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by ianb4all
Fri May 22, 2015 3:07 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Unbelievable Craft
Replies: 10
Views: 1899

Re: Unbelievable Craft

Crystal clear night -no fog....it wasn't a hazy glow or anything ...but ah well- believe or dont- I know what I saw .....
by ianb4all
Fri May 22, 2015 8:52 am
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Unbelievable Craft
Replies: 10
Views: 1899

Re: Unbelievable Craft

I wish I was....but I wouldn't post this if I knew for a fact it was some sort of optical illusion- either a bird getting lit from ground lights. What really stood out was what the craft seemed to be riding on- Like a cushion of some orange/red distortion wave - that rippled from the front of the cr...
by ianb4all
Thu May 21, 2015 11:09 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Unbelievable Craft
Replies: 10
Views: 1899

Unbelievable Craft

Hi all..i would like to describe to you all something quite amazing I saw on Wednesday morning at 3:30 am.(20/05/2015) Perhaps some of you folks could help me make sense of it. I woke up at around 3:30 am in the morning to go to the toilet and then I went into the kitchen to grab a glass of water- -...
by ianb4all
Thu May 02, 2013 4:20 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Saturn Hurricane (2013 May 02)
Replies: 17
Views: 2050

Re: APOD: Saturn Hurricane (2013 May 02)

Send a satellite with a probe and fire it right into the middle and send back data of what it finds as it descends- could there be a calm part to the centre eye of that storm where it could descend.
by ianb4all
Fri Jun 03, 2011 3:33 am
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Ultra parachute jump
Replies: 15
Views: 650

Re: Ultra parachute jump

What would the purpose of this be, exactly? What scientific value would come of this that couldn't be achieved some other way? Well that's the purpose of it- its never been done like this so the benefits are unknown till we attempt it- we can only gain knowledge from attempting such endeavours- we ...
by ianb4all
Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:38 am
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Ultra parachute jump
Replies: 15
Views: 650

Re: Ultra parachute jump

Would like to put this forward to give people the "parameters" of the height we would achieve this goal.
courtesy of wikimedia ofc with huge thanks.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... itudes.jpg.
by ianb4all
Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:32 am
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Ultra parachute jump
Replies: 15
Views: 650

Ultra parachute jump

Wild thinking here but what would it take for someone to get launched from the iss to earth using a parachute? I know we would have to take into consideration of re-entry. 1.What would a single person need to survive a re-entry into earth's atmosphere. 2.We already know that one can survive a high a...
by ianb4all
Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:13 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Light from the First Stars (APOD 02 Jan 2007)
Replies: 20
Views: 1983

to above poster - light and even infra red light takes time to travel to us - so what they looking at happened millions of years ago so they assume its from the big bang and universe expanding. simplly put - takes light 8 mins to travel from the sun to earth - so when you see that sun in the sky you...
by ianb4all
Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:06 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Effect of Supernova (APOD 1 Jan 2007)
Replies: 9
Views: 2953

Except for the comet that will sooner or later hit us - and we are far enough away from other suns so supernova aint an issue - though we might get a rogue black hole come our way and wouldnt even know its there till its to late :) theres lots of scary things out their that we just cannot prepare fo...
by ianb4all
Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:01 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Light from the First Stars (APOD 02 Jan 2007)
Replies: 20
Views: 1983

I can see where they removed the foreground stars but any idea about the other dark spots? like huge areas where theres no light whatsoever - any ideas why?