Opportunity isn't covered in dust also.. In fact, something has cleaned it's solar panels! Mayby it's just a good sign? Some laminar winds causing the removal of dust? Does the flat shape of meridiani cause winds that don't stir up surface dust? Just a thought.
I think the orriginal poster is confusing 'the thruth' with 'a theory'. Indeed, evolution is testable, but it could still be proven wrong, or incomplete, in the future. A theory is just an assumption, and if it leads to a contradiction, or if an experiment doesn't fit into the theory, that theory WILL be removed, and replaced with a better one.
In dogmatic religion, if reality doesn't fit the dogma, they just ignore it or twist the facts until it fits the dogma. That's a big difference between science and (dogmatic) religion: the way they treat criticism and fallibility.
I noticed the temperature go up in my room after doing some heavy batch image processing (for more than two hours), so if you're cold just keep your computer busy.
To quote Red Dwarf: "The only reason why we have to clean the chicken soup tubes instead of the robots, is because they have a better union than we do".
Should the U.S. find itself up against a more sophisticated opponent, one who has the ability to shoot down a U-2 or a low-speed/altitude drone, we've got a problem.
Should the US find itself up against a more sophisticated enemy, one who has antimatter weapons, energy shields, misile defences and warp drive, we've also got a problem.
SLAP! Snap out of it! stop the weapons buildup, because this kind of paranoia will get you nowhere. It has gone so far that the US has to attack other countries because nobody is willing to attack the U.S. (except a few crack-head terrorists).
This is exactly why there are field days twice a year.. Ok, under normal circumstances it's just a contest, but it is meant to be an exercise to set up a working radio station without external support within a minimum of time. That includes setting up a power supply, transceiver system and an antenna. In case of a disaster, information about the needs is the first step towards help.
Ham operators have proven time upon time that when disaster strikes, they are upon the first to establish communications.
I have a better idea: why don't you divert money meant for the military to that worthy cause and stop whining about some millions spent on a space probe? Billions and billions are spent each day developing and building weapons. Incidentally, most misery on earth is caused by war (eg, famines are often caused by long wars causing farmers to stop cultivating the land).
You could also split it 50/50 between humanitary aid and space programs, you could still solve most if not all diseases and famine, while launching a mission like the two mars rovers EVERY DAY!
I heared in the news that in the US, people living near the coast are informed/learn at school that when the sea retreats suddenly, it's time to find out how fast you can run.. Not a bad idea, imho.
Anyway, to the US slashdotters: is this true or not?
You can always ask your supplier for an upgrade to a depleted uranium hat.. (Although I wonder why you would need a hat when you're blasted back to spacedust).
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The US is willing to spend a lot of money on their military, the war in Iraq costs 150,000,000,000$. For that amount of money, I'm sure you could build a couple of elevators. The only reason we don't get of this rock is because we prefer fighting each other.
On the positive side, this means that once we achieve world peace, a space elevator on the moon should be no big problem, only an exciting challenge. On the negative side, this means we might never be able to get there (has world peace ever existed in human history?).
Indeed, soil is mainly SiO2, I don't think it's difficult to split it into Si and O2. With the silicium you could make solar cells (they are made in a vacuum so the moon is naturally suited for that), and the O2 can be used for breathing or as rocket fuel. The hydrogen is much lighter than the oxygen, so even if you would have to transport it from earth it would still be profitable. And instead of transporting the hydrogen, you might send hydrocarbons like methane, butane or octane. Then you get some carbon to the moon as well, and it's a lot easier to handle than liquid H2.
Very good point, but you forgot to mention mouses and keyboards! I once (about a decade ago) installed a third party mouse driver to try and get the middle mouse button going, big mistake!
A simple mouse for goodness sake! I didn't aks for ten "helper" apps!
SMART-1 has been making bigger and bigger orbits around the earth, because of the smaller thrust explained above. It goes faster and faster, and because the craft gets further from the earth, it becomes easier to get into a bigger orbit. So at first the orbits became larger very slowly, but the last months it has grown faster than ever before.
The last months the orbit was also synchronized with the moon. The highest part of SMART-1's orbit coincided with the lowest point of the moon's orbit. This helps the craft to get an extra boost every month. Take a look at a graph of the orbit here.
Oh, and they do have normal propellant onboard, there's some 70kg left iirc. I think it was installed in case the ion engine failed, but I'm not sure of that. It could also be to correct the initial orbit if the launcher would have placed it in a wrong one. Anyway I *hope* it will be used to attempt a soft landing after the mission is over.
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Opportunity isn't covered in dust also.. In fact, something has cleaned it's solar panels! Mayby it's just a good sign? Some laminar winds causing the removal of dust? Does the flat shape of meridiani cause winds that don't stir up surface dust? Just a thought.
Great, that would only increace the percentage of long-haired lawyers! We're doomed, I tell you! Doooomed!
I think the orriginal poster is confusing 'the thruth' with 'a theory'. Indeed, evolution is testable, but it could still be proven wrong, or incomplete, in the future. A theory is just an assumption, and if it leads to a contradiction, or if an experiment doesn't fit into the theory, that theory WILL be removed, and replaced with a better one.
In dogmatic religion, if reality doesn't fit the dogma, they just ignore it or twist the facts until it fits the dogma. That's a big difference between science and (dogmatic) religion: the way they treat criticism and fallibility.
I noticed the temperature go up in my room after doing some heavy batch image processing (for more than two hours), so if you're cold just keep your computer busy.
Then read the article!
To quote Red Dwarf: "The only reason why we have to clean the chicken soup tubes instead of the robots, is because they have a better union than we do".
Should the U.S. find itself up against a more sophisticated opponent, one who has the ability to shoot down a U-2 or a low-speed/altitude drone, we've got a problem.
Should the US find itself up against a more sophisticated enemy, one who has antimatter weapons, energy shields, misile defences and warp drive, we've also got a problem.
SLAP! Snap out of it! stop the weapons buildup, because this kind of paranoia will get you nowhere. It has gone so far that the US has to attack other countries because nobody is willing to attack the U.S. (except a few crack-head terrorists).
This is exactly why there are field days twice a year.. Ok, under normal circumstances it's just a contest, but it is meant to be an exercise to set up a working radio station without external support within a minimum of time. That includes setting up a power supply, transceiver system and an antenna. In case of a disaster, information about the needs is the first step towards help.
Ham operators have proven time upon time that when disaster strikes, they are upon the first to establish communications.
That's the idea! It's already working in parts of the world, you know!
Well argumented!
Just a test..
I have a better idea: why don't you divert money meant for the military to that worthy cause and stop whining about some millions spent on a space probe? Billions and billions are spent each day developing and building weapons. Incidentally, most misery on earth is caused by war (eg, famines are often caused by long wars causing farmers to stop cultivating the land).
You could also split it 50/50 between humanitary aid and space programs, you could still solve most if not all diseases and famine, while launching a mission like the two mars rovers EVERY DAY!
Because christian mythology sucks?
I heared in the news that in the US, people living near the coast are informed/learn at school that when the sea retreats suddenly, it's time to find out how fast you can run.. Not a bad idea, imho.
Anyway, to the US slashdotters: is this true or not?
You can always ask your supplier for an upgrade to a depleted uranium hat.. (Although I wonder why you would need a hat when you're blasted back to spacedust).
That morning, April 13 2029:
"It's only a beta-version of the infinite improbability drive, it only gives improbability levels around 1:233, but with any luck we'll notice something."
He's actually a Q.
One person's noise is another person's signal :).
Just build a room, seal it off and dust it after a couple of weeks. Problem solved.
The US is willing to spend a lot of money on their military, the war in Iraq costs 150,000,000,000$. For that amount of money, I'm sure you could build a couple of elevators. The only reason we don't get of this rock is because we prefer fighting each other.
On the positive side, this means that once we achieve world peace, a space elevator on the moon should be no big problem, only an exciting challenge. On the negative side, this means we might never be able to get there (has world peace ever existed in human history?).
Indeed, soil is mainly SiO2, I don't think it's difficult to split it into Si and O2. With the silicium you could make solar cells (they are made in a vacuum so the moon is naturally suited for that), and the O2 can be used for breathing or as rocket fuel. The hydrogen is much lighter than the oxygen, so even if you would have to transport it from earth it would still be profitable. And instead of transporting the hydrogen, you might send hydrocarbons like methane, butane or octane. Then you get some carbon to the moon as well, and it's a lot easier to handle than liquid H2.
I wonder what people eat in heaven..
Very good point, but you forgot to mention mouses and keyboards! I once (about a decade ago) installed a third party mouse driver to try and get the middle mouse button going, big mistake!
A simple mouse for goodness sake! I didn't aks for ten "helper" apps!
Oops! Thanks for the correction.
SMART-1 has been making bigger and bigger orbits around the earth, because of the smaller thrust explained above. It goes faster and faster, and because the craft gets further from the earth, it becomes easier to get into a bigger orbit. So at first the orbits became larger very slowly, but the last months it has grown faster than ever before.
The last months the orbit was also synchronized with the moon. The highest part of SMART-1's orbit coincided with the lowest point of the moon's orbit. This helps the craft to get an extra boost every month. Take a look at a graph of the orbit here.
Oh, and they do have normal propellant onboard, there's some 70kg left iirc. I think it was installed in case the ion engine failed, but I'm not sure of that. It could also be to correct the initial orbit if the launcher would have placed it in a wrong one. Anyway I *hope* it will be used to attempt a soft landing after the mission is over.