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Inspirational and Meta Sites Redux
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Today, Chris Hadfield tells us something important regarding Fen marital bliss...
-- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
NASA starts working on printing... rockets!
http://plus.google.com/109993735355691 ... yPPhcsaT2B 
http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2 ... dic-table/
Existence of Elerium confirmed. -- Sucrose Octanitrate. Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
Animated solar system as a GIF
http://plus.google.com/photos/11339461 ... 0388897074 ![[Image: s1-1024.jpg]](http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011346/s1-1024.jpg) Jupiter... when one Lunar eclipse is not enough!
A couple from space.com:
Earth-style mineral crystals may be rare in the galaxy The chances of life having come from Mars are higher than we thought -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Obviously, the backstory can't be used - it's in use elsewhere - but the concept is worthy of Season 0:
http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewthread/ ... 05/#424555 -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/10 ... st_planet/]Free-floating planet spotted in interstellar space, 80 ly away.
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
National Geographic article on the Solar System's history and accompanying image gallery.
The last pic in the image gallery especially reminded me of some articles in the Fenspace wiki, but the rest of the article and gallery are well worth checking out. In addition: Wikipedia article on a system nearly 60 light years from Earth that is likely currently undergoing an event similar to the Late Heavy Bombardment that the aforementioned National Geographic article talks about. If this is indeed occurring, I'd imagine that any exploratory voyage to that system may have a rather hairy experience waiting for them! 
http://io9.com/astronomers-discover-a-m ... 1447068835
The thought occured to me. The first man-made asteroid impact won't be due to terrorism or interstellar war. It'll be someone trying to park a NEO in orbit cutting corners to save a few million dollars, and fucking it up spectacularly. ________________________________ --m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig? Dartz Wrote:%[link=http://io9.com/astronomers-discover-a-massive-asteroid-that-could-hit-1447068835]http://io9.com/astronomers-discover-a-m ... 1447068835]http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... r,_Lucifer]...]I sort-of did that story already. I may come back to it later. -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/tilt-whi ... 8C11416067]Tilt-a-whirl planets throw astronomers for a loop. Definitely a place to visit, just to see...
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
Well, so much for the "We're the only life-friendly planet in the universe" crowd.
10-24-2013, 04:44 PM
(Remember them? Haven't heard a lot from them in a while.)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/24 ... o_try_out/]Current count of exoplanets now tops out over a thousand, of which 12 are known Earthlike. -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
Well, it's an Earthlike world that's close to the same size and density of Earth. Pity it's in the wrong place...
-- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
A few images from the Air and Space museum.
My Cameraphone... is poor. Enterprise Discovery Discovery again Habuuuuuu~ Three... X 15 Loud Bit: F1 Concorde This suit has been to the moon. That's actual moon on it So has this.. Apollo 11 I took a lot more... but my phone tended to not like the lighting so most didn't turn out aswell as these. Even some of these are marginal. ________________________________ --m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig? Quote:Habuuuuuu~Whenever I see a real Blackbird, it makes me wonder where the 1980s X-Men got the triple-sized one that could seat a dozen comfortably... Quote:This suit has been to the moon. That's actual moon on itMmm. At Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Saturn V exhibit actually has a piece of moon rock on display that you can touch. (And of course I did.) -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. Bob Schroeck Wrote:If you remove the fuel-tanks in the main body you might have some space left.Quote:Habuuuuuu~Whenever I see a real Blackbird, it makes me wonder where the 1980s X-Men got the triple-sized one that could seat a dozen comfortably 
I've got the Owner's Workshop manual on my lap..
Put succinctly, everything behind the pilots is either Fuel Tank or Engine. Except for the wingtips which hinge upwards to allow easy access to the nacelles. The chines are filled with sensors (Or weapons in the YF-12), with a radar in the nose. And that's it. On the one hand, it's quite simple. On the other, hideously complex. If you weren't worried about range or had good air-to-air refuelling, the 1 , 2 and 3 fuel tanks might be convertible into living space enough to sit in. But that would make it very tail-heavy when full of fuel. ________________________________ --m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?
I wouldn't be surprised if those problems are at least one of the reasons why the X-Men went for an upscaled version of the SR-71 as their transport plane.
Gizmodo article on real-world lightsaber tech... well, sort of.
-- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Just a normal day on utopia planitia.
[img]http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/wiSkdyApivLXYuDrJRWbwVH7w6-FRnB_wkaEKIlc4VI=w320-h240-no] (found at http://plus.google.com/photos/10071558 ... 1077341490 )
I can see somebody at Artemis doing this:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/11 ... your_life/ -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Another reason to not colonize Europa - you'll get wet, if you're lucky.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2013 ... een_water/ "... This field speeds up particles to such high velocities that they can split water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen ions, which can be detected in the colour of the aurora. ..." -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 |
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