Starship Asterisk*

the question was basically answered already, earlier in the thread. you can bring it back on track and add more anytime you like I suppose.

yuuccchh that dreammoods excerpt was a depressing account of otherwise benign dreams imo. I am usually in a school or office building talking to acquaintances when invariably something gets frightful. I then end up in a car that I'm driving, or running on foot to find a way to get away or hide from ...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/08/17/212887631/nasa-russian-meteor-threw-up-globe-girdling-plume-of-debris NASA: Meteor In Russia Threw Up Globe-Girdling Plume Of Debris The bus sized meteor that slammed into Russia in February, causing a massive shock-wave and injuring hundreds of people,...

very interesting. thanks.

..And Mr. Ford replied;
"Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the
wing wherewith we fly to heaven. And so I will
give some kind of parting knowledge to the designer of such
an inferior handle as this of which I have been so enlightened."

So basically as a Space shuttle astronaut enters space from a planet in the middle of a globular cluster, all he'll notice is far more stars, but with less contrast than he/she's used to seeing from high above the Earth's atmosphere. If there we're no gas clouds in the cluster floating around, would...

Ok this thread is a real challenge! We need to try harder.
The EDSEL Show starring Frank Sinatra & Bing Crosby;

Which would William have preferred, an iPad or a Tablet?

THE EARTH HAS BEAUTY The Earth has beauty everywhere, filled with magic in the air. Just listen to the gentle wind, that helps the weary soul to mend. The Earth has beauty, if you have eyes, just watch the majestic sun to rise. Watch the twinkling stars at night, guide the sleepless dreams in flight...

At night it might look like this?

This is as beautiful as a new sunrise on a beautiful day, because it's ancient and heartfelt.
I think we humans need to work at being more humble. To learn the heartbeat of Earth in order to apprieciate it more.
Sunrise Song

http://blog.nwf.org/2013/07/dolphins-call-each-other-out-by-their-names/?s_email_id=20130818_MEM_ENG_WLO_August_Edition|STAct Dolphins Call Each Other Out by Their Names Bottlenose dolphins can use learned vocal labels to address each other http://www.pnas.org/content/110/32/13216 In animal communic...

I wouldn't assume that planets with magnetic fields are all that much more likely to have life. But isn't a magnetic field a principal protector of an atmosphere from the ravages of a Solar wind? With a more stable atmosphere as a result, allowing surface life to take hold. I was referring to just ...

Seems that it would be best if we could tell if Kepler candidates slated for closer inspection had magnetic fields or not, as those with it may be more likely to have a life friendly surface? Will we be able to make an instrument in the future which could detect a magnetic field presence around thes...

We don't have any way to assess the presence of a planetary magnetic field, so we'll probably know little or nothing about the planet surface radiation environment. that is a key point. kind of a bummer. Don't most rocky planets around our size or larger, produce "a" magnetic field bc of ...

Geckzilla; I think the thing about JWST detecting alien life is a bit of a gimmick to help keep the project going because "looking at the same stuff in the same way except bigger" isn't a very good selling point. Chris; Once we have the ability to observe the spectral characteristics of ex...

back to this thread's subject... Now that the search is on in earnest for other Earths and whether the ones we chose to investigate further have hopeful conditions for sparking life, or show signs of life (James Webb Space Observatory --Will Advance Detection of Extraterrestrial Life http://www.dail...

Chris Peterson wrote: Science is leaning pretty hard against that view.

why?

Rather, these kinds of bodies are seen as possibly providing some of the organic ingredients that were incorporated by the first life.

and the difference is? they weren't essential? or not enough of it?

The vast majority of aliens are still humanoid. And don't even get me started on the dearth of imagination when it comes to female aliens. Every time I see a concept and it's some grotesque alien form with the exception of some perfectly round, smooth boobs I just wanna :bang: . For some reason, th...

What a wonderful distraction from the question of radiation aimed at habitable planets and life. If science is leaning towards life on Earth being seeded by comets and the like, is it too far off to speculate that life that gets started elsewhere would also be seeded by comets and therefore would st...

I was wondering how life on other planets would fare without UV or other radiation protections, if at all? Earth has enough protection for life to thrive on the surface. Earth's land-fauna benefits from a magnetic field, AND a UV blocking atmosphere. How rare is that? Just because an exo-planet is t...

Nanodiamonds Levitated With Laser Light, Scientists Held Trapped Particle ‘For Hours’ http://www.ibtimes.com/nanodiamonds-levitated-laser-light-scientists-held-trapped-particle-hours-video-1383439 For the first time, scientists used light to levitate a diamond in free space. In a study published thi...

what is the white fog/glow in the center?

I feel good conservation-wise, bc last Thursday I spent $2000.00 putting a used motor in my '01 Civic. Why buy new when slightly used will do. I would never give up my trusty high mpg Honda, it has a piece of gray duct tape holding the bumper to the right front fender after all! So now I can go anot...

Bruce I must admit I don't know more about fracking other than the movie Gasland and news of concerned people saying they use noxious chemicals and use/ruin an exorbitant amount of fresh water to extract the gas. 18 states now, and their water could be at risk. I hope Minnesota can keep the hoards o...