Prof HAWTIN'S POPULAR SCIENCE THREAD

You are not joking are you?

No, not at all.

I think there are millions of unfunded projects here on terra firma which would benefit mankind more than sending a remote control car to Mars. I know that there will be practical uses for some of the info gained but I'd like to see some kind of cost/benefit analysis. I bet it's not a project that any industry would fund.

Fandango Widewheels wrote:No, not at all.

I think there are millions of unfunded projects here on terra firma which would benefit mankind more than sending a remote control car to Mars. I know that there will be practical uses for some of the info gained but I'd like to see some kind of cost/benefit analysis. I bet it's not a project that any industry would fund.

Here's an unfunded project for Terra Firma....

'What colour is wind?'
Prof Nodula

Fandango Widewheels wrote:No, not at all.

I think there are millions of unfunded projects here on terra firma which would benefit mankind more than sending a remote control car to Mars. I know that there will be practical uses for some of the info gained but I'd like to see some kind of cost/benefit analysis. I bet it's not a project that any industry would fund.

Do you think they would even start the design stage if it wasn't jam packed with applications both scientific and practical?

NASA isn't the money behind it you know. Just the admin.

For all that do you think America in general would do anything at all in the spirit of curiosity? That's just one of many cuddly smokescreen names used to front massive military, biochemical and industrial research.

MONEY and lots of it. I can't believe you are doing this to me!

Son of Nod wrote:

Fandango Widewheels wrote:No, not at all.

I think there are millions of unfunded projects here on terra firma which would benefit mankind more than sending a remote control car to Mars. I know that there will be practical uses for some of the info gained but I'd like to see some kind of cost/benefit analysis. I bet it's not a project that any industry would fund.

Here's an unfunded project for Terra Firma....

'What colour is wind?'
Prof Nodula

A fine brown mist in your case

Sherrers wrote:

Son of Nod wrote:

Fandango Widewheels wrote:No, not at all.

I think there are millions of unfunded projects here on terra firma which would benefit mankind more than sending a remote control car to Mars. I know that there will be practical uses for some of the info gained but I'd like to see some kind of cost/benefit analysis. I bet it's not a project that any industry would fund.

Here's an unfunded project for Terra Firma....

'What colour is wind?'
Prof Nodula

A fine brown mist in your case

Sherrers wrote:

Fandango Widewheels wrote:No, not at all.

I think there are millions of unfunded projects here on terra firma which would benefit mankind more than sending a remote control car to Mars. I know that there will be practical uses for some of the info gained but I'd like to see some kind of cost/benefit analysis. I bet it's not a project that any industry would fund.

Do you think they would even start the design stage if it wasn't jam packed with applications both scientific and practical?

NASA isn't the money behind it you know. Just the admin.

For all that do you think America in general would do anything at all in the spirit of curiosity? That's just one of many cuddly smokescreen names used to front massive military, biochemical and industrial research.

MONEY and lots of it. I can't believe you are doing this to me!

I think it gives more political than material gain. Just my cynical two penneth.

mad scientists today

I sat next to a guy on the plane last Tuesday who is working on this project

http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2012/02/features/the-lightbulb-moment?page=all

Fascinating stuff.

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian space program's Mission Control Center says it will move the International Space Station into a different orbit to avoid possible collision with a fragment of debris.

Mission Control Center spokeswoman Nadyezhda Zavyalova said the Russian Zvevda module will fire booster rockets to carry out the operation Thursday at 07:22 a.m. Moscow time (0322 GMT).

The space station performs evasive maneuvers when the likelihood of a collision exceeds one in 10,000.

NASA estimates that more than 21,000 fragments of orbital debris larger than 10 centimeters (3.9 inches) are stuck in earth's orbit, and experts worry that orbiting junk is becoming a growing problem for the space industry.

There are six astronauts — three Russians, two Americans and one from Japan — onboard the orbiting laboratory.

I'd love a job cleaning up space.

I want them!

http://www.ustream.tv/NASAJPL

Is that Roger at 25 seconds?

this might help some of you doylums get why we need this mars mission

*doylum watches video*

some amazing pictures here

http://www.buzzfeed.com/atmccann/19-stars-in-the-throes-of-death

ay good pics

I mentioned graphene about 3 years ago but this handy vid is a good primer

You have reached a new level. A 'handy primer on graphene'. I see a succesful weekend with the ladies comig up

But, joking aside, I cam across this yesterday on the same subject

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19918703

I just said! I told you all about Graphene 3 years back it's not for me I've got New Scientist as my papery Egor... the above is for doylums

If it's a clear night tonight we should get a very good view of this

http://www.isstracker.com/

It should come into view about 19:55

Everyone loves a 3D printer. Cos it can make anything at all.

http://store.makerbot.com/replicator-404.html

lovely little story about a bloke fixing his harpsichord using one ;

http://www.makerbot.com/blog/2012/08/02/bringing-back-the-music-with-a-makerbot/

Fandango Widewheels wrote:If it's a clear night tonight we should get a very good view of this

http://www.isstracker.com/

It should come into view about 19:55

Yeah, done that.....watched a bright blip in the sky at night. OoooooOooooooh how exciting....

ISS Startrails - TRONized

I thank you!