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billslugg replied to the thread Orbitting farmlands.I studied for a ten week semester at a desk with a window overlooking a parking lot illuminated by a streetlight. All summer long the... -
billslugg replied to the thread Underwater pressure generator.Skin friction can be reduced or eliminated by a cavitation bubble or a lot of tiny air bubbles. What cannot be eliminated is the...
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billslugg replied to the thread Drones Over NJ.Shoot a couple down, see who complains.
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BTW, I don't like all the red, so I've changed the colors so only the likely toasted exoplanets are red, followed by the less hellish...
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billslugg replied to the thread First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don't learn from history.All testimony can be dismissed as gold digging. All photos can be dismissed as fake. All physical objects can be dismissed as fake until...
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billslugg replied to the thread WOW Decoded? ..... 6 E Q U J 5.You are free to believe anything you want. I pay attention only to mainstream physics. Best of luck to you.
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billslugg replied to the thread Hubble Telescope gets closest-ever look at a quasar, sees ‘weird things’.The gravity of the BH or neutron star draws material in from all directions. Collisions among the various trajectories of the incoming...
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billslugg replied to the thread What would a magnus effect rotor do on the moon?.The reason the Magnus rotor would serve no practical purpose it that it would do nothing. It would not put a ball in a hole. It would...
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billslugg replied to the thread A 'giant' rising in the desert: World's largest telescope comes together (photo).The focal length of the primary mirror is 743.4 meters. Such a large structure would be hard to make.
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billslugg replied to the thread What would a magnus effect rotor do on the moon?.The cricket's Magnus rotor would interact with the solar wind. The derived forces would be negligible. The device would have no...
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billslugg replied to the thread Exoplanet Stats.You get a big planet with many times Earth's gravity and lots of water and insolation, there are going to be some big storms.
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billslugg replied to the thread Electromagnetic field kite.Any propulsion mechanism working against the local magnetic field must be aware they can only go in two directions, due north or due...
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Recessional speed from expansion is not an issue. Einstein's theories do not say that recessional speed (the addition of space between...
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billslugg replied to the thread Underwater pressure generator.No, I will not refrain from making negative comments, but I will make them only when warranted and I will give my reasons. In cases...
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billslugg replied to the thread Question Humans 11th Successful Asteroid Impact Warning.The probability of an asteroid is very small but must be protected against. Only by knowing their exact orbits can we make plans. We...
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