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Mount_Prion
06/23/09

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Am I the only person here who can't see the phrase "pyroclastic flow" without thinking of the GZA?
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neolex
06/22/09

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Um.. Sorry, but I must complain;

'Luckily, NASA's International Space Station was watching.'

Since when did NASA solely own the ISS; or is the word 'International' just a PR bye line?
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ProgHead777
06/23/09

@neolex: No, it's really "international", though, NASA did most of the heavy lifting and incurred a much larger share of the cost. Remember that it was in development for several years as Space Station Freedom/Alpha before it became the International Space Station. And those shuttle launches aren't cheap.

What does it matter? The whole thing gets chucked into the ocean in 8 years anyway. Which NASA gets sole responsibility for, BTW. Then you can call it NASA's $100,000,000,000+ Giant Hunk of Falling Garbage.

Actually, you could call it that now if you ask me.
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Trai_Dep
06/23/09

@ProgHead777: Only because we LET it fall.

Idiotic policy to kill a platform well before its time because the previous chimp in office didn't want to share toys with others and instead wanted to yank us away from hard science and towards playacting GI Joes on the moon. Which, inevitably, will be strangled on the vine due to budget cuts anyway. A BIG win for anti-science.

Should reboot, focus on the station and unmanned missions, more Hubbles, etc.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
06/22/09

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Geoporn! Ooooh yeah, the earth just erupted.

Sorry, every time volcanoes are posted and tagged geoporn...
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ZanipoloLebron
06/22/09

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So that is a thermal shockwave edge, a pressure shockwave edge, or the event horizon of a black hole?
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Pope John Peeps II
06/22/09

@ZanipoloLebron: technically all shockwaves are pressure. But that's a rapidly rising mass of hot gas pushing aside water vapour that's being rapidly condensed.
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Gann
06/22/09

@Pope John Peeps II: or moist air being heated above it's dewpoint, which would cause the vapor to disappear...
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ceilingFANBOY
06/22/09

@ZanipoloLebron: It's a photo of the LHC being turned on.
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