horrible first-degree burns:

(http://cdn.theatlanticcities.com/img/upload/2013/02/14/ast%20houston%20big.JPG)

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Just for giggles, here's a small asteroid landing a direct hit on Trump Tower:

(http://cdn.theatlanticcities.com/img/upload/2013/02/14/ast%20nyc%20small.JPG)

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A medium-sized space rock would wipe out New York City and give Long Island and Jersey residents something more natural (and painful) than a spray-tan:
(http://cdn.theatlanticcities.com/img/upload/2013/02/14/ast%20nyc%20big.JPG)

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Hollywood has long obsessed over asteroid impacts – witness Armageddon, Deep Impact, a bunch of crappy made-for-TV flicks, etc. Here's your grim wish fulfilled, Hollywood execs: an asteroid measuring 1.2 miles across (that would be a "large") drilling Los Angeles. If you live in Bakersfield, you'll know the disaster has occurred because your clothes will suddenly be on fire: Your toast Chip

(http://cdn.theatlanticcities.com/img/upload/2013/02/14/ast%20los%20angeles%20huge_.JPG)

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One for our bruthas across the Atlantic:

(http://cdn.theatlanticcities.com/img/upload/2013/02/14/ast%20london%20small.JPG)

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The simulator lets you toggle between asteroid and comet impacts. How about we destroy Denver with Halley's Comet – look how much harsher the destruction would be, thanks to the comet's bigger size:

(http://cdn.theatlanticcities.com/img/upload/2013/02/14/ast%20comet%20denver%20co.JPG)

Google Maps Mania (http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2013/02/asteroid-impacts-on-google-maps.html)
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on February 15, 2013, 04:53:18 pm
I ain't toast! I'm an English Muffin!!!!! And stop posting sh*t about California! I don't need any ulcers!
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on February 16, 2013, 07:13:54 am
It's not me... it's evvvvvvvverybody

dude, California has like a huge target on it's back, especially LA. If there is something major to be talked about, let's bring LA into the picture.

Alien Invasion, Asteroid Hit, zombie apocalypse... you've got it all.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on February 16, 2013, 07:17:06 am
Lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala.

No, I'm not repeating L.A. over and over. I'm trying to drown you out so as not to hear you.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on February 16, 2013, 08:17:39 am
Russian City Hit by Meteor: 1,200 People Hurt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsIqw60c9Hs

Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on February 18, 2013, 09:17:37 pm
Two Meteors Sighted Over the US

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHtV0i8W-b0

More on the way.....
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on March 13, 2013, 09:01:04 am
NASA: Mars could have supported life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWdU_px9ApE
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on March 13, 2013, 03:01:40 pm
NASA: Life on Mars Was a Possibility

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OagLGti_hTE

More.......
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on March 20, 2013, 07:44:16 am
ABC World News Now : NASA Wants Meteor Warning System

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD2ugk_-93Q

They already have a warning system, its name is Elijah Wood (http://pennycan.createaforum.com/dvd's-blu-rays/deep-impact-(1998)/msg17646/#msg17646). Duh.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 25, 2013, 07:25:27 am
NASA Mars Rover Draws  P e n i s  On Planet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqnnR-4cjoI

Haha. Never in a million years would I have even thought that this would happen.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on April 28, 2013, 05:11:39 am
I was not expecting this....

Wringing out Water on the ISS - for Science!

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What happens when you take a soaking wet washcloth in zero gravity and try to squeeze out all the water? Probably not what you’d expect. Hint: it has to do with surface tension. And it’s totally trippy.

To find out for sure, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield conducts an experiment aboard the International Space Station. The process of getting the washcloth wet is entertaining enough, but the actual outcome is a bizarro sight to see


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8TssbmY-GM
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 28, 2013, 05:27:38 am
Now that was pretty damn cool. I never even thought to think of something like that. The other thing that was amazing to see was the clarity of the transmission of the video. Think about it, our home computers using webcams doesn't have that kind of clarity. Nice find on the clip.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on May 13, 2013, 03:57:42 pm
Chris Hadfield - Space Oddity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc8BcBZ0tAI

I could have posted this in a handful of threads. But I decided it would be best to keep this thread alive with this AWESOME music video.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on May 13, 2013, 03:58:20 pm
NASA's Chris Hadfield Sings Hit Floating in Space (ABC News Segment)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsXW5QVqIOk
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on May 13, 2013, 06:07:04 pm
He's a 'Star'
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on May 13, 2013, 06:08:24 pm
He's a 'Star'

Hey, no playing on words! It makes me look lazy!!!!!!
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on May 13, 2013, 06:14:16 pm
 ;D
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on May 21, 2013, 09:44:48 am
If Earth Had a Ring Like Saturn

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In fact, the earth did once have a ring—as part of the formation of our moon, ironically enough. When the planet Thea crashed into the earth, a titanic amount of material was blown into space. This went into orbit around the earth, forming a ring until it all eventually coalesced into our present-day satellite. This only happened because the material was orbiting outside of earth's Roche limit.

In 1848, the French mathematician Edouard Roche calculated that if a large satellite were to approach too closely to a planet, it would be torn apart by the planet's gravitational forces. This happens because the gravitational attraction of a planet on a moon is not equal. The planet pulls more on the side of the moon closest to it and less on the side further away. If the moon gets too close, this unequal pull can become great enough to tear the moon apart. Every planet has what is called a Roche limit. Saturn's rings lay entirely within its Roche limit.

Some astronomers believe that Saturn's rings are material that was unable to form into a moon because it lies within the planet's Roche limit. The gravitational pull of Saturn prevents particles from clumping together to form a moon. Another idea popular among scientists suggests that during the time when Saturn was first forming, it had one or more moons just outside its Roche limit. The bigger a planet is, the more gravity it has. And the more gravity it has, the bigger its Roche limit is. So as Saturn grew larger, its Roche limit grew, too. The limit soon moved past the inner moons. These moons soon broke apart. The remnants of the destroyed moons eventually formed the magnificent rings we see today. There may still be large pieces of these ancient moons within the rings. They would be much smaller than their ancestors but a thousand times larger than a typical ring particle. Another theory suggests that a few hundred million years ago—at a time when the early ancestors of the dinosaurs were roaming Earth—Saturn may have had no rings at all. The rings formed when one or more small moons wandered too close to Saturn. When they got within the Roche limit, Saturn's gravity ripped them apart. After millions of years of bumping against one another, the pieces of moon were ground into the tiny particles that form the rings today.

Any one of these scenarios could have produced a ring around the earth. It hardly matters, since wondering what our planet would look like with a ring is really just an exercise in imagination.

If we had rings in the same proportion to our planet that Saturn's are to it, it is pretty easy to figure out what they would like like from different places on the earth. From the equator the rings would be passing directly overhead. Since you'd be looking in the same plane as the rings, all you would see is a bright line arching from horizon to horizon. Here is what the rings might look like from Quito, Ecuador:

(http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18oalkw6euks3jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg)

If we travel just a little further north to Guatamala, the rings begin to spread across the sky. The earthlight illuminating the dark side of the moon is many times brighter than we are accustomed to, due to the increased sunlight being reflected from the rings.

(http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18oaln90pt3uxjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg)

Moving to somewhere in Polynesia on the Tropic of Capricorn—at 23° south latitude a 180° panorama gives an idea of what a magnificent sight the rings would be. The dark, oval-shaped break in the middle of the ring is the earth's shadow. During the course of every night you would be able watch it sweep across the ring like the hand of a God's own wristwatch. Here it is midnight, with the shadow at its fullest extent. The edge of the shadow is tinged an orangish-pink as sunlight passes through the earth's atmosphere.

(http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18oalqt9mc787jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg)

From Washington, DC (at 38° latitude), the rings begin to sink below the horizon, though they would still be an awe-inspiring sight as they dominate the sky both day and night.

(http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18oaphwwtiphyjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg)

At the Arctic Circle, the rings barely reach above the horizon. Seen here from Nome, Alaska, the brilliant rings illuminate the barren landscape scarcely more than a full moon would. Unlike the sun or moon, however, the rings neither rise nor set...they are always visible, day or night, always in exactly the same place.

(http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18oalsmdprtw4jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg)

Illustrations by Ron Miller
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on May 21, 2013, 09:48:00 am
How cool would it be if we actually had rings around Earth? Very.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on May 21, 2013, 10:15:23 am
I thought it was breathtaking...
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on May 26, 2013, 06:47:22 pm
Lost In Storage Space: Lunar Dust Discovered in Closet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCjJo1pCvnY

Score!
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on July 07, 2013, 10:43:29 am
Saturn's Rings First Official Teaser

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This is real. All of it. I would file this under "Sci-Fi", but there's no Fiction, it's 100% pure Science! In 1997 NASA launched a spacecraft called the Cassini, packed with cameras and instruments (and an orbiter which they sent to Saturn's moon Titan in 2005) to collect data from space. It's mission: to photograph and study our solar system, our galaxy, and specifically Saturn and its rings a distant 750,000 miles away. A computer whiz designed a program to make video out of the photographs at 4K IMAX resolution, and here's our first 3-minute teaser trailer for In Saturn's Rings. I had no idea they were making this, but now I'm dying to see it. This is unbelievably breathtaking, completely real galactic beauty at its finest. Must watch this trailer.

Here's the official teaser trailer for Stephen van Vuuren's doc In Saturn's Rings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNce_8WHTGc

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Watch: Stunning Teaser for No-CGI 4K Space Doc 'In Saturn's Rings'

by Alex Billington   
July 5, 2013
Source: YouTube
In Saturn's Rings Doc

This is real. All of it. I would file this under "Sci-Fi", but there's no Fiction, it's 100% pure Science! In 1997 NASA launched a spacecraft called the Cassini, packed with cameras and instruments (and an orbiter which they sent to Saturn's moon Titan in 2005) to collect data from space. It's mission: to photograph and study our solar system, our galaxy, and specifically Saturn and its rings a distant 750,000 miles away. A computer whiz designed a program to make video out of the photographs at 4K IMAX resolution, and here's our first 3-minute teaser trailer for In Saturn's Rings. I had no idea they were making this, but now I'm dying to see it. This is unbelievably breathtaking, completely real galactic beauty at its finest. Must watch this trailer.

Here's the official teaser trailer for Stephen van Vuuren's doc In Saturn's Rings, in high def on YouTube:

In Saturn's Rings, written & directed by Stephen van Vuuren (Still Life, Catastrophe), is a giant screen space film for IMAX, giant screen and fulldome theaters distributed by BIG & Digital, coming in the spring of 2014. The film is 100% created using only flat 2D photographs (often hundreds or thousands per frame) stitched together for massive hundred megapixel+ resolutions that are scaled and zoomed using techniques developed by the filmmaker, based on Ken Burns and 2.5D photo animation processes. A computer is not even required to do this - it could all be done exactly using photoanimation techniques from 100 years ago. No 3D models, texture mapping, CGI, camera projection, cloning or painting or any other VFX techniques are used - every pixel is what was captured in the photograph
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on July 17, 2013, 06:15:44 pm
Astronaut Nearly Drowned Inside Helmet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fG3mV4UHW8

Yikes. I would have been in serious panic mode.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on August 29, 2013, 05:42:23 am
If you didn't have gravity, you'd have a mess

An Astronaut's Guide to the Space Toilet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JPuaRBTMKs
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on August 29, 2013, 03:32:00 pm
No lie, but every time I've seen a shooting star in the sky, I would say "that is da sh*t, yo!".  ;D
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on September 29, 2013, 03:20:06 pm
Mars One - Over 200k Want One-Way Trip To Red Planet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Hjo3GYoxM

Would I go to Mars? Sure. Would I do a one-way trip? Hell no.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on September 29, 2013, 05:16:06 pm
If going with a significant other could be a possibility... then maybe.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on October 01, 2013, 10:13:25 am
Do you have a young one you'd like to introduce to the teachings of noted theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, or did A Brief History of Time just make your brain hurt? Then this short, educational and adorable animation from The Guardian is for you!

The brief cartoon explains black holes, singularities, the Big Bang and why Hawking is a total badass simply and efficiently, so that anyone can understand. Hopefully "Stephen Hawking's Ideas Made Simple" is going to be a recurring series, and this is just the first of many videos — you know, for the children! And, uh, science-challenged adults. Whoever they might be. Cough.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6lFGJdwRyo
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on December 13, 2013, 09:32:32 am
I won't be able to watch this... snow and ice coming in as we speak.

A peak performance by Geminid meteor shower: See it live or online

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One of the best meteor showers of the year is set to put on a performance Friday night, but if you can't catch the cosmic display in person, you can watch it live online.

The Geminid meteor shower — named for the constellation Gemini — is peaking late tonight into Saturday morning, potentially treating stargazers in light-free areas to about 90 to 120 meteors per hour. Observers can expect to get the best views of the shower, weather permitting, at around 4 a.m. local time in the wee hours of Saturday morning after the waxing moon sets, according to Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office.

"This year, there will be a magic hour starting at about 4 a.m. up until dawn that there will be no moon and you'll be able to see the Geminids in their full glory," Cooke told reporters on Dec. 11. Space fans everywhere can catch the meteor show live online through two webcasts from the online Slooh Space Camera and NASA. You can watch both NASA and Slooh's live webcasts on Space.com. [See Photos of the 2012 Geminid Meteor Shower]

NASA is hosting a web chat about the meteor shower beginning at 11 p.m. EST. Cooke and two of his team members — Danielle Moser and Rhiannon Blaauw — will answer questions from the public about the Geminids during the "up all night" webcast. The chat is expected to run until 3 a.m. EST and can be seen here (http://www.nasa.gov/connect/chat/geminids_2013a.html#.Uqr4FIZQGSo).
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on January 20, 2014, 02:54:58 pm
Spacecraft wakes up to land on a comet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn88g1kNFf0

How is this even possible?
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 15, 2014, 08:34:35 am
'Blood Moon' Captivates Stargazers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFDlgoKKRqc
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Post by: Mac on April 15, 2014, 11:27:48 am
I actually was up for this, for a very short time, and only saw an eclipse. No red.  :-\
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 15, 2014, 12:17:55 pm
I didn't know about this until the news came in after the fact. I wish I had been told beforehand so that I could see this for myself as it happened.
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Post by: Mac on April 15, 2014, 01:11:21 pm
Gah.... I was debating on posting, but I figured it was everywhere. I mean, it got ridiculous when it started veering into religion and A$$HOLES.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on April 17, 2014, 10:44:41 am
Gah.... I was debating on posting, but I figured it was everywhere. I mean, it got ridiculous when it started veering into religion and A$$HOLES.

I have no idea what you're referring to. Seems like the post is missing something. Link? Video?
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Post by: Mac on April 17, 2014, 06:09:06 pm
I don't have a particular video, but some of the news sources were reporting how some of the 'christian' communities were trying to tie the Blood Moon into a religious thing. It's like we were living in the 16oo's.

It's science idiots. God is not giving us a sign.
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Post by: Mac on July 09, 2014, 06:19:02 am
I thought this was already confirmed...

Confirmed: Voyager 1 in Interstellar Space

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New data collected by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft have helped scientists confirm that the far-flung probe is indeed cruising through interstellar space, the researchers say.

Voyager 1 made headlines around the world last year when mission scientists announced that the probe had apparently left the heliosphere — the huge bubble of charged particles and magnetic fields surrounding the sun — in August 2012.

They came to this conclusion after analyzing measurements Voyager 1 made in the wake of a powerful solar eruption known as a coronal mass ejection, or CME. The shock wave from this CME caused the particles around Voyager 1 to vibrate substantially, allowing mission scientists to calculate the density of the probe's surroundings (because denser plasma oscillates faster.)
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on July 09, 2014, 06:21:53 am
Hey Mac, have you gotten around to checking out Cosmos? I may not agree with a small percentage of things on the show, but it's a fantastic show none the less. I always feel a bit smarter after watching each episode. Definitely check it out. Entire season is OnDemand right now if you haven't.
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Post by: Mac on July 09, 2014, 08:55:59 am
Gah.... I want to so bad. I hope it sticks around til this winter when I have time.

A majority of the stuff I hear is good. I've read quit a few articles how the show is ticking off some the religious zealots.
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on July 09, 2014, 09:00:00 am
A majority of the stuff I hear is good. I've read quit a few articles how the show is ticking off some the religious zealots.

I've been following those that have campaigned to get the show cancelled. Look, the show isn't perfect when it comes to certain theories, which is p*ssing a lot of people off. But it doesn't lessen the awesomeness of the show. It does a great job of getting you interested in Science, which is ultimately the goal of the show.
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on July 10, 2014, 12:15:06 pm
Video rewind: July 10, 1962 -- Telstar launch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY2L9TQGA9k

Old school!!!
Looks like a Model for the Death Star!
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on July 11, 2014, 02:34:26 pm
6 Unbelievable Space Conspiracies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwMAGpdT-38&list=PLp2e7UfInEgmB-5r4rtQOEsq-H-mNmQhk&index=21

Look, I like a good conspiracy theory as the next person. But I have to shake my head and wonder what is wrong with anyone that believes these 6 to be true.
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Post by: Mac on July 12, 2014, 09:13:26 am
I find that stuff as a source of comedy. Ya have to laugh at it.
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on July 18, 2014, 09:59:16 pm
45th Anniversary of the Moon Landing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07fGTJw4S8Y&list=WL&index=2
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Post by: Mac on July 21, 2014, 10:32:00 am
Watch a 72-year-old Buzz Aldrin punch a jerk in the face for calling him a 'liar'

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uzz Aldrin: Famed astronaut, second man on the moon, and puncher of smug faces.

Sunday marks the 45th anniversary of the lunar landing — unless, of course, it never happened and the government faked the whole danged thing to make America look super powerful at the height of the Cold War. Is that conspiracy theory likely? Probably not, though there are some who ardently believe in it.

Bart Sibrel is one of those lunar truthers. And back in 2002, he ambushed Aldrin outside a Los Angeles hotel and berated him about his supposed role in the hoax, asking him to swear on a Bible he landed on the moon and calling him a "liar" and a "coward." Offended that someone would question his integrity, and fed up with being pestered for so long, Aldrin finally snapped and socked Sibrel in the face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wptn5RE2I-k
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on July 21, 2014, 10:45:36 am
How the hell is it that I've never heard of this altercation or seen this video till today? Don't f*ck with Buzz!!!!
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Post by: Mac on July 28, 2014, 08:59:02 am
I found this guy just rock solid. I actually like his understated smug presentation. Ya know what… it only makes sense he does that. Any other way, would not raise eyebrows. Slamming the conspiracy theorists is just very satisfying.

The last 3 minutes he summarizes quite nicely. The idea of picking “What you know vs. What you wish for”. He leans into political territory, but I wish he included some religious angle. Then again, that might just dilute his message.



Why the Moon Landings Could Have Never EVER Been Faked: The Definitive Proof

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_loUDS4c3Cs

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This video is so good, so incredibly brilliant, solid and simple, that you will want to paste it all over your Facebooks and Twitters just to **** off all the IMBECILES who still claim that the Moon landings were faked.* The reason is simple: the technology to fake it didn't exist.

It's a very simple argument. It's not about showing how ignorant the hoaxers demonstrate to be with their idiotic "proofs", which actually show they don't know anything about physics, photography or even perspective. Or the fact that simple there's tons of physical proof that we were there. Or the fact that the Soviet Union was monitoring it too and accepted the American victory in the Space Race.

No, it's something even more obvious. This video explains why there was absolutely no way to fake it at the time. Even the cameras needed to fake it didn't exist back then.

It's completely convincing and undeniable argument and worth watching from beginning to end. I enjoyed it so much that I was giggling at some points. Especially one of them: we have gone from a world in which we couldn't possibly fake a landing on the Moon but we went there for real to a world in which we are no longer going to the Moon but we can easily fake it.

OH. YOU. IRONY. [Thanks Karl!]

* The idiots exist, yes. About 6 percent of the people in the United States, in fact. A percentage that defies belief.
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Post by: Mac on July 29, 2014, 08:49:45 am
Texting Gains Deep Space Traction

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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report Jul 29, 2014
Mark Carreau


HOUSTON — A small, multinational team of astronauts is finding that texting rather than speaking by voice may be the most efficient means of overcoming time delays when communicating with Earth from a deep-space destination.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station, who circle the Earth at an altitude of 260 mi., seldom experience a  problem even though their voices are routed through a satellite network to ground controllers.

But at distances well beyond — potential future human destinations like asteroids and Mars — the time between the initiation of a message and a response could average 20 min.

NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Jeanette Epps, European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, who is commanding the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations 18 exercise, addressed the challenge during a nine-day undersea deep-space analog mission that is scheduled to end July 29.

Working with ground controllers, the foursome inserted artificial, 5-min. delays in their communications while conducting spacewalks outside the Florida International University-maintained Aquarius undersea habitat off Key Largo, Florida. On one day, they worked by voice. During a second trial they communicated with text messages, which proved far more satisfactory, according to Vande Hei.

“I’m a person who doesn’t like to text that much,” he noted in a July 28 phone interview from Aquarius. “Voice is a much higher quality of communications.”

However, when it comes to surface explorations of the kind that future astronauts would carry out on a distant asteroid or on Mars, texting proved the mode of choice.

“You can’t afford the time standing there holding this rock for 10 minutes,” Vande Hei said.

Texting, the underwater spacewalkers found, allowed them to move quickly between four rock sample sites arranged in a broad circle on the sea floor. The astronauts stopped at each site to express their observations to colleagues in Aquarius, who then texted a summary to topside controllers.

By the time the Aquarius spacewalkers had conveyed their impressions of the fourth site, a response from their control team with instructions on how to proceed at the first sample site had arrived. There was no standing around.
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on July 29, 2014, 09:41:14 am
I was always under the impression that those in space were communicating via computer/laptop (along with voice as well) in their multi-billion space stations.. So, is there a benefit of standard texting over using computer communication? Aren't they basically the same, albeit using different software/hardware but have the same results.
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Post by: Mac on July 29, 2014, 09:50:59 am
Apparently it's the 'process' that has the improvement. I am still not clear that is.
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Post by: Mac on August 06, 2014, 09:15:57 am
Holy cow... check this 'little' space project out...


European Space Agency's Rosetta probe begins historic orbit around comet

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After a decade-long pursuit through space, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft made history Wednesday by meeting up with, and entering orbit around a comet.

The tiny spacecraft arrived for its highly anticipated rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, 405 million kilometers from Earth, shortly after 9 A.M. GMT.

Its entry into orbit around 67P was triggered by a short thruster burn, which set the probe on the first leg of its journey to follow the comet through the solar system.

"After 10 years, five months and four days travelling toward our destination, looping around the Sun five times and clocking up 6.4 billion kilometers, we are delighted to announce finally 'we are here'," ESA's director general Jean-Jacques Dordain announced.

Rosetta is the first mission to orbit the nucleus of a comet. The spacecraft will accompany the comet for more than a year as it hurtles through the inner solar system at nearly 55,000 kilometers per hour.

The culminating point of the programme is planned for November, when the spacecraft will attempt to land a probe on the comet's surface.

Launched in 2004, Rosetta aims to collect data on the comet that will shed light on the creation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago.

Comets are considered to be primitive building blocks of the solar system.
Rosetta will observe how the icy celestial body is transformed by the warmth of the sun.

"Rosetta aims to unlock the secrets within," the ESA said.
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on August 06, 2014, 02:32:41 pm
Ya beat me to it again! I caught this in my feed today. Very cool.
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Post by: Mac on August 07, 2014, 08:53:38 am
How Big Is Rosetta's Comet?

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Last night, Rosetta made the first of three burns to settle into orbit around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. But, just how big is that lump of dirty snow? It is taller than Mount Fuji, big enough to hide a Borg Cube, and it would make a cozy home for a space slug.

In March 2004, ESA's Rosetta spacecraft left Earth in pursuit of comet…

It's taken ten years, five months, and four days to get this close; now it's just two more burns over the next few days to get into final orbit. After that, it'll be a few months of not-so-remote sensing, photography, and other probing by the spacecraft. Finally, in November, Philae will be released to attempt to land on the comet. What do we know about the comet already? Aside from having a tongue-twister of a name, it's irregular object roughly 3 kilometers wide and 5 kilometers across that looks vaguely like a rubber ducky.

We already talked about when the European Space Agency put together a relative scale image comparing the comet to famous buildings and mountains:

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But you know what you're really curious about is if a Borg Cube could be hiding behind one. Thankfully, Christopher Becke wanted to know, too, so put together a same-scale compilation of the comet compared to a few notable space-faring objects from Star Trek:

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Post by: Chiprocks1 on August 07, 2014, 02:30:41 pm
Time to send the gang (http://pennycan.createaforum.com/dvd's-blu-rays/armageddon-(1998)/msg5506/#msg5506) up and take care of this sh*t!
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on August 21, 2014, 05:21:27 am
NASA TV Airs Live UFO Sightings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc9Lj_5nxsU&list=UUBeyuzUWyvDAVpS_ibwMwnA

YOU be the judge......
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on October 26, 2014, 04:27:11 am
No, NASA Has Not Predicted A Global Blackout in December (http://www.iflscience.com/space/no-nasa-did-not-predict-global-blackout-december)

I like the idea that Mars will be as big as the moon from Earth, but the idea of a World-wide blackout freaks me out because that sh*t is eventually going to happen, unrelated to the alignment.
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on October 31, 2014, 06:21:34 pm
Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Has Crashed - IGN News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tCfJ7CLaRY

This has not been a good week for space travel. A few days ago, NASA was reeling from an explosion shortly after take off. Fortunately it was unmanned and no one was hurt or killed. The same can't be said for the Virgin Galactic tragedy.
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on November 12, 2014, 08:45:20 am
Philae touches down on the surface of a comet (http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/12/world/comet-landing-countdown/index.html)

I've been following this story just like the rest of the world. This is pretty exciting news. Watch the video of Mission Control (or whatever they call it over in Europe) going bonkers when they stick the landing.
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Post by: Mac on December 23, 2014, 05:56:29 am
209 Seconds that will blow your mind

shout out to the classic "powers of 10"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIbfYsQfNWs
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on December 23, 2014, 11:17:57 pm
Really dug the video. It makes you want to go back and re-watch it a few times as well.
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on February 09, 2015, 02:13:26 pm
See Neil Armstrong's Mementos That Were Supposed to Be Left on the Moon (https://gma.yahoo.com/see-neil-armstrongs-mementos-were-supposed-left-moon-172948984--abc-news-celebrities.html)

Wasn't he also suppose to leave something of Stanley Kubrick's behind as well?  ;)
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Post by: Mac on February 09, 2015, 04:04:01 pm
Isn't he a believer in UFO's too. I think he said he's witnessed things.
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on May 03, 2015, 11:56:32 am
Spacecraft Crashes Into Mercury - IGN News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1XmanBZQ2s

Did anyone else hear this was a possiblity? This is the first I'm hearing about it. I never heard anything about this. Did NASA see this coming or did it literally just drop out and crash with no warning?
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Post by: Mac on May 03, 2015, 06:05:50 pm
I heard and knew about it. But I thought it was planned.

Guess Not?  (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/Chiprocks1/Smilies/0%20All%20Smilies/Thinking.gif)
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Post by: Mac on June 30, 2015, 10:29:23 am
Have you guys been tracking this? Venus & Jupiter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ppuCZR8Mkw
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on June 30, 2015, 03:39:10 pm
I love videos like this.
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on July 23, 2015, 07:00:20 pm
NASA discovers Earth-like planet in 'habitable zone...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkr7mAOjrc4

I dig the explanation of what makes this a candidate for Earth 2.0. I've been following this all day and it's blowing my mind. It's just awesome to think of another 'Earth' out there with life....people....whatever. As fascinating as this is, someone needs to explain how the f*ck we can "see" that far into outer-space given how many light years away this is.

Mind.

Blown.
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Post by: Neumatic on July 23, 2015, 07:46:03 pm
This feels like the start of a sci-fi movie.  And to be fair, we're not really seeing it, we're seeing a dimming of the star in the sky, and from that there's a bunch of math involved that lets us figure out how big the planet is, how far it is from the sun, how fast it's moving, etc.  The important thing, water, we probably have NO clue about that (if we did, they'd have said).  it is kind of amazing to consider the idea that only 1400 light years away from us might be another world like ours.
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on August 20, 2015, 09:23:39 am
Curiosity Rover Snaps Awesome Selfies on Mars During Mountain Trek (http://news.yahoo.com/curiosity-rover-snaps-awesome-selfies-mars-during-mountain-110942859.html)


This is the only time I will ever go on record in saying that this Selfie kicks major f*cking ass.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on August 20, 2015, 09:33:54 am
Say whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!!!
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Post by: Mac on June 13, 2016, 01:29:40 pm
I was not aware of this program

Juno Mission
Countdown to arrival at Jupiter: What will Juno find?


https://youtu.be/ka6OERznXh4

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NASA’s Juno mission is now less than one month from its final destination, Jupiter. On July 4, the spacecraft is due to enter a polar orbit around the most massive planet in our solar system.

Juno seeks to unlock the origins and evolution of Jupiter, which will shine a light into the earliest days of our solar system while giving scientists vital insights into the life of giant planets in general, assisting their efforts as they identify and examine Jupiter’s cousins across the universe.

"We're currently closing the distance between us and Jupiter at about four miles per second," said Scott Bolton, Juno’s principal investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, in a NASA press release. "But Jupiter's gravity is tugging at us harder every day and by the time we arrive we'll be accelerated to 10 times that speed – more than 40 miles per second (nearly 70 kilometers per second) – by the time our rocket engine puts on the brakes to get us into orbit."

Juno’s journey began in August 2011, when it blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., to begin its five-year, 400-million-mile journey. Loaded with eight instruments to peer into a plethora of the planet’s characteristics, including its gravitational field, magnetic field, atmospheric composition and intense auroras, it is the first mission dedicated to the study of Jupiter’s interior.
Five places we might find life in our own solar system
In Pictures Awesome photos of Jupiter
Photos of the Day Photos of the day 06/13

The spacecraft's name honors the Roman goddess Juno, wife to the lord of the gods, Jupiter. As mythology tells it, Jupiter traced a veil of clouds about himself to hide his mischief, but Juno pierced through the shroud with her gaze and saw Jupiter’s true nature.

Like its namesake, Juno the spacecraft will peer beneath the thick clouds of the solar system’s largest planet to uncover secrets of Jupiter's formation and current conditions. To achieve this, Juno will make repeated approaches to within a few thousand miles of the uppermost puffs of cloud, exposing itself to harsh radiation.

"We have models that tell us what to expect, but the fact is that Juno is going to be immersed in a strong and variable magnetic field and hazardous radiation, and it will get closer to the planet than any previous orbiting spacecraft," said Dr. Bolton in an earlier press release. "Juno's experience could be different than what our models predict – that's part of what makes space exploration so exciting."

Jupiter is composed largely of hydrogen and helium, just like the sun, leading scientists to suppose that it, too, was born in the early days of our solar system, capturing material left over from the birth of our star. Because of the planet’s enormous mass, it may have retained its original composition, unlike Earth, providing an opportunity to peer into the past.

Juno will measure atmospheric water and ammonia, and explore the colorful zones and belts that litter the planet’s surface, examining variations in atmospheric composition, temperature, clouds, and patterns of movement, and analyzing Jupiter’s structure in unprecedented detail.

The mission also seeks to confirm whether Jupiter does indeed have a solid core, as many scientists have modeled.

The spacecraft will also measure Jupiter’s magnetosphere, responsible for the brightest auroras in our entire solar system. They periodically flare with such ultraviolet violence at the poles that, could you stand on Jupiter itself and observe them, "they would appear brighter than the sun itself, even during the day," as Will Dunn, a PhD candidate at University College, London, told The Christian Science Monitor earlier this year.

Mr. Dunn is one of many astronomers who have been laying a solid foundation for the Juno mission, establishing a groundwork of data and statistics using Earth-based telescopes, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, and data from Galileo, NASA's hugely successful mission that orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003.

As Juno completes its 32 orbits over a period of 20 months, scientists are hoping it will enrich their existing information with mountains of far more detailed measurements.

When Juno's mission comes to a close, after its five-year journey and almost two years of orbiting our solar system’s giant, what will become of the hardy spacecraft?

The answer, according to NASA’s mission timeline, is "deorbit into Jupiter."

“After orbiting Jupiter for over a year, the Juno craft will dive deep into the atmosphere and burn up,” explains a NASA video. “But the mission will never truly end. No matter how many answers we find, there will always be more questions.”
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on June 13, 2016, 01:30:41 pm
This is the first I'm hearing of it, and now I'm excited to see what happens.
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on July 14, 2016, 09:02:37 am
NASA's space station feed cuts off after UFO, sparking conspiracy theories (https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-ufo-iss-video-conspiracy-000000073.html)

UFO Enters Earth Atmosphere July 9th 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FsvCAc4iTU


Real or hoax, I still find this stuff fascinating to watch.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on July 14, 2016, 09:39:06 am
I find it fascinating as well.

But I'm torn. It's way to easy to fake something today. Knee Jerk conspiracies, etc.

I cannot believe we are the only life in space. I'm just not sure earth is being visited. I'm from the show-me state. I need to see solid proof.
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on July 14, 2016, 09:42:19 am
To the rest of the Universe, all alien lifeforms view planet Earth as Tijuana. Sad but true.
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on August 03, 2016, 08:45:23 pm
A private spaceflight company just got approval to land a spacecraft on the moon (https://www.yahoo.com/news/private-spaceflight-company-just-got-131000283.html)

Not to make light of the idea of going back to the moon, but with all the stuff we have sent out into space over the years, going farther and farther than ever before, a trip to the moon seems almost like a short walk to the bakery and back. With that said, I'm actually excited for this.
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Post by: Chiprocks1 on September 01, 2016, 03:29:43 pm
SpaceX Explosion CAUGHT ON TAPE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlj2BW8AtUQ

Back to the drawing board........
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on September 02, 2016, 03:42:58 am
And maybe slow the f*ck down.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on September 02, 2016, 05:14:46 am
I agree. But ego gets in the way of sh*t like this. Gotta be the first at everything.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on September 06, 2016, 04:59:24 pm
Well here's a new a intriguing theory...


Where Is Everybody?

https://youtu.be/ZLMnChNhsd8
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on October 11, 2016, 09:24:23 pm
24/7 STREAM: 👽🌎 "EARTH FROM SPACE"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGPuEDyAsU8

So, this just popped into my YouTube feed and it's f*cking insane to watch this live. I never thought to check and see if they had a live stream from space. All the footage I've seen of this kind has always been by way of delayed film archives. So, yeah, this is trippy to be watching now and knowing that this is happening live above us....or below. This looks to be a 24/7 Stream, so you can click the video above and jump right into it. Right now an astronaut is doing a spacewalk. Hey....I think I see my house!  ;D
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on October 12, 2016, 09:59:10 am
Holy crap... that has to be some of the coolest stuff ever. Our tech is so cool.

thanks for posting Chip. That is just too cool
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on October 17, 2016, 12:01:18 pm
ExoMars mission landed on Mars yesterday (http://exploration.esa.int/mars/)?

How'd I miss it?
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Mac on November 14, 2016, 04:27:00 am
Remember...

SUPER MOON TONIGHT

edit add: My bad... it was this morning at 8:52 AM EST...
... but they say it will appear full the day before and after. (http://www.space.com/34515-supermoon-guide.html)
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on December 08, 2016, 02:57:41 pm
John Glenn, the 1st American to orbit Earth, has died at 95 (https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-astronaut-us-sen-john-glenn-ohio-died-203210458.html)


John Glenn (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016)
Now he joins the stars forever.
RIP.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on December 13, 2016, 07:53:39 pm
UFO CROSSING THE MOON: UFO CATCH MIAMI OBSERVATORY 03/16/12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFC5cYNjN6w

This is the hot topic of today that everyone is dissecting.
UFO? You decide.
Title: Re: Space and Beyond Thread
Post by: Chiprocks1 on August 22, 2017, 11:17:31 am
Ozzy Sings Bark At The Moon During The Eclipse At Moonstock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfWoZ43CF9k&list=LLTVgXy5pOO9ff20O1Z1QPMw&index=4


From yesterday's Total Eclipse. Duh! Anyway, this is just f*cking awesome to see playing out with Bark At The Moon in full force. Yeah, I felt the need to add to this thread as well. It's fitting and appropriate.