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The Reference Desk => Organizations, Vehicles, Equipment => Topic started by: mirth on September 10, 2018, 02:42:30 PM
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https://twitter.com/MichaelGalanin/status/1039221757033500673
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https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1039272316167958534
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https://twitter.com/MichaelGalanin/status/1037844285830443008
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^You can almost see the Sarlacc in there.
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^You can almost see the Sarlacc in there.
ha! :bigthumb:
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https://twitter.com/mgerrydoyle/status/1039755382149795840
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https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1039871758885683201
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https://twitter.com/HumanoidHistory/status/1040367754216435713
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^Fake! ::)
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Sayz the guy with pointy ears.... :whistle:
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^Most...illogical.
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https://twitter.com/ufeellucky/status/1040423072895909888
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https://twitter.com/Brett_Shavers/status/1040664575048278016
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^What makes them think humans did it?
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Seems like something we'd do
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Hortas like to drill holes.
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Don't be racist against Hortas.
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Seems like something we'd do
Yeah. Besides, anyone malevolent intent and the smarts to travel here from another star would be able to do something much more sophisticated than Black&Decker vandalism.
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LOL - ' Black&Decker vandalism'
You just summed up my DIY 'abilities'
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LOL - ' Black&Decker vandalism'
You just summed up my DIY 'abilities'
:2funny:
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https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1041718436546715649
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The Shat is not in that pic... ???
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The Shat is not in that pic... ???
Apparently he did not attend. No clear answer as to why
https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/182595/did-shatner-not-attend-the-enterprise-shuttle-unveiling
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'Cause he's a stuck up diva? ???
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'Cause he's a stuck up diva? ???
Make sense. By all accounts, he was a total dick back then.
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'Cause he's a stuck up diva? ???
Make sense. By all accounts, he was a total dick back then.
Don't think much has changed.... I've read rumours that most of the cast doesn't like to be seen with him.....
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I think he's mellowed somewhat over the years, but he was never a favorite with the rest of the cast. He was a real ass during the run of the TV series - counting lines to make sure he had the most, shit like that. He's been fairly candid about it in some interviews, not really apologetic, but he at least acknowledges that it pissed people off.
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https://twitter.com/MichaelGalanin/status/1041776859158069248
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Very pretty. I wonder what the different colour actually indicate?
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Gravity strength. Red is high, blue low. But what the relative values are I don't know.
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Interesting. Are some of the craters deep enough to cause a higher gravity effect, do you think?
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I'm guessing it's more like what ended up at the bottom or more compressed at the bottom.
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So if the impact had been caused by substantial iron or maybe nickel iron rich meteors then that could account for it, being higher density material?
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That would be my guess.
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My guess?
(http://www.aarcentral.com/pics/aliens.jpg)
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Perhaps it shows how the the moon's gravity has been affected by meteor strikes or perhaps what types of different materials those meteors deposited into the Moon's surface?
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Looks like some 60's psychedelic poke-ball. :nerd:
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You say so, Capn
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(http://www.aarcentral.com/pics2/gr.jpg)
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I think it indicates the presence of Horta nests.
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We could use a few more good Ensigns in the Navy!
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Perhaps it shows how the the moon's gravity has been affected by meteor strikes or perhaps what types of different materials those meteors deposited into the Moon's surface?
So if the impact had been caused by substantial iron or maybe nickel iron rich meteors then that could account for it, being higher density material?
Must be right because we both said so!
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https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1043983352628473856
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/lens/space-rocket-parts-russia-towns.html
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https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1045689605239033857
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..this later became 'Lunar Lander' on a cart for the C64........................
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https://twitter.com/MichaelGalanin/status/1047819567203065857
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They prefer to be called Little Planets.
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They prefer to be called Little Planets.
Too bad :P
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They actually prefer to be called 'Gus.'
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Who?
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Good point.
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<sigh>
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https://twitter.com/MichaelGalanin/status/1048591604318162944
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https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1049690961549373440
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https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1050068445721694209
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https://twitter.com/MichaelGalanin/status/1050568133726101505
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^looks like the Genesis Device in action...
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https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1054473815475081218
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https://twitter.com/MichaelGalanin/status/1054802165905137665
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https://twitter.com/MichaelGalanin/status/1055902392896626688
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https://twitter.com/AtomicHeritage/status/1058796076990390273
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I blame Barth
https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1058831806714310657
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... it's... it's... it's Looking at us!!!
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'Septillion Yottawatts?'
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S' a lotta wattas.
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https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1063099328594612230
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"Winter is coming"
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http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/25781/chinas-historic-mission-to-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-is-about-more-than-science
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"Winter is coming"
I'd say, Winter came and made a mess
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https://twitter.com/hotsaucepodcast/status/1087074803373297664
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I'm raising a toast to Buzz right now. :bigthumb:
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https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1092512768941588484
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...gawsh
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https://twitter.com/MichaelGalanin/status/1093163433900556293
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Year of the pig, huh?
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https://twitter.com/JacobMargolis/status/1095436908899913729
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Oh it's still there. It's quietly building a base...
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On Mars, no one can hear you build bases..............................
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V'ger actually started with six little wheels... who knew?
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It's not dead. It's just not telling us what it's doing. :worried:
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It's not dead. It's just not telling us what it's doing. :worried:
Its not dead, its merely sleeping..............
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Probably breeding with Martian dongles to create a race of super-robots.
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...with big dongles?
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The biggest.
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........................run awaaaaayyyyyy!
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Those Martians do pack heavy I hear. ::)
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Coming soon: Terminator vs Dongle Master - Rise of the Robots
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"I'll be back.... up... soon. After I rest... and eat some oysters". ;) I'd watch it.
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https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1099710042989842432
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:waah:
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:waah:
+1000
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https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1101150059423502336
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Everybody has 200 mile volcanic plumes but us. :-[
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We have different kinds of plumes coming.
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Take it easy. It's been a while since Io's been that excited. I'm sure Io doesn't know what's wrong but it'll take a little nap and it'll all be good for the next round!
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https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1104064253537984512
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https://twitter.com/MichaelGalanin/status/1107616976514498560
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That's a, 'Maine-Worthy' storm! :o
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https://twitter.com/MichaelGalanin/status/988087010270285825
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Red, white and blue? Very patriotic Pluto! :applause:
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Look more like a planet now than it did then.
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Exactly!
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https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1109822296947073024
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https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1115251712737071104
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I fondly remember all my drunk, red-neck friends trying to shoot it down with their 30-30's back then. Good times. :bigthumb:
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https://twitter.com/AntonioParis/status/1117797291438612481
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:bigthumb:
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https://twitter.com/MichaelGalanin/status/1125850856795136006
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That's too cold even for Uggs! :o
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Yet not as cold as my ex's heart
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OUCH! New coldest place in the galaxy, 'The Ex Nebula'. :angrytongue:
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https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1128012034216550400
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/science/apollo-10-moon-nasa.html
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https://twitter.com/MichaelGalanin/status/1131957924753006592
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https://twitter.com/MichaelGalanin/status/1138088655468277760
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I like the funky look of that "fingers" nebula.
My favorite, though, is probably those two neighboring/colliding(?) galaxies in the lower left corner. There's something almost...iconic about that image.
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Looks like backgrounds for Cosmic Karen's next movie...
Err, I mean, Captain Marvel's next movie.
(https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/499/719/a5e.jpg)
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How about, "To Cree or Not To Cree". Kind of long but it fits. :-X
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Kreed
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Didn't see that film. I don't care for boxing movies.
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Apollo Cree
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https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1141786548196794368
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https://twitter.com/MichaelGalanin/status/1148027476804886528
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(https://i.imgur.com/PJ0NUT9.jpg)
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https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1160917202817695744
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Wasn't that scene from, "Moonraker"?
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:ROFL:
No, in Moonraker, they fuel their shuttles before they load them up on a 747. You know, because another 18,000 pounds of fuel makes it entirely more aerodynamic! Silly movie. :D
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What WAS I thinking? ::)
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What WAS I thinking drinking? ::)
ftfy
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Not enough..... not early enough.
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Not enough..... not nearly enough.
FTFY
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https://twitter.com/cosmicdatabase/status/1164227499443855360
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https://twitter.com/UniverCurious/status/1171432432286855170
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https://www.npr.org/2019/11/19/780602012/50-years-ago-americans-made-the-2nd-moon-landing-why-doesnt-anyone-remember
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Was that one faked too I wonder?
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Was that one faked too I wonder?
Stanley Kubrick was hired to fake the moon landing, but ever the perfectionist, he insisted on shooting on-location.
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Was that one faked too I wonder?
Better watch it, Buzz Aldrin is still alive.
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Was that one faked too I wonder?
Stanley Kubrick was hired to fake the moon landing, but ever the perfectionist, he insisted on shooting on-location.
:2funny:
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"I'm going to allow that one, Dave". :applause:
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https://twitter.com/cosmicdatabase/status/1198294993271738368
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wow... :o
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https://twitter.com/MichaelGalanin/status/1201555765061935106
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oops!
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It really is amazing none of them poked a hole in their suit! :doh:
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Maybe the stuff that they're made from is tougher than it looks.
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Still, I'm pretty sure that in their "pre-moonwalk" briefings one of the main points was DON'T FALL DOWN you'll poke a hole in something.
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Good thing they listened to their Mothers and weren't carrying sticks. 8)
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It really is amazing none of them poked a hole in their suit! :doh:
They did but there's plenty of oxygen in NASA's studio lot. :whistle:
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NASA instructions; 'Whatever you do, do NOT nip behind a rock to take a leak'..................
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It isn't one of the big manufacturer's who make the spacesuits.
It is the girdle maker, Playtex, who famously sold the Cross Your Heart bra.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90375440/the-improbable-story-of-the-bra-maker-who-won-the-right-to-make-astronaut-spacesuits
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fascinating stuff!
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https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1207096140879020032
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Remember, an ecosystem that developed something that devastatingly beautiful, also produced the Kardashians. :(
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Remember, an ecosystem that developed something that devastatingly beautiful, also produced the Kardashians. :(
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(https://i.imgflip.com/303krn.jpg)
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Seeing Keeping Up With the Kardashians is really what made Thanos want to wipe out half of all life in the universe
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If a hole opened up and swallowed that whole useless family en masse, the world would have no f*cks to give
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Seeing Keeping Up With the Kardashians is really what made Thanos want to wipe out half of all life in the universe
And this list should make him want to wipe out the rest:
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50835222 (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50835222)
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I've heard of none of those people (thank Gawd), except Markiplier and PewDiePie. I can't stand PewDiePie, but Markiplier is decent. He does a lot of charity work and seems fairly genuine.
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I thought Thanos WAS a Kardashian. :o Wasn't he the one that got OJ off by Time-Traveling back to fix the gloves so they wouldn't fit?
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Count me in!
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Sounds reasonable to me. :applause:
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EN50Bo8X0AAwLxV?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)
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I remember when we had a space program! :bigthumb:
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I remember when the Space Program was one Hot Air Balloon. :sigh:
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https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/01/12/before-2020-is-over-spacex-will-offer-satellite-br.aspx
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Man, there's a LOT of crap orbiting the earth as it is. They going to add thousands or more satellites? :idiot2:
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https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1225426422686244864
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That's "NC State alum Christina Koch" to you guys.... :bigthumb:
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So she's world famous at NC State. :hehe:
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Go Pack!
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https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1227336508551704580
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Oh wow. I remember the news making a big deal out of the 'Buck Rogers' jetpack they used.
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Oh wow. I remember the news making a big deal out of the 'Buck Rogers' jetpack they used.
Huh, I'd never heard about that before. Cool.
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Jetpacks?
There's an idea that will never get off the ground :whistle:
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Before that, astronauts had to be tethered, so those jetpacks were a pretty big deal.
So much so that they used them in Moonraker, which is not the greatest Bond movie but it has a great deal of appeal as a cheesy action flick. Though, I think the technology postdated the movie, lol.
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I think that is the only Bond film that I actually watched all the way through without getting bored.
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:2funny:
My stepfather was HUGE into Bond, and that's where I got my interest from. I find appeal in each of the movies, though some are certainly better than others. I actually enjoyed Lazenby's movie quite a bit but I know I'm in the vast minority there.
I love board games about space - I'm finding that my interest is more into 'realistic' ones, not sci-fi (though sci-fi is certainly fascinating to me). I'd find Space Corps or Terraforming Mars, for example, more appealing than Talon or Space Empires, if I had to make a choice. Though SC and TM aren't exactly 'realistic' they're more so in the bounds of a possible future reality, if that makes any sense.
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I think that is the only Bond film that I actually watched all the way through without getting bored.
really? it's widely regarded as one of the worst ones, too....
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I didn't say I liked it.
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I liked it well enough, but that's because I was about 11 when I saw it and was quite impressionable - "oooh, space, battles, Space Shuttles, awesome!!!!" ;D
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I can't remember who the Bond Girl was in that film.
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Lois Chiles as "Dr. Holly Goodhead"
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Yeah, I just googled it - can't say as I really remembered her in the way that I did with other more, erm, outstanding Bond Girls. ::)
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She was one of my favorites.
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Those names...lol
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Subtlety was not a strength of the earlier Bonds.
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I actually knew the family. The men in it weren't overly fond of the name either. ::)
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I liked it well enough, but that's because I was about 11 when I saw it and was quite impressionable - "oooh, space, battles, Space Shuttles, awesome!!!!" ;D
Yeah, that's pretty much the same reason(s) I enjoyed Moonraker as well. Plus, didn't Jaws have a Face Heel Turn and meet a girl in that one?
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I liked it well enough, but that's because I was about 11 when I saw it and was quite impressionable - "oooh, space, battles, Space Shuttles, awesome!!!!" ;D
Yeah, that's pretty much the same reason(s) I enjoyed Moonraker as well. Plus, didn't Jaws have a Face Heel Turn and meet a girl in that one?
You mean a Heel–Face Turn, but yeah, he hooks up with a girl in pig-tails.
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And Moore played the whole movie with a straight face. Now that's some acting. :go-on:
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Yeah - Roger Moore was a great actor.
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And Moore played the whole movie with a straight face. Now that's some acting. :go-on:
that anaconda didn't want none 'cuz he ain't got Moore buns, son
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Do you recall his earlier TV series, the Saint? In that he was sort of a Robin Hood character, working to catch nasty crooks and save the life savings of little old ladies.
It always seemed that he just played Bond as an older, world-wearier Saint. Things were desperate, but never really serious.
If he told a villainess that he would beat her up,. It was just an empty threat. He'd never do something so...so cadish.
Whereas if Sean Connery told a woman of evil that he would hurt her, you knew it would happen.
Watch the opening of Diamonds Are Forever. He wants revengehe for Tracy s death
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Whereas if Sean Connery told a woman of evil that he would hurt her, you knew it would happen.
Watch the opening of Diamonds Are Forever. He wants revengehe for Tracy s death
even before that, he's got several scenes in Dr No and FRWL where he gets pretty rough with different folks, including the ladies. Less so in Goldfinger / Thunderball, but he pushes a few around again in YOLT.
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You mean a Heel–Face Turn, but yeah, he hooks up with a girl in pig-tails.
Gah! Yes, that. Thanks, Staggerwing. :doh:
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https://twitter.com/Astro_Christina/status/1228037678165352449
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Awwww...we really don't deserve dogs. :)
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Those types of videos will never not make me smile.
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https://twitter.com/Astro_Christina/status/1228037678165352449
My dog acts like that every night. She''s mental.
And yeah BC - we don't deserve dogs.
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She's mental? She just got back from being in space.
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Back from being in space a long, long time!
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Touch down brought her 'round again to find it out.
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https://twitter.com/severeweatherEU/status/1233377855888859136
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(https://eu4.paradoxwikis.com/images/d/d9/CometSightedEvent.png)
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https://twitter.com/severeweatherEU/status/1233377855888859136
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Long way to go but.... :applause:
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https://twitter.com/UniverCurious/status/1269321263639605251
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Funky. :D
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How to See SpaceX's Starlink Satellite 'Train' in the Night Sky (https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellites-night-sky-visibility-guide.html)
I saw this last night without knowing what it was. I was a little freaked out, it was a steady stream of satellites spaced out evenly. I lost count around 30.
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We saw this a couple of weeks ago. My Daughter-In-Law said she saw a planes flying over after dark, then another and another and... We counted about 30 in the Western sky flying North to South in a steady stream over about 15-20 min. It was pretty freaky, just distant lights moving quickly one behind another. Sobered me up in a hurry I tell you! :o
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https://twitter.com/_TheSeaning/status/1280579766094094336
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^Very cool. Sounds like it should be visible at dusk starting July 11.
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https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1281015964990148615
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I didn't know we still had one working up there. :o Is that the original or a newer one?
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Its not really the sort of thing that you can trade in for a newer model. Thoughts of little green 4-armed Mars Rover dealers.
..Low mileage, relatively speaking, only one careful owner.....................
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I thought both had died. So one is still working? Damn, they got their money's worth outta that one. :applause: Unless....'somebody' wants it to keep going. :o
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I thought both had died. So one is still working? Damn, they got their money's worth outta that one. :applause: Unless....'somebody' wants it to keep going. :o
Matt Damon is up there repairing them
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And, Sciencing the s--t out of it.
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Got out with the wife to see NEOWISE tonight. We needed binoculars to see it well but it was very cool. We also saw the ISS fly overhead.
I am an unapologetic space geek. :nerd:
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That's awesome, doctorquest! I suddenly wish I had binoculars. :)
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hat sounds great :bigthumb:
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https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1286466175011086338
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Never heard that one. That’s really cool. :bigthumb:
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No comments about Armstrong's Wood yet? :sigh: Guys! Come on. We have a reputation to uphold.
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Taking a fragment of the Wright flyer to the moon?
That is so wrong.
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Taking a fragment of the Wright flyer to the moon?
That is so wrong.
I mean, it's better than a fragment of Frank Sinatra
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;D :applause:
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Well, we all know you'd do it your way.
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Well, we all know you'd do it your way.
Seems like Neil Armstrong earned that privilege.
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https://mashable.com/article/saturn-image-nasa/
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That's an amazingly crisp photo for being over 800 million miles away. :applause:
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Absolutely stunning.
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Last Friday (2 October 2020) was the launch of Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility near Chincoteague Island, VA. It was a cargo supply mission for the International Space Station. I recorded this video on my iPhone. My POV was looking across water towards the Chesapeake Bay and in the direction of the launch site. Not great quality but still pretty cool to watch.
Antares Launch Video (http://www.aarcentral.com/vid/AntaresLaunch.m4v)
(https://blogs.nasa.gov/northropgrumman/wp-content/uploads/sites/291/2020/10/50404386988_5807b02509_o-scaled.jpg)
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^^^ Very cool.
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Agreed! :applause:
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That was very cool. Thank you for sharing. I realized about 30 seconds into watching the video, even though there was no audio, in my head I heard the sound of a rocket taking off, based upon other lift-offs I've seen over the years. :nerd:
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CNZ8n1ovcbw
Was reminiscing with my brother and he reminded me of this 1950s TV show.
Somehow seems appropriate to the Space Force.
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Wow, nice throwback. :D
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Weapon or not? China denies testing nuclear-capable orbital glider
https://www.aerotime.aero/29223-china-nuclear-capable-hypersonic-orbital-glider