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  1. #1301
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    I have no idea what any of this means, but it's cool: https://www.science.org/content/blog...d-expect-weird

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dantheman View Post
    I have no idea what any of this means, but it's cool: https://www.science.org/content/blog...d-expect-weird
    At the beginning I thought I could follow most of it.
    That dropped with each subsequent paragraph. Then I got to the comments.

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    Peoples,

    My daughter needs a recent article on some cool biology thing that she can analyze for correct scientific method following. Anything that won't put her to sleep out there that you know of?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dantheman View Post
    I have no idea what any of this means, but it's cool: https://www.science.org/content/blog...d-expect-weird
    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyCarter View Post
    At the beginning I thought I could follow most of it.
    That dropped with each subsequent paragraph. Then I got to the comments.
    Welcome to my world!
    I've linked to that blog a few times early on in the pandemic, he was publishing some of the best analyses of ongoing studies with some really well written background.

    If you want to laugh you should dig up some of the posts he has under "stuff I won't work with". It will give you an idea of the insanity that is chemistry around high-energy compounds, or stuff that really reeks, etc...
    "Your wife being mad is temporary, but pow turns do not get unmade" - mallwalker the wise

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  7. #1307
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    This whole project is so cool.

  8. #1308
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    For All Mankind. Too bad about ..... never mind, too PA.

  9. #1309
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    Artemis scrubbed until possibly Friday.
    Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood.
    http://tim-kirchoff.pixels.com/

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    Click image for larger version. 

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    https://www.cnet.com/science/biology...red-backpacks/

    I, for one, welcome our new cockroach overlords.

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    What could go wrong?

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    Seems more borg than cy.

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    Cool Science, or annoying science?

    https://www.newscientist.com/article...the-night-sky/
    Astronomers are concerned that the BlueWalker 3 satellite, which will use an antenna the size of a squash court to beam internet to mobile phones, could outshine everything in the night sky except for the moon
    And if everything goes to plan, they want to launch a bunch of these things. With the production models being even bigger.
    Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood.
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    NASA is bashing a satellite into an asteroid tonight to practice bumping it out of the way.

    Twitter live stream: https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1ZkJzXPbAMRKv

    Looks like around a 7 pm EDT impact

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    If it breaks open and releases a gigantic swarm of planet consuming mechanical mega-wasps, the conspirisphere will go nuts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Supermoon View Post
    NASA is bashing a satellite into an asteroid tonight to practice bumping it out of the way.

    Twitter live stream: https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1ZkJzXPbAMRKv

    Looks like around a 7 pm EDT impact
    Fucking cool. Direct hit. Any word on whether it did successfully change its course?

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    Cool Science thread

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    Fucking cool. Direct hit. Any word on whether it did successfully change its course?
    Sounds like they won’t know for a couple weeks. They are going to analyze the change in the orbit speed

    It was awesome to watch it zero in and hit dead center.

    “THIS ONE IS FOR THE DINOSAURS!!”

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    Quote Originally Posted by Supermoon View Post
    NASA is bashing a satellite into an asteroid tonight to practice bumping it out of the way.

    Twitter live stream: https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1ZkJzXPbAMRKv

    Looks like around a 7 pm EDT impact
    Humanity: the dinosaurs send their regards...
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    ATLAS observation of the impact:

    https://twitter.com/i/status/1574583529731670021

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    Cool Science thread

    NASA confirms they moved the orbit of the asteroid.

    https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/n...otion-in-space

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    So, was that a planet killer sized asteroid? I'm guessing not, since a single satellite managed to shift its course. Can they model how much kinetic force it would take to move a planet killer off line?

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    Not sure how big it was, but sounds like one of their big requirements was to find one they wouldn’t accidentally push INTO Earths orbit if things went bad

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    The risk was that if a high risk asteroid is found and this hadn't already been demonstrated we might have a "Don't Look Up" scenario. Playing it up as a high risk mission was a psy-op to make sure people would remember that it worked back in 2022.

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    Political cool science not allowed. And yer logic is fookin' weird.

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