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MMeteoric Marmot replied to the thread Astronomers realize mysterious TV signal in their data bounced off an airplane.It seems obvious to me that the long-term future of terrestrial astronomy is bleak, but we are still building telescopes. I think we...
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MMeteoric Marmot replied to the thread Putin axes Yuri Borisov, head of Russia's space agency.Maybe at 39 he hasn't built up an extensive enough "old crony network" to be as totally corrupt as his predecessor. Or not. Advancement...
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MMeteoric Marmot replied to the thread What brand of golf ball did Alan Shepard hit off the moon? The world may never know.Given the cost per pound of items sent to the moon back then, the value of those balls is truly astronomical.
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MMeteoric Marmot replied to the thread ‘Tragedy of the commons’ in space: We need to act now to prevent an orbital debris crisis, scientists say.Satellites old enough to be defunct are unlikely to harbour any tech that is relevant. Satellites typically spend several years in...
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MMeteoric Marmot replied to the thread Boom Supersonic XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on historic test flight (video).As an engineer, I geek out on the whole no-boom development process. As a human hoping to maintain a livable planet, I'm disgusted that...
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MMeteoric Marmot replied to the thread Meet Endurance, a pioneering NASA moon rover designed to survive the frigid lunar night.Program it to hunt for valuable minerals (gold, diamond, etc.) and the budget issues will go away. ;)
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MMeteoric Marmot replied to the thread ‘Tragedy of the commons’ in space: We need to act now to prevent an orbital debris crisis, scientists say.Spaceballs have the answer.
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MMeteoric Marmot replied to the thread NASA will fly F-15s through supersonic shock waves behind its experimental X-57 jet.X-57 is 75% correct.
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MMeteoric Marmot replied to the thread Wonky row crops and 'possessed' tractors: The surprising impact of solar storms on modern farming.Obviously the designers of these farm machines failed to consider the possibility of GPS disruptions. Good programming practice would...
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MMeteoric Marmot replied to the thread New celestial navigation tech could make drones stealthier.I expect that the emitted signal from GPS navigation systems isn't a result of intentional transmission, but rather is leakage from the...
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MMeteoric Marmot replied to the thread Mysterious, record-breaking energy burst connected to dead star and red dwarf."It is an absolute gold mine for discovering more phenomena in our universe, and the data are a playground for astronomers." Since...
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MMeteoric Marmot replied to the thread Cataclysmic' solar storm hit Earth around 2687 years ago, ancient tree rings reveal.It would be useful to know if these events happened at the peak of the solar cycle, but I'm assuming there's no way to discern that so...
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