Recent content by ReuvenF

There was an episode on TOS where the "hippies" wanted to go to the Planet Eden that was CERTAINLY a musical. So...

Personally, all I can think is, how we spent probably tens of millions of dollars -- if not more -- to send machines to another planet, so they can take pictures of one another. How exactly does that advance the cause of pure science or justify the expense?

What kind of time-frame are we looking at for the collision to occur?

BRILLIANT Question! I was wondering the same thing. OTOH, I thought, if we can detect it optically and with X-rays, shouldn't we be able to...? OTOH, what ARE gravitational waves made of? OTOH, gravitational waves made an acousitc signal last time. OTOH, whew! I'm out of hands. Still...