Starship Asterisk*

wtwhitener wrote:I would like to know how they get the shuttle up on top?!!

I suppose using a similar installation to the one they use to get it off again.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960307.html

Yeah, tough to match.

Most computers come with a calculator. Many even have a 'convert units' type of function. Also check out http://www.onlineconversion.com/ one mile -- 1.6 km 570 feet -- 175 m 300,000 ton -- 272 million kg 130 feet -- 40 m 26,000 miles per hour -- 41,839 km/h 9 miles across -- 14 km But of course sci...

JonInFL wrote:Am I wrong, or did someone mix units when looking up the areas?

It seems to fit quite nicely when you project them over each other at the same scale.

jimmysnyder wrote:What is so intriguing about that smaller galaxy.

Maybe it is just aesthetically fascinating, to see through a spiral arm and see this object that is almost hiding in there. Anyway, that's what I make of it. Without any elaboration, I don't think the intrigue is deeply scientific.

jimmysnyder wrote:I looked on the Nasa site to find out the reason for this strange numbering but could not find it.

There's a Wiki on shuttle flights, and it seems the mission numbers and flight order are almost close to each other by chance.

The spectacular picture link suggests it is somewhere (50N 05W) over Europe (the south-east corner of England) at 10.13h UTC. Here 's the path of the 1999 solar eclipse. It was a hot day in summer, so just clouds, no ice. I remember driving to Germany to see the total eclipse, but the weather foreca...

On the other hand, if someone in the outer rims of M3 would look in our direction, one would see our glorious galaxy from the 'top', spanning about 100° wide (200 times the width of the moon). One side would look bigger, because it is so much closer. http://img478.imageshack.us/img478/9974/ourgalaxy...