March 10, 20223 yr 30 minutes ago, Toastrel said: "The aircraft would enable package delivery missions in noise-sensitive areas or at night, where operations would otherwise not be allowed due to community opposition," reads Barrett's NIAC project summary. I'm skeptical it would be feasible for anything other than really light payloads.
March 10, 20223 yr 53 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said: I'm skeptical it would be feasible for anything other than really light payloads. Fing NASA, dude. Got they ish wired tight. You think building an ice wall is easy?
March 10, 20223 yr 11 minutes ago, Toastrel said: Fing NASA, dude. Got they ish wired tight. You think building an ice wall is easy? Touche
March 10, 20223 yr 14 minutes ago, Toastrel said: You think building an ice wall is easy? Especially considering lizard people and cold climates don't mix
March 10, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, JohnSnowsHair said: Especially considering lizard people and cold climates don't mix An often overlooked point.
March 12, 20223 yr When galaxies collide. Courtesy of the Hubble, or your Brit-Pope lizard NASA overlords.
March 16, 20223 yr NASA on Wednesday released the first image from the James Webb Space Telescope after sharpening its focus, as the agency plans to start peering at the earliest galaxies in the universe. The image shows a brilliant, blazing orange star know as 2MASS J17554042+6551277.
March 24, 20223 yr Stephen Wilhite, creator of the GIF, has died https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/23/22992066/stephen-wilhite-gif-creator-dies It’s pronounced ‘jif’, says the inventor. RIP, sir.
April 5, 20223 yr 2 of Darwin's notebooks, stolen and lost for 2 decades, show up in a pink gift bag outside the librarian's office. Apparently they've been well taken care of.
April 7, 20223 yr So they are a menace to migratory birds. Wind energy company admits killing scores of eagles A wind energy company has been sentenced to probation and ordered to pay more than $8 million in fines and restitution after at least 150 eagles were killed over the past decade at its wind farms across the U.S. NextEra Energy subsidiary ESI Energy pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act during a Tuesday court appearance in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Prosecutors say the company was warned its wind farms would kill birds.
April 7, 20223 yr 34 minutes ago, Talkingbirds said: So they are a menace to migratory birds. Wind energy company admits killing scores of eagles A wind energy company has been sentenced to probation and ordered to pay more than $8 million in fines and restitution after at least 150 eagles were killed over the past decade at its wind farms across the U.S. NextEra Energy subsidiary ESI Energy pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act during a Tuesday court appearance in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Prosecutors say the company was warned its wind farms would kill birds. Sure. Not as deadly as power lines, and far less deadly thank the windows of buildings, but yes. Birds are by and large, stupid enough, to fly into things that will kill them. Quote Window strikes – estimated to kill 97 to 976 million birds/year Eagles, while majestic, are dumb as F. Bald eagles recovering after disastrous dive into Alaska fish truck; death toll at 22 https://www.dailyitem.com/bald-eagles-recovering-after-disastrous-dive-into-alaska-fish-truck-death-toll-at-22/article_def66492-eb42-511b-82b1-f79fbeea2fa1.html 22 drowned in fish parts in the back of truck, trying to eat them all.
April 12, 20223 yr The Universe Just Keeps Getting Hotter. That Shouldn’t Be Happening. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-universe-just-keeps-getting-hotter-that-shouldn-t-be-happening Quote What's the deal here? Astrophysicist and study author Yi-Kuan Chiang of Ohio State University broke it down in a statement: "As the universe evolves, gravity pulls dark matter and gas in space together into galaxies and clusters of galaxies. The drag is violent—so violent that more and more gas is shocked and heated up.” Interstellar warming.
April 12, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Toastrel said: The Universe Just Keeps Getting Hotter. That Shouldn’t Be Happening. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-universe-just-keeps-getting-hotter-that-shouldn-t-be-happening Interstellar warming. Big Bang 2
May 4, 20223 yr But but but Adam and Eve All 5 building blocks of DNA, RNA found in meteorites from Canada, U.S., Australia Researchers have found all nucleobases needed to make DNA and RNA in meteorites https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/meteorites-ingredients-life-1.6432333
May 10, 20223 yr Incredibly Sharp Webb Space Telescope Test Images Hint at New Possibilities for Science https://scitechdaily.com/incredibly-sharp-webb-space-telescope-test-images-hint-at-new-possibilities-for-science/ Comparison of a Webb Space Telescope Mid-Infrared Instrument image of the Large Magellanic Cloud and a past image of the same view using the Spitzer Space Telescope Infrared Array Camera. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech (left), NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI (right) I'm excited to see what the Webb can do.
May 12, 20223 yr Plants have been grown in lunar soil for the 1st time ever https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/12/world/plants-lunar-soil-scn/index.html Quote In a landmark first, scientists have grown plants in lunar soil using samples collected during the Apollo missions to the moon. This is the first time plants have been sprouted and grown on Earth in soil from another celestial body. Either a really cool breakthrough, or this is how the apocalypse starts - 50-50
May 12, 20223 yr On 3/10/2022 at 12:14 PM, we_gotta_believe said: I'm skeptical it would be feasible for anything other than really light payloads. 90% of parcels are under 10 pounds, 50% are under 2 pounds. Think about it — even a grocery bag is probably going to be under 5 pounds unless it contains a lot of liquids. https://www.statista.com/statistics/974065/cross-border-delivery-package-weight-worldwide/
May 24, 20223 yr May 19 Arctic sea ice extent is above the average since 1989, and higher than 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2001, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. Ice extent loss so far this month has been the lowest in over 30 years.
June 3, 20223 yr 59 minutes ago, Toastrel said: Juno flyby of Jupiter. So what science are we supposed to discuss here? The poor CGI?
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