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Today, 05:17 PM

parallaxicality replied to a thread How long until we have colonize Mars? in Space Exploration

They're called O'Neil cylinders...

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Today, 04:16 PM

Swift replied to a thread The COVID-19 Discussion Thread (OTB) in Off-Topic Babbling

100.3% ? Someone get three doses? ;)

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Today, 04:00 PM

Trebuchet replied to a thread Disease and pandemics thread (because it's science) in Science and Technology

For far too many people, unfortunately, the obvious reason is that flu deaths are being falsely reported as Covid. Along with all other deaths...

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Today, 03:15 PM

parallaxicality replied to a thread What is Antare's habitable zone? in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

I know. I didn't create this world. Someone else did. Thankfully it's a colony, not a native world, so presumably terraforming was involved.

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Today, 02:11 PM

Swift replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

That sounds like Ohio, though I don't know of any mass-vaccination centers close by. But its a hodge-podge and nothing centralized. I'm not...

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Today, 01:49 PM

Swift replied to a thread Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket in Space Exploration

I assume they are marketing it as the best rocket in the 'Verse. ;)

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Today, 01:24 PM

profloater replied to a thread Atlantic Ocean circulation is the weakest in at least 1,600 years in Science and Technology

For us in the UK or Europe, this could be rapidly severe, changing the climate to that of NE Canada today. Of course the whole US East coast is...

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Today, 12:59 PM

selvaarchi replied to a thread Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket in Space Exploration

"New rocket, Firefly's Alpha, may be ready to launch by April" ...

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Today, 12:47 PM

parallaxicality replied to a thread What is Antare's habitable zone? in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

So, between 250 and 315 AU? Given Antares's mass, what would its orbital period be?

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Today, 12:29 PM

selvaarchi replied to a thread NASA's moon exploration ambitions in Space Exploration

The next article is a bit of a dampener on NASA's drive for the moon. Only 33 percent of the American public support Moon of Mars exploration. ...

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Today, 12:01 PM

CJSF replied to a thread Is Planet Nine almost certain, probable, possible or unlikely? in Astronomy

Minor nit: That's a NASA Spaceflight article, not NASA. CJSF

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Today, 11:16 AM

parallaxicality started a thread What is Antare's habitable zone? in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

For an earth-sized planet? Sorry. Just need it for some worldbuilding.

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Today, 08:18 AM

Jens replied to a thread How long until we have colonize Mars? in Space Exploration

Cool, and that sounds reasonable to me. I'm guessing (I don't know really) that the safety issue was probably one of the things they were looking at,...

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Today, 08:13 AM

Noclevername replied to a thread The COVID-19 Discussion Thread (OTB) in Off-Topic Babbling

Nowhere near that easy, of course, any more than cloned dinosaurs are a threat to amusement parks. Human and viral genetic engineering and virology...

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Today, 08:00 AM

Noclevername replied to a thread Rationale for a deep space station in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

I'll just add, in the first episode of the show it's established that there were political and military reasons for taking over a repurposed facility...

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Today, 07:49 AM

Noclevername replied to a thread How long until we have colonize Mars? in Space Exploration

I was mistaken. To make my point clearer, I'll say even if human safety were not a concern, even if we never set foot on Mars, my view is that...

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Today, 02:03 AM

Jens replied to a thread How long until we have colonize Mars? in Space Exploration

OK, in post 1189, I wanted to ask: In post 1178, you wrote: And in post 1187, you said:

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Yesterday, 06:28 PM

Noclevername replied to a thread Minimum amount of light for photosynthesis in Life in Space

Which would make both radiation shielding and thermal control less complicated than windows.

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Yesterday, 04:53 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread What are you watching? in Small Media at Large

I ended up tracking down some L.A. Law for my article yesterday; wow, some of that has not aged well.

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Yesterday, 04:52 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that amuses you... in Off-Topic Babbling

One of my hopes of the After Time is to take the kids places around Western Washington and let them get to know their state the way we got to know...

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Yesterday, 04:50 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

With good reason.

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Yesterday, 04:48 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread The COVID-19 Discussion Thread (OTB) in Off-Topic Babbling

If we could do genetic therapy this easily . . . .

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Yesterday, 03:47 PM

Trebuchet replied to a thread What are you watching? in Small Media at Large

I was looking forward to watching Vera on PBS last night, but it's pledge time so instead they had some health quack followed by an old music show. ...

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Yesterday, 03:38 PM

Van Rijn replied to a thread Virgin Galactic SS2 in Space Exploration

As I mentioned earlier, I would go up to $10,000 for that type of short suborbital hop. Mind you, I doubt they could make money with the SS2 on...

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Yesterday, 03:37 PM

Trebuchet replied to a thread Trivial (or not so trivial) stuff that makes you happy. in Off-Topic Babbling

Me no speak Celtic, Sweetheart!

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Yesterday, 03:26 PM

Noclevername replied to a thread How long until we have colonize Mars? in Space Exploration

Well, "So you're saying" and "But what you really meant to say is". Telling instead of asking, at least that's how it comes across to me. How...

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Yesterday, 03:01 PM

Van Rijn replied to a thread Virgin Galactic SS2 in Space Exploration

Yes, cost aside, before I’d be willing to fly in one, I would want to see a good number of successful flights without any worrying anomalies. I’m...

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Yesterday, 02:57 PM

cjameshuff replied to a thread Minimum amount of light for photosynthesis in Life in Space

Sure, but even at Earth's distance, you may be better off with solar panels and LEDs instead of windows.

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Yesterday, 02:55 PM

cjameshuff replied to a thread Virgin Galactic SS2 in Space Exploration

I'd go for free, but I'm not very interested in Virgin's rocket plane, or trusting of their technology, which killed three people and injured three...

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