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Today, 03:57 PM

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

I just watched the 2018 documentary Chesley Bonestell: A Brush With The Future. As the name says, it's about Chesley Bonestell the artist whose...

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Today, 03:45 PM

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

With over 28 million cases and over half a million deaths in the US, we have to have reached the point where pretty much everyone knows people who...

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Today, 03:44 PM

Trebuchet replied to a thread Stuff you just don't get. in Off-Topic Babbling

There's a whole YouTube channel of trucks and RV's hitting a particular bridge somewhere. Even after they raised it some. Eleven-foot-eight or some...

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Today, 03:30 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Stuff you just don't get. in Off-Topic Babbling

Another truck drove into our trestle the other day. This one has a listed height of seven inches taller than the clearance on all the signs with the...

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Today, 03:27 PM

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

A friend looks about to lose both his parents; his nieces and nephews have also lost their mom.

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Today, 02:38 PM

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

"Mastcam-Z's First 360-Degree Panorama" https://www.marsdaily.com/reports/Mastcam_Zs_First_360_Degree_Panorama_999.html

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Today, 02:30 PM

selvaarchi started a thread ESA Moon Ambitions in Space Exploration

ESA has explored the moon over the years. Now there is a new drive for ambitious mission by itself or with International partners. A new plan is...

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Today, 12:57 PM

selvaarchi replied to a thread China's new launch vehicles Long March Series in Space Exploration

China has officially giving the go ahead for the development of the :rimshot: Long March-9. This is also a blessing tp manned moon landings by the...

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Today, 12:39 PM

selvaarchi replied to a thread Parker Solar Probe in Space Exploration

"NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Captures Stunning New Images From Venus" ...

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Today, 12:30 PM

Gigabyte replied to a thread Disease and pandemics thread (because it's science) in Science and Technology

Pretty much zero. Which also happens to be the number of flu cases.

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Today, 08:18 AM

selvaarchi replied to a thread China Space Station in Space Exploration

Here is an article from 2019 on nine international scientific projects to be conducted on the space station. It is being coordinated through the...

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Today, 06:13 AM

Trebuchet replied to a thread NASA's moon mission - ARTEMIS in Space Exploration

On that site I got ads for a Faraday cap. And underpants. Sheesh!

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Today, 03:19 AM

Shaula replied to a thread Is Dark Matter Equivocal in Science and Technology

No problems. The size of the available parameter space is only large if you cherry pick what kinds of observations you will accept. But I'm not...

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Today, 01:16 AM

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

I eventually figured out that it was in the north of Western Australia because of the occasional wall map that shows up in a scene (showing ocean to...

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Today, 12:43 AM

selvaarchi replied to a thread China Space Station in Space Exploration

They do have a working relationships with ESA and Russia on their space stations. Also at least one African country that I know off.

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Today, 12:03 AM

pzkpfw replied to a thread Moon rotation: forget empiricism, use geometry. in Against the Mainstream

Well (though I should not have had to) I've looked at "degree 1" and certainly think it's wrong. It's clear to me that if disc D were not rotating...

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Yesterday, 09:51 PM

schlaugh replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

With Regard To...

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Yesterday, 06:02 PM

DonM435 replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

If nothing at all happened, the papers would have to headline "AMAZING NEWS-FREE DAY BAFFLES EXPERTS -- Read Lots About it Here."

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Yesterday, 04:44 PM

PetersCreek replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

Maybe this? Private Sub Screen-Wake ' Exit screensaver when user detected 'On Error Resume Next With ActiveSeat If .Kiester.Detect = TRUE...

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Yesterday, 04:23 PM

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

Possible derivation of the backronym.

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Yesterday, 04:18 PM

Jim replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

This is why the Graphical User Interface is correctly pronounced "gooey."

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Yesterday, 04:12 PM

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

My wife had her first shot last Friday, I get my second today, and I was just able to schedule our daughter the kindergarten teacher's first for this...

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Yesterday, 03:54 PM

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

Is closed captioning available?

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Yesterday, 03:52 PM

Trebuchet replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

Oh, they got half of one! The expensive half, at that.

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