Other Than Mars Thread
June 6th, 2016 at 1:34:44 PM permalink | |
Face Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 61 Posts: 3941 |
I'm afraid it's a French flag now =/ Be bold and risk defeat, or be cautious and encourage it. |
June 6th, 2016 at 1:43:46 PM permalink | |
Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 |
Hehe... Is this confirmed? Even better that I bring it home. I'll replace it with something more durable. I thought it was made of foil or something built to last? |
June 20th, 2016 at 10:38:12 AM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 |
Electric wind? Well, that's the last straw. We are not welcome. http://gizmodo.com/the-atmosphere-of-venus-is-more-terrifying-than-we-imag-1782173357 You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
June 20th, 2016 at 10:52:47 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Well, you take the Moon and move it to Venus. You use its mass to 1) strip away some (A LOT!!) of the atmosphere and 2) speed up it's rotation (I think. I'm not sure that can actually be done). All this assuming there is no fresh source of atmosphere, say like ongoing volcanic action. It would take centuries, but we might wind up with a large, habitable world. Of course you also need to terraform it and perhaps bring water in (there's plenty in Saturn's rings), which would take anywhere from decades to centuries, btu it can overlap with some of the other work required on Venus. Oh, Earth cannot be left without the Moon. So before you move the Moon, you take Europa, assuming there's no life on or in it, and move it towards Earth. You'd have to balance the two satellites so as not to disturb the Earth's tides and axis, of course. Europa is bigger and more massive, so it would have to orbit somewhat farther away. The upside is you'll have a waterlogged satellite, perhaps with some kind of atmosphere, which won't boil away for a few centuries. Longer if you can shield the oceans from the Sun. The downside is we may no longer enjoy total Solar eclipses (but that was a temporary condition anyway). Removing Europa would affect Jupiter and its satellite system, but who cares about that? As to how one can move two massive satellites around for a remodeling job, well, that's another matter altogether. Some form of direct propulsion, I think, as a gravitational tug would be even more massive. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
June 27th, 2016 at 2:23:29 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 |
July 4th, in case you're not doing anything that day. http://www.space.com/33275-one-week-juno-arrives-at-jupiter.html You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
June 27th, 2016 at 2:30:25 PM permalink | |
Face Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 61 Posts: 3941 |
No atmosphere on ze moon. 'Fraid the sun done bleached it completely white. Granted, I did nothing resembling research to confirm it, but I have plenty of evidence here under our own protective shell that stuff still bleaches pretty quickly. 50yrs with no protection checks out according to my own logic. I dunno. If you can foot the bill, I'll go with to find out for sure. Be bold and risk defeat, or be cautious and encourage it. |
July 6th, 2016 at 7:55:35 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 | "Conspiracy theory" Someone or something does not want us sending microcalorimeters into Space.
http://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-last-thing-japans-lost-black-hole-satellite-1783200724 You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
July 7th, 2016 at 7:24:28 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
No probe that ever reached Mars successfully has ever carried a microphone. Doesn't that sound sinister? :) On other news, Juno made it safely to Jovian orbit. What's not so well-known is that many of Jupiter's satellites are named after the one true god's Jupiter's/Zeus' mistresses. Juno was Jupiter's wife. Uh, oh! Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
July 18th, 2016 at 12:23:34 AM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 |
Further on that idea.
Makes perfect sense. http://www.popsci.com/ You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
July 18th, 2016 at 2:53:57 AM permalink | |
odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5107 | Jupiter and other gas giant planets are said to be "failed stars" in that they just needed to be bigger and they would then have ignited and generated light. Oops, I should have put that into "trivia you'll try hard to forget" I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |