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10/16/09
10/16/09
Is this a 'true' Stirling engine (external combustion)? #space
10/16/09
Maybe that's just because the word windjammer is fantastic, and adding nuclear as an adjective only makes anything better. #space
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And our nukey ship's a beauty;
We've got lots of memory free,
And attentive to our duty.
When the ship orbits free
O'er the methane sea,
We stand in our shield all day;
When from space we drop
In our nuclear boat,
We have plenty of time to, er, float. #space
10/16/09
You are the captain of the Internet
With your witty rhyming post!
Your parody's quite good,
Though be it understood,
I, for one, like Penzance most.
10/16/09
With four four-way tabs of orange haze
a mighty moon, crowned with lakes
of liquid flatulence, partakes
of seascapes trippy and mighty chilly;
So up to the sea in ships
Repair the dreamers willy-nilly
With a cockle-shell of science
A-sail in a cooking-gas tank of giants. #space
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10/16/09
Methane and propane need oxygen to ignite. No oxygen, no boom. #space
04/29/09
04/29/09
I looked at the Telegraph article this links to, and THEY got it wrong, too.
I'm going to email them and ask where their info came from.
Here's another link to real info. Its a Power Point presentation about the mission. May take a while to download, but pretty cool.
[zeus.nascom.nasa.gov]
04/29/09
Here's the real thing.
[www.esa.int]
It says "150 days" right there.
I'm wondering if the error originated with the Telegraph writer or if he copied off someone else's paper.
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04/29/09
The ESA's probe (ie not NASA) will have an orbital period of 150 days. Which you've just confirmed. NASA's probe has varying orbital periods depending on what orbital path its taking (ie see what I wrote).
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04/29/09
The entire mission has a complete cycle time of 24 orbits totalling 6.4 years. The final 3 orbits within 9.5 Rs or 8.4 Rs* from the Sun's surface occur over a period of 88 days.
*Rs = 6.96x10^5 km, or (6612000 km and 5846400 km respectively)
Source: [solarprobe.gsfc.nasa.gov]
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"Solar Probe?"
"Nah... not bombastic enough."
"Solar Probe Plus?"
"Fuck yea, bro!" *slams down a Corona*
04/29/09
Should I just wait for the reality show?
04/29/09
"WHO ATE MY RECONSTITUTED FRIES???"
04/29/09
Next time on The Real World: Sol
Bo has a blow-up. "Stop it, stop it, just stop touching me man!"
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"I keep waiting on Candice to notice me, but she never does. I mean, there are only like seven of us up here..."
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"Told the bitch not to disrespect me or it'd be like "Blam! Out the airlock."
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MY SPACE PR0N SUPPLY MUST NOT BE COMPROMISED.
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