So there was no ice age 100k years ago? It's all anthropogenic global warming huh? Without humans the temperature on the planet would be constant, right?
"Jockey of Norfolk, be not so bold. For Dickon thy master is bought and sold." -- Shakespeare. Seriously, are there any politicians left who are NOT corrupt?
If these students have a moral objection to "dirty oil companies" I sincerely hope they are living in caves and shunning all oil-based products and technologies used in modern society. When you challenge someone on moral grounds you need to first look at the ground you yourself are standing on.
I'm guessing the US will immediately hand over other fugitives then, since it believes so strongly in respecting the law. Fugitives like Paul Watson, John McCaffee and Amanda Knox to name but a few.
The politicians think they are irreplaceable. They should read a little history. I can't wait for the Praetorian guard to become powerful enough to start removing and placing politicians as they see fit. Did you know that the Roman Empire was auctioned to the highest bidder at one point?
Seriously if the politicians are so afraid of "the masses" then maybe they should start actually representing those masses like they're supposed to.
The picture purports to show a smoke trail. So if the picture was not fake, this missile/motor is the kind that does indeed produce a smoke trail rendering your argument completely irrelevant.
Seriously I don't have a problem with it because our intentions are pretty good - we want to see if it can be done and we're curious about the animal. But I can see that some people especially the crazy fundies would get upset.
If Russia wanted Ukraine or the Donbass they would just take it. No one stopped them in Chechnya or Ossetia - or even Crimea. You're the one being lied to.
Doesn't matter. Even if the motor ignites and pulls the missile off the rail, the plane will have traveled forwards in the time it takes for the missile to move a hundred feet or so in front of the plane. So there would be a trail behind the current position of the aircraft.
This obviously is not an attempt at Russian propaganda. Russia has already stated that they've spotted an Su-25 on the left side of the aircraft. While Ukraine does have a few working MiG-29's, why would Russia suddenly change the story from an Su-25 to a MiG-29? Ukraine, however, has always insisted that a Russian MiG shot down the aircraft, when they weren't insisting that Donbass rebels or Russians shot down the plane with a BUK. So someone is trying to make it look like Russia is releasing this garbage which looks prepared by some Ukrainian half-wit.
Not to mention it's "attacking" from the wrong side since most of the projectile damage is on the port side of the plane, and missile smoke trails start BEHIND the firing aircraft not directly under the wing - especially if the aircraft is moving (and a MiG-29 would have to be moving at a fair clip to avoid stalling at 10km). The engine on the missile is what provides its increased speed over the aircraft they are launched from. So necessarily the engine has to run for a few fractions of a second (and produce smoke) before the missile can catch up to the aircraft it was released from (drag starts to slow it down immediately on release) and then overtake it and move forwards. So you'd expect a long trail from the missile behind the MiG. This missile is represented as already being several plane lengths in front of the MiG which necessitates that its engine has been running a while - certainly long enough for the MiG to have overtaken the original smoke column.
It's a lot easier to get back from the comet than to get to it. The escape velocity of the comet is not exactly that great. The rest would be simply a matter of timing. A stable orbit would be impossible, but given the right time and angle I'm pretty sure you could at least loop it around the Earth, cause it to re-enter the atmosphere or if you're really good get it into an unstable highly elliptical orbit that would rapidly decay. And it would be cool! GO KERBALS!
"how many ESA astronauts have been killed on the launch pad?"
"how many ESA shuttles have be lost?"
Silly questions considering there have been zero ESA manned missions and zero ESA shuttles. Kind of like calling a plumber a successful neurosurgeon because he hasn't killed anyone on the operating table yet...
Mission was projected to remain active until Dec 2015. Lander is dead on 2nd mission day. Yeah, huge success there. Come on leave PC out of it and call a spade a spade. OK some science was done but a roaring success it is not.
The density of particles around the comet should go up too. You don't get much sunlight in a dust-storm. Not to mention it's not very good for the solar panels. While it's good to be hopeful I personally believe that Philae's mission is over.
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So there was no ice age 100k years ago? It's all anthropogenic global warming huh? Without humans the temperature on the planet would be constant, right?
"Jockey of Norfolk, be not so bold. For Dickon thy master is bought and sold." -- Shakespeare. Seriously, are there any politicians left who are NOT corrupt?
If these students have a moral objection to "dirty oil companies" I sincerely hope they are living in caves and shunning all oil-based products and technologies used in modern society. When you challenge someone on moral grounds you need to first look at the ground you yourself are standing on.
Er, McAffee is wanted for murder in Belize. Knox is wanted in Italy and will be tried in absentia.
I'm guessing the US will immediately hand over other fugitives then, since it believes so strongly in respecting the law. Fugitives like Paul Watson, John McCaffee and Amanda Knox to name but a few.
Seriously if the politicians are so afraid of "the masses" then maybe they should start actually representing those masses like they're supposed to.
Assuming you could have gotten the job on your own without the agent. Otherwise 30% of zero is, well...
Give me a crusher and a big enough centrifuge and I'll separate stuff for you much faster than that!
Or a very lucky/well timed aerobraking maneuver...
The picture purports to show a smoke trail. So if the picture was not fake, this missile/motor is the kind that does indeed produce a smoke trail rendering your argument completely irrelevant.
Seriously I don't have a problem with it because our intentions are pretty good - we want to see if it can be done and we're curious about the animal. But I can see that some people especially the crazy fundies would get upset.
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You've never eaten eggs? What do you think eggs are?
If Russia wanted Ukraine or the Donbass they would just take it. No one stopped them in Chechnya or Ossetia - or even Crimea. You're the one being lied to.
Doesn't matter. Even if the motor ignites and pulls the missile off the rail, the plane will have traveled forwards in the time it takes for the missile to move a hundred feet or so in front of the plane. So there would be a trail behind the current position of the aircraft.
This obviously is not an attempt at Russian propaganda. Russia has already stated that they've spotted an Su-25 on the left side of the aircraft. While Ukraine does have a few working MiG-29's, why would Russia suddenly change the story from an Su-25 to a MiG-29? Ukraine, however, has always insisted that a Russian MiG shot down the aircraft, when they weren't insisting that Donbass rebels or Russians shot down the plane with a BUK. So someone is trying to make it look like Russia is releasing this garbage which looks prepared by some Ukrainian half-wit.
Not to mention it's "attacking" from the wrong side since most of the projectile damage is on the port side of the plane, and missile smoke trails start BEHIND the firing aircraft not directly under the wing - especially if the aircraft is moving (and a MiG-29 would have to be moving at a fair clip to avoid stalling at 10km). The engine on the missile is what provides its increased speed over the aircraft they are launched from. So necessarily the engine has to run for a few fractions of a second (and produce smoke) before the missile can catch up to the aircraft it was released from (drag starts to slow it down immediately on release) and then overtake it and move forwards. So you'd expect a long trail from the missile behind the MiG. This missile is represented as already being several plane lengths in front of the MiG which necessitates that its engine has been running a while - certainly long enough for the MiG to have overtaken the original smoke column.
It's not real, for so many reasons.
It's a lot easier to get back from the comet than to get to it. The escape velocity of the comet is not exactly that great. The rest would be simply a matter of timing. A stable orbit would be impossible, but given the right time and angle I'm pretty sure you could at least loop it around the Earth, cause it to re-enter the atmosphere or if you're really good get it into an unstable highly elliptical orbit that would rapidly decay. And it would be cool! GO KERBALS!
"how many ESA astronauts have been killed on the launch pad?"
"how many ESA shuttles have be lost?" Silly questions considering there have been zero ESA manned missions and zero ESA shuttles. Kind of like calling a plumber a successful neurosurgeon because he hasn't killed anyone on the operating table yet...
Mission was projected to remain active until Dec 2015. Lander is dead on 2nd mission day. Yeah, huge success there. Come on leave PC out of it and call a spade a spade. OK some science was done but a roaring success it is not.
I wonder if you could kick it back into Earth orbit. That would be cool.
The density of particles around the comet should go up too. You don't get much sunlight in a dust-storm. Not to mention it's not very good for the solar panels. While it's good to be hopeful I personally believe that Philae's mission is over.
Humanity will die out on one planet or many. You can't win against entropy and thermodynamics. See you in the black hole!
Doesn't matter. Divide et impera.