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Mars rover launch successful by TB November 26, 2011 10:11 am
  • The landing is indeed the hard part. Although the technology has been used by the military for some time, ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-11-26 11:17:19
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    • Friendly question, I don't know the answer. Where has the military used this landing process? by bowser 2011-11-27 13:57:26
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      • I saw something online a couple years ago but am having a hard time finding it. It was an ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-12-05 18:26:25
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        • Probably lowering stuff from helicopters? Just a guess. by TB 2011-11-27 14:42:51
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      Oppy's Thanksgiving by RobVG November 24, 2011 12:40 pm
        Neutrinos are FTL-capable again. by Robert November 18, 2011 11:12 am
        • ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-11-23 17:26:51
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          • How about if the acceleration is constant but the speed is not. Do photons accelerate to their propagation speed; if so, ... by johannes 2011-11-19 18:41:35
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            • Maybe half true...density does matter to photons, however...it does not matter to its neutrino carrier, so when the photons "stop", ... by Jody 2011-11-25 08:55:56
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              • I'd say that if there's acceleration, then the speed won't be constant. But the basic conceptual problem here is that ... by Robert 2011-11-19 19:17:04
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                • That is an interesting concept, it would mean that the photon is moving at the speed of light even when ... by johannes 2011-11-20 19:30:17
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              • Wouldn't the speed of light be the speed of perception? The observable? Maybe neutrinos are the speed of the unobservable? by Jody 2011-11-19 10:54:28
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                • It sure would. Sounds like you've been plugged into the Krell machine again ;-) When I puzzled it out, it began ... by Robert 2011-11-19 13:26:52
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                • Newtonian physics explained things well until more sophisticated clocks came along. Einstein was complemented by quantum mechanics. As measurements get ... by bowser 2011-11-18 14:58:39
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                  • What makes Alcubierre's idea so clever is that it doesn't actually violate Einsteinian physics. The ship would be motionless inside ... by Robert 2011-11-18 18:28:29
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                    • When Spock looks at the readout, it says "unknown form of radiation." by TB 2011-11-18 19:41:00
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                      • You're right that "radiation" is ambiguous, and now that I think about it, Spock's cliche is "unknown form of energy". ... by Robert 2011-11-19 13:40:35
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                  What if: by Jody November 16, 2011 8:53 am
                  • Hmmm, Looks like somebody's been using the Krell Educator by RobVG 2011-11-16 17:37:18
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                    • Wrong VGer...This Personally I like the deer in the headlights look myself...I wear it well. by Jody 2011-11-16 20:09:05
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                    • ...on the hedron collider, because it is round, all we will ever be able to see are mathematical instances. Run ... by Jody 2011-11-16 10:59:34
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                      • this even takes out the fun of the double slit experiment. Because in an perfect vacuum where this takes place ... by Jody 2011-11-16 11:01:08
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                        • OK, what have you done with the real Jody? by Eri 2011-11-21 05:33:21
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                          • Resistance was futile for carbon based unit. by Jody 2011-11-21 09:27:06
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                            • Heh...my son, a buddy of his and I brainstormed for over a week on and off until we came up ... by Jody 2011-11-21 11:36:54
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                      MSL Sampling Tools by RobVG November 15, 2011 9:44 am
                        No airbags by RobVG November 14, 2011 9:00 am
                        • What happens to the sky crane assuming all goes as planned, lands and becomes another lab? by FrankC 2011-11-15 19:13:14
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                          • Hmmm, apparently it just flies off and crashes. Seems like they could get some little experimental value from it's final ... by FrankC 2011-11-15 20:47:18
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                          • As TB says, what could possibly go wrong? I sure hope that works, but I'd bet against it if ... by bowser 2011-11-14 19:02:22
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                            • I feel the same way by RobVG 2011-11-14 19:26:07
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                            The landing procedure by RobVG November 14, 2011 8:47 am
                              Curiosity will be nuclear powered by RobVG November 13, 2011 11:17 pm
                              • Seems to me to be a superb option. More reliable without the extremely large solar panels necessary to power ... by bowser 2011-11-14 05:00:06
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                                Curiosity to look for organic matter by RobVG November 13, 2011 11:13 pm
                                  Voted out of the Solar System by TB November 12, 2011 7:43 pm
                                    Bioluminescence on camera by Jody November 12, 2011 3:31 pm
                                      Asteroid on the way? Figure out the damage... by TB November 12, 2011 11:24 am
                                      • Post edited out at the request of RobVG for containing subjective elements. Arf by bowser 2011-11-12 14:03:40
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                                        • Oh here we go "again"! by RobVG 2011-11-12 16:00:59
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                                          • You Da Man, Rob. While I believe there is a human element to Space science, and emotions and subjective ... by bowser 2011-11-12 17:32:46
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                                            • Now "you" are doing it- "I" was joking this time. Sheesh n/t by RobVG 2011-11-12 17:55:28
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                                          • The reality is very complicated. by TB 2011-11-12 14:12:28
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                                          • That's fun- thanks. But the metric system takes (some of) the fun out of it. Who want's to do conversions ... by 2011-11-12 13:32:59
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                                            • Who are you, poster? You've posted without identity. Thank you. by Eri 2011-11-13 13:36:00
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