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CFCYYZ t1_jed276p wrote
Reply to How they take planet sounds by faLlzinhogameplays
Exoplanet Symphony: Listen to TRAPPIST-1 Worlds' Orbital Music
We can use the orbital periods of planets as frequencies of notes, decreasing in pitch with solar distance. Depending on the mapping method and star system, you can hear planetary orbital resonances.
CFCYYZ t1_jdykgnz wrote
Red Mars, Blue Mars, Green Mars, are the three titles in Kim Stanley Robinson's famous sci-fi trilogy. How we colonize and terraform Mars.
While we dream of making Mars look like Earth, we are busy making Earth look like Mars.
Terraform Earth. It's easier, cheaper, faster, with benefits to every human.
CFCYYZ t1_jdoza7c wrote
Reply to My camera setup on the International Space station. More details in comments. by astro_pettit
Great shot Don, given your tight quarters and exposure.
We have come a long way since John Glenn's drug store Minolta Ansco Autoset.
You go to great lengths for your craft. It shows, sir. It shows, indeed.
CFCYYZ t1_jdhqg6z wrote
An inexpensive circumcision is cut-rate, like 50% off.
CFCYYZ t1_jdfdmd5 wrote
Math and physics skills translate well to astrophysics.
Computational astronomy is also another avenue.
At 27 you are well positioned in age to become expert.
First though, how can you make a living at it and who pays?
Good fortune to you.
CFCYYZ t1_jd60wvt wrote
Reply to Random thought I had in science class by VanCro999
Leave Mars be; there is much to learn.
While we dream of making Mars look like Earth, we are busy making Earth look like Mars.
Terraform Earth.
CFCYYZ t1_jbr2031 wrote
Rocket Lab has $38M on deposit with SVB or 7.9% of their total cash on hand. That is not chump change, it is a launch. They should come out bruised but OK. It's the small fry that will be hit hardest. Good luck Out There!
CFCYYZ t1_jbc2ptp wrote
Don't worry about your Mom. Like the Moon, its just a passing phase.
CFCYYZ t1_ja9fbke wrote
Reply to comment by ExpertDingleberry in Regarding buying a telescope by Smitrang
Agreed XDinglberry. I suggest to all beginning astronomers they find a decent pair of new or used 10 x 50 binocs and get a star map or software. Learn to constellation hop and identify things Out There. If interest is lost, there is no scope to unload at a loss, and the binocs are still good for a day's birding or at the beach.
CFCYYZ t1_ja51v41 wrote
Reply to comment by GrimmBrowncoat in Someone asked me if I knew who Pavlov was… by GrimmBrowncoat
What hump? (Young Frankenstein)
CFCYYZ t1_j9ypgdi wrote
What is a metaphor?
A place to keep a horse.
OK, OK, I'll leave.
CFCYYZ t1_j9hudtt wrote
Like you, I did not have the heavy math skills to be a space scientist, or even an engineer. But I did have enough skills and luck to work in satellite electronics. Not design, but assembly. Later I moved to training and facility duties. Learn what you can and do what you can. Luck!
CFCYYZ t1_j9djy4h wrote
Almost like Marty MacFly, almost.
CFCYYZ t1_j9bcrjb wrote
Reply to How do I say I hate you in a nice way? by CoolEqual
>"I never forget a face, but in your case, I'll be glad to make an exception."
- Groucho Marx
CFCYYZ t1_j8uxm10 wrote
Reply to If someone were to hypothetically put a sun next to ours as a binary system, would this increase the length of the habitable zone radius of the system? by Country_Royal
A twin G class solar system is kinda like the Alpha/Beta Centauri system. There, two main suns orbit each other with a third red dwarf, and everything else orbits them. Depending on the inter-solar distance and barycenter, planets in such systems may follow peculiar orbits. For example, a rocky planet like ours may orbit in and out of the Habitable Zone, so hard for life to arise.
Make your own star system and play with it.
Click Lab and then the pull down for binary star, planet.
Turn on Path to see planet's wild orbits in a binary star system. There are other systems too.
CFCYYZ t1_j8pb2ho wrote
Reply to Cried tonight. by [deleted]
You never forget your first time. Stay starstruck!
CFCYYZ t1_j8l9lm7 wrote
Micrometeors zip along at 10 to 15 km per second. Something smaller than a pea has the same kinetic energy as a speeding car. Stopping or deflecting that is not easy.
There are "bumper" hull designs that use a series of spaced layers. These are penetrated in turn, slowing anything dangerous. Safe, but at the cost of an expensive heavy multi layer hull.
CFCYYZ t1_j893923 wrote
Reply to In this rare image taken on July 19, 2013, the wide-angle camera on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured Saturn’s rings and our planet Earth and its moon in the same frame. (NASA/JPL) by Rifletree
>It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building
experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of
human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it
underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and
to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever
known.
- Carl Sagan Full text
CFCYYZ t1_j6kb5ie wrote
Reply to tik-BAM!-tik-BAM!-tik-BAM! by zman4
Everybody must get stoned.
- Bob Dylan
CFCYYZ t1_j5ps6rt wrote
Reply to Singer-songwriter songs about death by [deleted]
Masters of War - Bob Dylan.....This link to the fine acapella cover by The Flying Pickets
Dust In The Wind - Kansas
I Want My Baby Back - Jimmy Cross....Hallowe'en novelty song
CFCYYZ t1_j5mdado wrote
Reply to Music for a bar by Effective-Patience67
Check Concrete Jungle by Monty Alexander. Marley reggae jazz
CFCYYZ t1_jefboma wrote
Reply to My doctor told me that I had a healthy prostate. by 1963Jan
Look, I am reluctant to correct you, but you have hemorrhoids, not asteroids.
And you want to see a proctologist, not an astronaut.