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Space

StarfoxStarfox
edited July 2008 in Everything Else
This thread was started in light of all the space/astronomy-related news that has been coming out recently.

The oven on Phoenix may short out at any time. This is bad, especially for a mission that has been flawless up until now.

Water detected in Mercury's atmosphere. This is amazing.

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  • StarfoxStarfox
    The moon has some water too. If this is confirmed, it raises some interesting questions about the Moon's early life. The original paper can be found here, but you need to pay for it.
  • gomidoggomidog
    Is it true that mars does not have much carbon in it's soil?
  • StarfoxStarfox
    I don't know anything about how much carbon Mars has. It's all iron oxide, or rust. I'll investigate.
  • La Petit MortLa Petit Mort
    I would have expected this thread to have more posts.
  • BronzdragonBronzdragon
    The moon has some water too. If this is confirmed, it raises some interesting questions about the Moon's early life. The original paper can befound here, but you need to pay for it.
    Wasn't there a theory on how earth got it's water? That being there being two planets and then colliding? the 2nd one became our moon. I got this of discovery channel, so...
  • StarfoxStarfox
    You mean how the Earth got its moon?
  • StarfoxStarfox
    There was a press conference about the Phoenix lander. It got some ice into the oven, which was good, because it had gotten stuck in the scoop. Also, they have enough power to go on for longer than they initially expected.
  • Kate MonsterKate Monster
    ... the final frontier
    These are the voyages of the Starship, Frontrowcrew
    Its 5.296 year mission
    To explore strange new geekeries
    To seek out new technology and new media
    To prattle on about what no man has prattled about before...
  • StarfoxStarfox
    Space X becomes the first private company to launch a liquid-fuel rocket into orbit. This is awesome for many reasons. Fourth time's the charm, apparently.
  • StarfoxStarfox
    We have the first images of planets in other star systems. Think about that. We took a picture of a planet orbiting another star. Science kicks ass.
  • Li_AkahiLi_Akahi
    ... the final frontier
    These are the voyages of the Starship, Frontrowcrew
    Its 5.296 year mission
    To explore strange new geekeries
    To seek out new technology and new media
    To prattle on about what no man has prattled about before...
    I was waiting for someone to make a joke along these lines.
  • LusankyaLusankya
    edited November 2008
    I immediately thought of elevators when I read the thread title.
    Post edited by Lusankya on
  • StarfoxStarfox
    edited October 2014
    SpaceShipTwo crashed. Looks like one pilot died :(
    Post edited by Starfox on
  • StarfoxStarfox
    Gravity waves, they're real. General relativity was right again. One ticket to Stockholm, please.
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