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billslugg replied to the thread Why is there something instead of nothing in conjunction with time and the fourth spatial dimension?.You lost me at the first inappropriately capitalized word. -
billslugg replied to the thread More support for about 2 trillion galaxies.The tectonic plate it is on, the African plate, is moving northward at 5" per year. In 150 years the line of latitude will dead center...
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billslugg replied to the thread More support for about 2 trillion galaxies.I'm still baffled by the fact that latitude 29.9792458°N passes through the top step in the Great Hall inside the Great Pyramid at Giza...
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billslugg replied to the thread More support for about 2 trillion galaxies.1E23 Suspiciously close to Avogadro's number, 6E23. Hmmm...
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billslugg replied to the thread Question Could Schumann Resonance Be Used for Planetary Exploration & Deep Space Communication?.Many things resonate when we hit them with a strong beam of energy, always a possibility for exploration sake. ELF shows lowest possible...
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billslugg reacted to Helio's post in the thread Wow! Private lunar lander watches 'diamond ring' eclipse from the surface of the moon (photo) with
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Thanks Bill. At first glance, it looks as if we are seeing prominences (ring), though blurred, along the limb, hence my question. -
billslugg replied to the thread Wow! Private lunar lander watches 'diamond ring' eclipse from the surface of the moon (photo).The only "Diamond Ring" is at 4 o'clock where the Sun is. The rest of it is the Earth's atmosphere. For this eclipse the tangent line...
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billslugg reacted to arturo.v.dominguez@gmail.'s post in the thread Is Travel to Mars really out if the question? with Like.
The government can up to a point facilitate the safety of our daily lives. As for after that point it's up to us.
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billslugg replied to the thread Is Travel to Mars really out if the question?.The only legitimate role of government is to make it safe for us to go about our daily lives. If NASA can tie space related R&D to that...
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billslugg replied to the thread NASA switches off Voyager instruments to extend life of the two interstellar spacecraft 'Every day could be our last..Correct, it is only on paper and with laboratory examples. This is the "development" you were asking about. The development is done. Now...
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billslugg replied to the thread New recipe for gravity could unite Einstein's general relativity with quantum physics — and probe the dark universe.The Sun certainly gives off mass in all directions. Due to the high temperatures, most of it is ionized, most of the ions electrons and...
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billslugg reacted to Ken Fabian's post in the thread Is Travel to Mars really out if the question? with Like.
Sorry, I am not impressed by Wright brothers comparisons; air travel developed because there was strong existing demand and willingness...
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billslugg reacted to El Hado Helado's post in the thread New recipe for gravity could unite Einstein's general relativity with quantum physics — and probe the dark universe with Like.
Yes, without matter, space and time do not exist, but the image of something, let's say, an Universe with the shape of a ball, a Mobius...
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billslugg replied to the thread New recipe for gravity could unite Einstein's general relativity with quantum physics — and probe the dark universe.The universe does not expand into empty space. It expands into itself.
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billslugg reacted to El Hado Helado's post in the thread New recipe for gravity could unite Einstein's general relativity with quantum physics — and probe the dark universe with Like.
There are some concept issues in article and comments: Please provide a definition of what the heck the force is. Something must exist...
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