What's Cool in Science This Week?

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mirth

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

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"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

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bbmike

"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."
-Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

"There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you!"
-The Doctor

"Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth."
-Clifford D. Simak

Emeraldlis

Wow , that's cool ....way to go Astro bob !!!!
"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm " winston Churchill 😉
"Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune , or to take arms against a sea of trouble ,and by opposing end them "  hamlet  🎭

A bad hobbit is hard to break - Staggerwing
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bayonetbrant

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Emeraldlis

It'll be interesting to find out if the robotic squid works and what data it comes up with , it's a novel concept , I like it . I think modelling the  design off the squids own natural system of jet propulsion is ingenious :)
"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm " winston Churchill 😉
"Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune , or to take arms against a sea of trouble ,and by opposing end them "  hamlet  🎭

A bad hobbit is hard to break - Staggerwing
Booooo!!!!! Repeat !!!!!!!   - MetalDog

mirth

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Windigo

Quote from: mirth on February 09, 2017, 11:55:02 AM
https://www.cnet.com/news/nasas-new-electronics-can-survive-the-heat-of-venus/

Venus isn't quite the crapshoot to land stuff on that Mars is. Just keeping stuff working once it's on the surface is the interesting bit.
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My wife insists that it says dyslexia but what does she know.

Emeraldlis

"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm " winston Churchill 😉
"Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune , or to take arms against a sea of trouble ,and by opposing end them "  hamlet  🎭

A bad hobbit is hard to break - Staggerwing
Booooo!!!!! Repeat !!!!!!!   - MetalDog

bbmike

"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."
-Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

"There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you!"
-The Doctor

"Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth."
-Clifford D. Simak

Emeraldlis

Venus to the rescue  ;D NASA scientists WILL be pleased  :bd:  :D
"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm " winston Churchill 😉
"Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune , or to take arms against a sea of trouble ,and by opposing end them "  hamlet  🎭

A bad hobbit is hard to break - Staggerwing
Booooo!!!!! Repeat !!!!!!!   - MetalDog

mirth

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Rekim

Cross posting from the SpaceX thread

Quote from: Rekim on February 18, 2017, 07:30:21 AM
There is a Falcon 9 launch scheduled for this morning, to the ISS from KCS Launch Complex 39A. There is a ton of space history associated with this site, including most of the moon landings, which hasn't been used since the very last Shuttle launch. Spacex will once again attempt a first stage landing, close to the launch site. Should be interesting, as always. You can watch it live here ~10:00am EST

http://www.spacex.com/webcast



Pete Dero

TRAPPIST-1: System with 7 Earth-Size Exoplanets

http://www.space.com/35806-trappist-1-facts.html

The ultracool star TRAPPIST-1, located about 40 light-years from Earth, hosts at least seven exoplanets, most likely rocky worlds the size of Earth and smaller. The star boasts not only the largest number of Earth-like worlds in a single system known to date, but also the most planets that could host liquid water on their surfaces.

Ultimately, scientists say these seven newly identified Earth-size worlds offer the best bet yet for finding life outside our solar system.


Searching for Life on 7 Nearby Alien Worlds: How Scientists Will Do It

http://www.space.com/35793-trappist-1-earth-size-exoplanets-alien-life-search.html

bayonetbrant

The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers