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  • mikalinamikalina Posts: 7,206
    edited August 2014
    starting August 10, .... Supermoon battle....
    The meteors from the Perseids will be traveling over 93,000 miles (150,000 kilometers) per hour before burning up in the Earth’s upper atmosphere and giving us a bright display as they race across the night sky.

    Probably the best time to view the Perseids is the first half of August because by the middle of the month the bright glare from the Full Moon will overshadow the light of the meteor shower. The Moon becomes full on August 10. However, astronomers think it will be still be quite a show -- seeing a Full Moon and very bright fireballs in the same night sky.

    Astronomers are calling this a Supermoon because it is a Full Moon and is at perigee (its closest point on its orbit around the Earth; which occurs on August 10), which makes it appear about 30 percent brighter than normal because it is about 14 percent closer than during regular Full Moons.

    Therefore, the first week of August is probably the best time to view the Perseid meteor shower. At that time, only a sliver of the Moon is visible, which allows the Perseid fireballs to shine bright in the night sky.


    Italian astronomer Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (1835-1910) first identified that the comet is associated with the Perseid meteor shower in 1866.




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  • lazlobluelazloblue Houston Posts: 738
    Good Stuff Mikalina!!

    thanks for posting.
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Last time was kind of a stinker where we are. This one better live up to the hype ;)
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,297
    Will have to check it out- thanks for posting it, mikalina. Should be fun to watch (other that lack of sleep due to bright moon light, hahaha!)
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  • mikalinamikalina Posts: 7,206
    lazloblue said:

    Good Stuff Mikalina!!

    thanks for posting.

    Thank you....
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  • mikalinamikalina Posts: 7,206
    brianlux said:

    Will have to check it out- thanks for posting it, mikalina. Should be fun to watch (other that lack of sleep due to bright moon light, hahaha!)

    Thank you, quite a site to behold. The moon starts out as a bright orange and then a pearly white as the evening progresses ( just how I see it ) ....
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,147
    Unmanned cargo rocket destined for the space station just blew up off the coast of Virginia. Footage link isn't currently available but it is best described as "Boom goes the dynamite"
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,297
    Saw some footage out of St. Louis but can't get the link to work now. Looked pretty bad. A lot of money up in smoke there.
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,147
    Funny how there is so little coverage for the most expensive fireworks show of the year. Maybe NASA should start a rumor that ebola was on board the flight.
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,147
    It's amazing that we still are using 1960'ish methods of putting payloads into outer space.
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,297
    Jason P said:

    It's amazing that we still are using 1960'ish methods of putting payloads into outer space.

    Truly! You'd think they've have discovered the Super Slingshot by now, haha!

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  • JWPearlJWPearl Posts: 19,893
    edited October 2014
    you can thank Jesus... for that..
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,147
    The Virgin Galactic Space Ship 2 that disintegrated at 50,000 feet ... the fact that one of the pilots survived is bat shit crazy.

    The break-up led to three coinciding invasive events: sudden deceleration forces, the creation of high velocity projectiles – debris – surrounding the pilots, and a decompression event. The pilots wore simple oxygen masks without pressure suits, so their bodies withstood a split second change from cabin pressure of 1 atmosphere to that of a near-vacuum pressure. Any or all three events at breakup were responsible for the pilots’ losing consciousness within seconds if not immediately.

    Peter Seilbold woke up at 20,000 feet still strapped to his chair as was able to get out of it and deploy his parachute. Can you imagine waking up and find yourself falling towards earth while strapped to a chair?
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,147
    Also, what do you do if you are one of the millionaires that put money down to buy a seat for a future flight?
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Jason, I think I'd shit myself if coming to in that situation...and can't imagine the mental aftermath of it all.

    I wonder if the folks on the fly list agreed that their funds (or deposits?) are non-refundable. Still, even if this didn't happen they'd be taking a huge risk.

    And then there's this - amazing! We've come a long way, baby.
    http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/philae-spacecraft-makes-historic-landing-on-comet/ar-AA7M71Q?ocid=HPCDHP
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,147
    hedonist said:

    Jason, I think I'd shit myself if coming to in that situation...and can't imagine the mental aftermath of it all.

    I wonder if the folks on the fly list agreed that their funds (or deposits?) are non-refundable. Still, even if this didn't happen they'd be taking a huge risk.

    And then there's this - amazing! We've come a long way, baby.
    http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/philae-spacecraft-makes-historic-landing-on-comet/ar-AA7M71Q?ocid=HPCDHP

    The sad thing is that both pilots families were very close friends. Even though Peter survived, I'm sure the survivors guilt will haunt him for some time.
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    edited November 2014
    Anyone else think that it's incredible that we landed a spacecraft on an Comet today?
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  • lazlobluelazloblue Houston Posts: 738
    So amazing. space craft on an Asteroid. I just can't figure out what the point of the exercise is? any one know?
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  • lazloblue said:

    So amazing. space craft on an Asteroid. I just can't figure out what the point of the exercise is? any one know?

    http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/spacecraft-lands-safely-on-speeding-comet-despite-bounce-1.2098143
  • dignindignin Posts: 9,337
    It's a comet and yes it is incredible.
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,297
    I just had this picture of a group of people talking about their belief in the wonders and benefits of space exploration and some guy walking in and only hearing the words, "space exploration" and that guy saying, "Yeah, man, what a freaking waste of money and resources," and suddenly having the room become dead still for a few moments and then having all kids of shit being thrown at the guy accompanied by cursing and...

    ...OK, hey wait a minute. It's just a scenario, it's just... it's just...

    OWW! STOP IT! OWW!
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  • lazlobluelazloblue Houston Posts: 738

    lazloblue said:

    So amazing. space craft on an Asteroid. I just can't figure out what the point of the exercise is? any one know?

    http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/spacecraft-lands-safely-on-speeding-comet-despite-bounce-1.2098143
    Thanks for the link!
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  • badbrainsbadbrains Posts: 10,255
    Jason P said:

    The Virgin Galactic Space Ship 2 that disintegrated at 50,000 feet ... the fact that one of the pilots survived is bat shit crazy.

    The break-up led to three coinciding invasive events: sudden deceleration forces, the creation of high velocity projectiles – debris – surrounding the pilots, and a decompression event. The pilots wore simple oxygen masks without pressure suits, so their bodies withstood a split second change from cabin pressure of 1 atmosphere to that of a near-vacuum pressure. Any or all three events at breakup were responsible for the pilots’ losing consciousness within seconds if not immediately.

    Peter Seilbold woke up at 20,000 feet still strapped to his chair as was able to get out of it and deploy his parachute. Can you imagine waking up and find yourself falling towards earth while strapped to a chair?

    It would be a scene from a Hollywood movie with me screaming like a little kid for my mommy!
  • badbrainsbadbrains Posts: 10,255

    Anyone else think that it's incredible that we landed a spacecraft on an Comet today?

    I'm still trying to wrap my head around this. Fucken unreal
  • badbrains said:

    Anyone else think that it's incredible that we landed a spacecraft on an Comet today?

    I'm still trying to wrap my head around this. Fucken unreal
    Try this to wrap your head around.
    http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/what-does-a-comet-sound-like-rosetta-records-haunting-song-1.2101440
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,297
    Will somebody please explain to me the justification for landing a space craft on a comet? I'm not simply being a curmudgeon here, I really and truly just don't get it.
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  • brianlux said:

    curmudgeon

    Nice word
  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    brianlux said:

    Will somebody please explain to me the justification for landing a space craft on a comet? I'm not simply being a curmudgeon here, I really and truly just don't get it.

    Listen up you old miser! Space exploration isn't no boondoggle, it's f'real science in it's purest form!
    No, really I don't know why they did it...I have seen the idea of mining comets and asteroids in science fiction, and of course there is that Bruce Willis movie about the arm-a-geddy-on... Maybe it was a practice run for Apophos! That makes sense in a kooky way, they redid their calculations and Apophos is set to collide with us so they are gonna land a craft on it and nudge it out of our path.
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524

    badbrains said:

    Anyone else think that it's incredible that we landed a spacecraft on an Comet today?

    I'm still trying to wrap my head around this. Fucken unreal
    Try this to wrap your head around.
    http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/what-does-a-comet-sound-like-rosetta-records-haunting-song-1.2101440
    Whoa - sounds like a mixture of wind, dolphins and a little helicopter.

    Also, I guess the reason for this exercise would be similar to exploring other planets?

    Just heard the craft lost contact with the comet either physically or functionally.
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