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While the sun is on the main sequence it loses relatively little mass, from fusing hydrogen to helium and losing mass as light, and solar wind. It’s...

Sounds like a new toy for US Special Operations Command DoD: Man-Portable Starlink System ...

LOL, check the replay!!:D

Even worse time!!

The local weekly reports that my county has just had its third death, the first to actually occur in the county, and that cases are rising. Nuts. ...

Because the cats already ate all the toilet paper.

Hmm. The cupboard is still bare. And also bare in another store. I do NOTwant to have to tell the kitties they'll have to adjust to another brand....

This paragraph confuses me, particularly the last sentence The reason for my confusion is that first you say the over all the solar mass...

Wow! Amazon found my actual house this afternoon! In case anyone is wondering, this is delivery by Amazon itself, in vans with a smile on them, not...

All right we're done. Over 500 posts and we are just going around in circles. Lord Foul - you had your chance and now you are done. You...

Remind me, did we ever arrive a reason the prescribed path of the Apollo 11 curves sharply on a 2d side view? I did not see where that mystery was...

I remember my first cousin's name. Because she died of Covid-19 over a year ago. Sorry for the downer in this thread.

Refer to page 8 on your questions about what radiation checks were made by by the Apollo 11 astronauts....

Agreed. Isn’t it interesting how things change with more context? I’m also amused how LF completely ignores the peer reviewed article he linked...

There is nothing irritating at all - well maybe there is! The secondary radiation is obviously lower than the primary, much was known about...

That hill's getting tinier and tinier. Anyway, now that we're down to debating how many NASA scientists can dance on the head of a pin, there's...

What claim? They released data as they always do. Space exploration and data gathering evolves. Now we know that the GCRs cause 10% secondary...

Thanks for tracking that down. :) Grant Hutchison

Supposedly NASA had measured surface radioactivity during the Apollo mission so there is that little irritating speck of dust in the ointment.

Please show, with appropriate evidence, what would be recorded by Apollo era dosimeters. Fundamentally, you’re claiming a discrepancy with Apollo 11...

Sometimes, when somebody has really good qualifications and a very good understanding of space travel, mission objectives and such, the "If I ran the...

The part that has not been kicked out is NASA made this claim when they did not have to. They felt it was information that should be made public. I...

I reiterate that It was NASA that made the comment. They could have remained silent but felt it was noteworthy.

No one claims it has increased. The claim is it was not was expected. NASA made the claim so I am going out on a limb by saying NASA did not expect...

NONE of this applied to Apollo during solar maximum! That is the beauty of science it can create surprises. Models can be predicted but there is no...

The thing I find most pathetic about this is that conspiracy theorists in general pretty much exclusively dismiss mainstream reporting as some sort...

Which is all one needs to do when reporting one's feelings. I've already shown you that your inference is wrong, by providing evidence that...

Oops. Should have stuck to the tiny hill. In what way is the moon "30% or 40% more radioactive" than expected? What measure of radioactivity...