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Space News

Posted: January 26th, 2014, 9:07 pm
by The Swollen Goiter of God

Re: Space News

Posted: January 26th, 2014, 9:51 pm
by Space Tycoon
Them scientists don't know nothin'.

Re: Space News

Posted: January 27th, 2014, 4:48 am
by Dalty
Ask the witches, they will know what is what.

Re: Space News

Posted: January 27th, 2014, 8:09 pm
by Space Tycoon
It's inspiring to see Prof. Hawking's still kickin' it after all these years.

Re: Space News

Posted: January 27th, 2014, 10:46 pm
by Mal Shot First
At this point, he could just be making this shit up. I don't know if anyone could tell.

Re: Space News

Posted: January 27th, 2014, 10:51 pm
by The Swollen Goiter of God
Intense specialization, in-field supremacy, and acknowledged genius form a dangerous cocktail. Who's qualified to challenge his assertions?

Re: Space News

Posted: January 28th, 2014, 1:58 am
by Dalty
Me.

But Ol' Dribbly Wheels is legit. The post of Jubboiter's chief science advisor is as good as filled.

Re: Space News

Posted: January 28th, 2014, 8:19 am
by The Swollen Goiter of God
Sounds like he already has you hawking for him.

Are you doing it of your own volition, or did he pay you with some of his science money?

You already have plenty of the regular kind of money. The regular kind of money may as well be confetti. Science money, on the other hand, is a rare commodity.

Re: Space News

Posted: January 28th, 2014, 1:28 pm
by Dalty
It's as rare as Bitcoins but unlike those wasn't just invented out of thin air by people who start to sweat at the sight of a woman.

Re: Space News

Posted: January 29th, 2014, 9:12 am
by Space Tycoon
I guess that's why I'm more into planetary, near-Earth type astronomy... more direct observational evidence and research, less speculation.

Until we can send a probe to a black hole, or set up a super-telescope in deep space, we will be rather limited in what we know of them.

Re: Space News

Posted: February 2nd, 2014, 11:32 pm
by Space Tycoon

Re: Space News

Posted: February 3rd, 2014, 1:16 pm
by Dalty
I get a 404 error. :(

Re: Space News

Posted: February 3rd, 2014, 1:58 pm
by The Swollen Goiter of God
Try this one.

Re: Space News

Posted: February 3rd, 2014, 2:22 pm
by Dalty
Hey, they found water on that dwarf planet!

Re: Space News

Posted: February 4th, 2014, 11:35 pm
by Space Tycoon
Thank you Goits.

Looks like we have yet another potential spot for life in the solar system. And if not, then at least a place to refuel when we get serious about planetary exploration.

Re: Space News

Posted: February 4th, 2014, 11:41 pm
by The Swollen Goiter of God
No problem. Looks like you were just missing an "l" at the end of the URL. It's quite possible they could have changed it themselves after you posted it.

Re: Space News

Posted: February 5th, 2014, 8:32 am
by Dalty
Sooooooooo, I have a stupid space question re: life in our solar system....

Re: Space News

Posted: February 5th, 2014, 9:36 am
by The Swollen Goiter of God
No, Dalty, there are no people living on Ol' Luna.

Re: Space News

Posted: February 5th, 2014, 9:54 am
by Dalty
Well, it's like this. We keep walking about down here proclaiming how there is no life in our solar system, right?

But we define life as, well, cellular or a big ol' collection of cells and DNA and carbon and water based gubbins because that is what 'life' is here after a bajillion gazillion years.

But a lot of planets in our solar system are gas planets or other some such weirdness.

So, how do we know they don't contain life? Life that is gas based after all that evolution rather than carbon based like us? And that because we have absolutely no idea what to be looking for, we would have no way to find them or even how to recognise them as 'life' ???

Just sayin'!!

Re: Space News

Posted: February 5th, 2014, 10:12 am
by Mal Shot First
You have to narrow down your search somehow because it would be extremely inefficient to look for evidence of life everywhere. Because the only type of life forms we know are carbon-based and thrive in environments with water (and sunlight), those are the kinds of environments that scientists are looking for.

Re: Space News

Posted: February 5th, 2014, 10:25 am
by The Swollen Goiter of God
If they ain't made o' meat, we ain't give a fuck.

Re: Space News

Posted: February 5th, 2014, 12:32 pm
by Dalty
So it's life, but only on our narrow terms dictated by this lump of mud and rock and runny stuff?

Re: Space News

Posted: February 5th, 2014, 12:47 pm
by The Swollen Goiter of God
Now you're getting it.

Re: Space News

Posted: February 5th, 2014, 1:03 pm
by Dalty
Then I call foul on our definition of life, as it's arrogant.

Re: Space News

Posted: February 5th, 2014, 1:11 pm
by The Swollen Goiter of God
Now you're really getting it.