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Today, 08:15 PM

Swift replied to a thread Mars 2020 Rover - "Perseverance" in Space Exploration

I wonder if the previous test of just spinning up the rotors blew it away and there wasn't much new deposit yet.

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Today, 08:11 PM

Trebuchet replied to a thread What are you watching? in Small Media at Large

I watched another episode of Vera Saturday, but these recent ones are not nearly as good as the old ones. In this one I noticed multiple characters...

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Today, 08:11 PM

Nicolas replied to a thread Mars 2020 Rover - "Perseverance" in Space Exploration

Amazing lack of dust kick up compared to what I expected

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Today, 08:04 PM

Swift replied to a thread Mars 2020 Rover - "Perseverance" in Space Exploration

Nice! :clap: That's one short flight for a helicopter, one giant leap for mankind (or something like that).

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Today, 08:00 PM

Swift replied to a thread Does anyone still believe that Apollo 11 landed on the moon after Chang'E-4 in Conspiracy Theories

Lord Foul The post I've quoted above is a virtual copy of this post. You are guilty of either using someone else's work without proper...

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Today, 07:22 PM

schlaugh replied to a thread Mars 2020 Rover - "Perseverance" in Space Exploration

Hey, actual "video" taken of the flight. I expect it's just a series of still images stitched together - but isn't that called a movie? ...

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Today, 06:53 PM

Swift replied to a thread Does anyone still believe that Apollo 11 landed on the moon after Chang'E-4 in Conspiracy Theories

Thread closed, pending moderator discussion. In the meanwhile, Lord Foul, don't start any new threads.

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Today, 06:42 PM

Van Rijn replied to a thread Does anyone still believe that Apollo 11 landed on the moon after Chang'E-4 in Conspiracy Theories

Who is that statement directed to? Because you certainly have not answered mine. There is no room for ambiguity, here - you haven’t come anywhere...

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Today, 05:59 PM

KaiYeves replied to a thread Will we ever stop using paper? in Science and Technology

Oh, I’m familiar with form e-mails and I sign about five a day. The faxes from cranks that I read in 2012 were decidedly homemade.

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Today, 05:40 PM

Swift replied to a thread Will we ever stop using paper? in Science and Technology

Having been asked by various advocacy groups over the years to participate in various campaigns to influence political decisions, I know a variety of...

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Today, 04:43 PM

schlaugh replied to a thread Mars 2020 Rover - "Perseverance" in Space Exploration

Hmmmm...maybe I'm missing it but there does not seem to be a section on the github site or on the JPL site for images taken from Ingenuity. Only from...

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Today, 04:40 PM

KaiYeves replied to a thread What are you reading? in Small Media at Large

I found The Aeronauts from the TIME-LIFE series “The Epic of Flight” at a library booksale on Saturday. Because it’s about early balloonists, it...

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Today, 04:33 PM

KaiYeves replied to a thread Will we ever stop using paper? in Science and Technology

Having worked in a Congressional office, I would add cranks. Cranks LOVE faxing their Congressman rants about how he is an evil baby-eating...

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Today, 04:27 PM

DonM435 replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that amuses you... in Off-Topic Babbling

In today's mail, I got three books from a used book service, sent from three different cities. I had ordered two books on baseball history and one on...

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Today, 03:52 PM

Swift replied to a thread Will we ever stop using paper? in Science and Technology

According to this from the Stanford School of Medicine, it is because of incompatible EHR (Electronic Health Record) systems. I know all of my...

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Today, 03:44 PM

Swift replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

Too dang early here in EDT as far as I'm concerned.

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Today, 02:55 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread The COVID-19 Discussion Thread (OTB) in Off-Topic Babbling

Well, my arm hurts. And I was tired yesterday, but who can tell if that's the shot?

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Today, 02:53 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Does anyone still believe that Apollo 11 landed on the moon after Chang'E-4 in Conspiracy Theories

So the short version appears to be that, no, nothing will convince Lord Foul that the errors are in his understanding.

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Today, 02:51 PM

Trebuchet replied to a thread Will we ever stop using paper? in Science and Technology

And the real estate industry. They fax everything.

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Today, 02:50 PM

Trebuchet replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

Nuts. Too dang early in the morning here on the west coast!

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Today, 02:49 PM

Jim replied to a thread What are you watching? in Small Media at Large

I've been watching The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. It's pretty good actually. And got way better this last episode when (spoiler) Julia...

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Today, 02:16 PM

profloater replied to a thread The Emerging Space Economy in Space Exploration

Note that while virtual the energy requirement is all too real. In a few years of more growth, the bitcoin computers, if rated as a country, will be...

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Today, 02:10 PM

profloater replied to a thread Mars 2020 Rover - "Perseverance" in Space Exploration

Well the blade rotation is reported to be 40 revs per second. With diameter 1.2 m that is quite a fast tip speed 140 + m/s?

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Today, 01:33 PM

selvaarchi replied to a thread China's Tianwen-1 mission in Space Exploration

"China to announce name of its first Mars rover" http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-04/19/c_139890645.htm

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