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MOONDAYHYPE t1_jdammet wrote
Reply to The Northern Lights could dazzle the skies from Washington to New York on Friday, blown by winds from a giant 'hole' on the sun by thisisinsider
The magnetic field is weakening due to the core slowing down
bitwarrior80 t1_jdamivd wrote
Reply to comment by TheRageDragon in The Northern Lights could dazzle the skies from Washington to New York on Friday, blown by winds from a giant 'hole' on the sun by thisisinsider
I was about to post this. What a shame!
mwerneburg t1_jdamb9l wrote
Reply to comment by nerdboxmktg in A New Mission Will Search for Habitable Planets at Alpha Centauri by Aeromarine_eng
Yes, a sequel. Exactly what I need with two kids and 55 hour/week job. 😅
DanimalEClarke t1_jdam4cn wrote
Reply to The Northern Lights could dazzle the skies from Washington to New York on Friday, blown by winds from a giant 'hole' on the sun by thisisinsider
Not any more north than the American boarder for some reason? Weird
likmbch t1_jdam2m9 wrote
Reply to comment by xNaquada in A New Mission Will Search for Habitable Planets at Alpha Centauri by Aeromarine_eng
Why would you send a probe without a data stream coming back?
xNaquada t1_jdalrci wrote
Reply to comment by likmbch in A New Mission Will Search for Habitable Planets at Alpha Centauri by Aeromarine_eng
I brought it up as an indicator of what the images of Pluto looked like with 200x era tech (quite good). So imagine what we could get even now (+16years+signal back time).
>Even if the data we got back weren’t images of the planets there and just basic data, that would be so incredible.
It had nothing to do with the ability -- given we're talking about a theoretical probe that will transmit data back, I had made the same assumption as you did (context of the reply) in that data would indeed come back.
GothicGolem29 t1_jdalkd5 wrote
Reply to comment by sithelephant in The epic quest to build a permanent Moon base by Ok_Copy5217
Im a bit confused what was your point? That there won’t be a moon base that it will be different? Nothing to do with how you worded it I’m just a bit confused
Riptide360 t1_jdaljtf wrote
Reply to comment by seanflyon in Industry sees missed opportunity in deorbiting ISS by ye_olde_astronaut
Remember how many decades it took us to build a replacement for Skylab?
Remember how many decades it took us to build a replacement for the Space Shuttle?
The discussion on saving the ISS as a resource is useful. Lets hope most of it can be saved or it'll be decades more.
Feel free to stop participating if you don't have anything meaningful to add.
the_funambule t1_jdal86e wrote
Reply to comment by magnamed in Research team finds indirect evidence for existence of dark matter surrounding black holes by karmagheden
Oh I am just messing around! I know what you meant :)
likmbch t1_jdal70y wrote
Reply to comment by xNaquada in A New Mission Will Search for Habitable Planets at Alpha Centauri by Aeromarine_eng
Because you brought up how long ago new horizons was as if that is some indicator of our ability to transmit images back from Alpha Centauri.
teehuis t1_jdakp4w wrote
Reply to comment by danielravennest in A New Mission Will Search for Habitable Planets at Alpha Centauri by Aeromarine_eng
But how do we control these at such great distances since it takes Looooooong to get a signal back and forth. Like a couple minutes delay is a bit different from a couple months delay
xNaquada t1_jdak21a wrote
Reply to comment by likmbch in A New Mission Will Search for Habitable Planets at Alpha Centauri by Aeromarine_eng
Yes, of course. What is your point?
We're commenting in a chain of a theoretical probe that doesn't exist and imagining how awesome it would be.
Riptide360 t1_jdajrhs wrote
Reply to comment by seanflyon in Industry sees missed opportunity in deorbiting ISS by ye_olde_astronaut
Maintaining ISS runs about $3 billion a year. Getting that much gear up there cost $150 billion. The tug boat NASA is building for $80 million could just as easily push up as it does down. NASA wants chunks of it brought down like we did with SkyLab, albeit a little bit more controlled this time, but a hell of a lot larger.
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TheRageDragon t1_jdaij4y wrote
Reply to The Northern Lights could dazzle the skies from Washington to New York on Friday, blown by winds from a giant 'hole' on the sun by thisisinsider
As I check the weather for Friday, of course it's fucking raining that day.
likmbch t1_jdaidtq wrote
Reply to comment by xNaquada in A New Mission Will Search for Habitable Planets at Alpha Centauri by Aeromarine_eng
Yeah…. But… you know Alpha Centauri is a LOT farther, right?
It’s about 6900 times farther to Alpha Centauri than to Pluto.
Optimal_Ganache8605 t1_jdahzaz wrote
Reply to comment by luckybipedal in Research team finds indirect evidence for existence of dark matter surrounding black holes by karmagheden
This sounds like tidal heating in a way.
xNaquada t1_jdahwqu wrote
Reply to comment by likmbch in A New Mission Will Search for Habitable Planets at Alpha Centauri by Aeromarine_eng
I'm not debating that it would be incredible data, but if we're doing a 16 year journey where data is coming back, then it would be absolutely foolish to not get images -- New Horizons showed us so much of Pluto, and that was early 2000's tech. We're 2 decades ahead of that now.
seanflyon t1_jdagkhy wrote
Reply to comment by Riptide360 in Industry sees missed opportunity in deorbiting ISS by ye_olde_astronaut
It seems like you are not particularly interested in a discussion that involves dealing with reality.
rainaulter t1_jdagjxd wrote
does this mean we’re on track with the avatar timeline
CostumingMom t1_jdafhj5 wrote
Reply to comment by Andromeda321 in The Northern Lights could dazzle the skies from Washington to New York on Friday, blown by winds from a giant 'hole' on the sun by thisisinsider
On top of that, I live in a fairly large city corridor, (Everett to Olympia, Washington), so even if there are clear skies, the local light pollution washes everything out.
SpectralMagic t1_jdafh5q wrote
Reply to comment by JustAPerspective in The Northern Lights could dazzle the skies from Washington to New York on Friday, blown by winds from a giant 'hole' on the sun by thisisinsider
Technically the sun is hotter that it ever has been, and will continue to heat up. Solar flares and other solar phenomenon will continue to be more common and more intense because it ramps up at a square exponent. Though the speed is on astronomical scales and we would never be able to detect a change within thousands of years apart(probably)
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Reply to comment by tram66 in The Northern Lights could dazzle the skies from Washington to New York on Friday, blown by winds from a giant 'hole' on the sun by thisisinsider
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Sprinkle_Puff t1_jdaer3x wrote
Reply to comment by Andromeda321 in The Northern Lights could dazzle the skies from Washington to New York on Friday, blown by winds from a giant 'hole' on the sun by thisisinsider
Right! Supposed to rain on Friday
AcerbicFwit t1_jdan6z2 wrote
Reply to NASA's space nuclear power program is a hot mess by bit_map
NASA is a hot mess period. If it weren’t for Musk & Bezos they’d have to beg the Russians for rides.