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A question for ER by bowser March 22, 2012 11:43 pm
  • Flex by RobVG 2012-03-23 09:22:44
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    • I was in Deck Dept. Those guys in the black gang (Hull Dept), are all crazy. We used to ... by ER 2012-03-23 10:38:57
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      • That's about an inch of torque deflection every three feet or so. That sounds pretty high for high-strength steel. by TB 2012-03-23 10:04:35
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        • I don't remember my ship flexing like that, but we were much smaller, and much more ruggedly built and internally ... by ER 2012-03-23 10:24:02
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          • This is one thing we need to fix if we want good spacecraft. Vehicles planetside (mainly air and sea ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-23 20:18:43
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            • Everything constructed to resist any kind of load will "flex" under that load. by TB 2012-03-23 21:43:14
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              • I did notice that in the video. I also noticed all the parts that were flying off the shuttle ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-24 00:44:01
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                • That's ice coming loose. by TB 2012-03-24 11:09:13
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      • That's a pretty standard high speed turn, its what destroyers are designed to do, high-speed maneuvers while chasing or dodging ... by ER 2012-03-23 05:28:19
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        • Appendix by ER 2012-03-23 06:51:39
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        SpaceX on "60 Minutes" by TB March 19, 2012 7:14 pm
        • Saw it. Touching when Musk teared up talking about Armstrong and Cernan and their criticism. (n/t) by RobVG 2012-03-19 20:59:35
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          Space Shuttle: riding the boosters by TB March 19, 2012 10:55 am
          • Great video. There is so much video and telemetry coming from something like a shuttle launch. How do ... by bowser 2012-03-19 12:01:15
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            • Nearest I can tell, it's magic. by TB 2012-03-19 12:45:05
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              • It seems so. "Harry, we're getting a .2 undervolt reading on your watch battery. You may want to ... by bowser 2012-03-19 13:15:55
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                • The down side... by TB 2012-03-19 13:52:19
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                • It makes some sort of sense to me, if very little. If broadcasts on frequencies are refined enough, they ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-19 13:12:11
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              Neutrino radio! by TB March 15, 2012 11:18 am
              • That's more than a little intriguing. Seems a bit like the telegraph in 1840, barely practical but a proven ... by bowser 2012-03-18 18:14:24
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                • Only question is, can it work longer distances? Let's send them to Japan, Canada, or the South Pole. ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-15 13:05:20
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                  Infrared Atlas of the Sky by ER March 14, 2012 8:18 pm
                  • Artifacts would be much cooler than even the coolest stars, but much warmer than most gases, rocks, etc. By simultaneously ... by ER 2012-03-14 21:07:09
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                    • I'm at the limits of my knowledge of astronomical technique. by TB 2012-03-15 08:39:24
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                      • You seem to have a pretty good intuitive grasp of astronomical technique, particularly since you haven't been trained in it. ... by ER 2012-03-15 12:01:48
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                    • The snag is that even a pretty impressive IR source will get washed out by the star it's orbiting. by TB 2012-03-14 20:38:38
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                      *Unmanly squeal* by Vitruvius March 14, 2012 12:16 am
                      • Political compass by Robert 2012-03-14 11:48:58
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                        • The methods used by astronomers to detect exoplanets around nearby stars all have severe limitations. These methods include 1)Transit. ... by ER 2012-03-14 04:40:27
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                          • I wonder if the detected planets so far have any pattern to their orbital planes relative to the galactic plane? by TB 2012-03-14 07:37:26
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                            • There is no "up and down" or "back and forth" in space, Only tilted toward or away from us. ... by ER 2012-03-14 14:23:25
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                              • I was thinking local perspective, as seen through a telescope. To be more precise, any number of extra-solar planetary ... by TB 2012-03-14 16:17:46
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                                • Its a reasonable question, but the galaxy is very old, almost as old as the universe itself, about 14 Gyr ... by ER 2012-03-14 18:14:19
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                                  • I'd say that's probably a pretty accurate take on it. by TB 2012-03-14 20:04:37
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                              • No. As you surmise in your last post, the two have absolutely no causal relation to one another. by ER 2012-03-14 13:54:03
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                                • Hmmmm. by TB 2012-03-14 09:35:26
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                                  • An ellipse tilted relative to our line of sight is still an ellipse (of different apparent shape). So there ... by ER 2012-03-14 14:01:31
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                                    • Our own solar system has no alignment with the galactic plane. by TB 2012-03-14 10:01:13
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                                James Cameron's Deepsea Challenger by TB March 8, 2012 10:42 pm
                                • Interview with Cameron, here. by TB 2012-03-13 18:30:01
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                                  Frozen Planet by Jody March 11, 2012 1:02 pm
                                    Time crystals could be legitimate form of perpetual motion by Jody February 28, 2012 9:20 am
                                    • *Moments after picking up pieces of my brain* Okay, so from what I can understand from this (that being ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-09 19:22:54
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                                      Bad ideas for rocket propellants by TB March 5, 2012 9:50 pm
                                      • Sounds like the stuff would be more useful for explosive devices. Or would that break one of the Geneva ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-09 19:16:09
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                                        • Chlorine tri-flouride? It seems to me there's a lot of free chlorine and flourine when that stuff comes unglued. I'd ... by bowser 2012-03-06 00:56:03
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                                          • test Tom Bombadil by visitor 2012-03-06 21:36:45
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                                            • Little known fact: by TB 2012-03-06 21:55:05
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                                              • test3 Bombadil by visitor 2012-03-06 21:40:16
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                                            Solar flare coming by TB March 7, 2012 12:17 pm
                                            • I live in eternal fear of this day. It's like the next Big One here in California - we ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-09 19:11:51
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                                              • Oh hell Tom...we all know it will fall to earth and procreate other little(!) solar flares right on Texas. Fort Worth, ... by Jody 2012-03-07 13:04:34
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                                                • Sigh! All those electrical particles. More than you can count. If you can harness them, or, since you being Texan (pardon ... by Jeff-Wash 2012-03-08 18:20:15
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                                                  • Turned out to be kind of a dud. We got lucky. by TB 2012-03-08 19:50:07
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                                                    • Sunspot AR1429 has unleashed another strong solar flare. And it is headed straight toward us. http://spaceweather.com/ by johannes 2012-03-09 13:01:13
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                                                      • I believe that hit Persimmon Pass, UT, and took it off the map. At least I couldn't find it. by bowser 2012-03-09 19:03:20
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                                                Aligned planets: Interesting celestial show. by johannes February 24, 2012 10:37 am
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