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by djak.
Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:45 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Atlantis Reflection (2011 Jul 09)
Replies: 35
Views: 5138

Re: APOD: Atlantis Reflection (2011 Jul 09)

I kept wondering about the rescue shuttles that needed to be ready with all the talk of "last" flights recently - it turns out that if Atlantis is too damaged for re-entry, there really won't be a rescue shuttle, the crew will instead eventually return from the ISS via Soyuz craft . Doug H...
by djak.
Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:18 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Regolith of Asteroid Eros (2011 Jun 19)
Replies: 10
Views: 2391

Re: APOD: The Regolith of Asteroid Eros (2011 Jun 19)

brown areas indicate regolith that has been chemically altered by exposure to the solar wind during micrometeorite impacts. I don't understand the "during micrometeorite impacts" part. Why wouldn't it be altered by the solar wind at other times? Is it that only subsurface material is chem...
by djak.
Sat May 28, 2011 6:39 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Mileage of Light (2011 May 28)
Replies: 26
Views: 3177

Re: APOD: The Mileage of Light (2011 May 28)

How far to the anthropocene extinction?
by djak.
Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:44 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: VdB 152 Reflection Nebula (2009 Oct. 31)
Replies: 11
Views: 2279

Re: VdB 152 Reflection Nebula (2009 Oct. 31)

orin stepanek wrote:It may look ghostly; but to me it looks more like a bird waiting for mama to bring a nice juicy worm. It even has a twinkle in it's eye. :lol:

Orin
Looks like a dress to me, a brown version of http://www.detroitfashionpages.com/user ... 0dress.JPG