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billslugg reacted to Inmymind's post in the thread The largest volcano on Mars may sit above a 1,000-mile magma pool. Could Olympus Mons erupt again? with
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I'm struggling to find the connection between post #12, and onwards, with the original article "The largest volcano on Mars may sit... -
billslugg replied to the thread There was some tension in the room', NASA says of decision to bring Boeing's Starliner spacecraft home without astronauts.They have stated the most probable cause is poor thermal design, resulting in overheating which melted Teflon seals and clogged some...
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billslugg reacted to Inmymind's post in the thread The largest volcano on Mars may sit above a 1,000-mile magma pool. Could Olympus Mons erupt again? with Like.
I found this useful (hope it's reliable) :-...
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billslugg replied to the thread Massive radio survey reveals our universe's structure at the largest scales.The center anisotropy in the second image shows the rotation of the Milky Way galaxy. The outer, larger, anisotropy is from our galaxy's...
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billslugg replied to the thread Question CYCLIC UNIVERSE.The jets are very narrow, this due to strong magnetic fields. Particles can only escape at the magnetic poles where the field lines are...
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billslugg replied to the thread If outside at noon, can I look at where the earth will be in 3 months relative to the sun?.As viewed from any spot on Earth, the Sun moves, along with the stars behind it, every day, from east to west, taking about 12 hours...
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billslugg replied to the thread If outside at noon, can I look at where the earth will be in 3 months relative to the sun?.As viewed from Earth, the Sun appears to move against the background sky. It moves along the ecliptic, in an easterly direction, making...
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billslugg replied to the thread The largest volcano on Mars may sit above a 1,000-mile magma pool. Could Olympus Mons erupt again?.We are talking two different things. I am talking about launching a projectile from the surface of a sphere, neglecting air friction and...
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billslugg replied to the thread If outside at noon, can I look at where the earth will be in 3 months relative to the sun?.If you are standing on top of the North Pole (in Summer) and looking at the Sun at noon, the spot where the Earth will be in 3 months is...
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billslugg replied to the thread Could we turn the sun into a gigantic telescope?.There is no need for a mirror at the "telescope" situated at the gravitational focal point of the Sun. All that's needed is a detector...
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billslugg reacted to Torbjorn Larsson's post in the thread Exoplanets may be hiding behind the 'Neptunian ridge with Like.
The paper suggests the high-eccentricity tidal migration for the ridge based on earlier orbit data (a surplus of elliptical orbits) but...
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billslugg replied to the thread The largest volcano on Mars may sit above a 1,000-mile magma pool. Could Olympus Mons erupt again?.It is not possible to put into orbit any satellite launched from the planet using a single impulse. There must be at least two, one to...
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billslugg replied to the thread Question Mars' daylight.If algae is easy to grow but not tasty, perhaps we could feed it to algae eating fish rather than make it into dirt.
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Today I received a copy of Sphereland! I attempted to read from the beginning. I did not realise that the books were opposite...
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billslugg reacted to Admin's post in the thread Astronaut captures stunning timelapse of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS from ISS (video) with Like.
A video filmed by NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick shows a rare glimpse of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as seen from the International Space...
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