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Originally posted by Landru
A. These Anti-American vs. Europe side fights are destructive and childish. I imagine we all have similar interests and hopes being on this board. Somehow we prick each other and turn into little "W"'s, or the European elites -- its nuts - that isn't getting anyone anywhere
B. Anyone who thinks Europe "has more satellites than America" is my friends seriously misinformed.
"Europe" is not not really even a member of the club:
In January there were 872 satellites in orbit and 443 or 50.8% were from the U.S. - No other country has more than 90.
Russia has 85 (9%), China has 40 (4%), Japan 35 (3%), China 11 leaving about 44% of all satellites to be shared by Canada (the biggest remainder with 11, Israel, India etc.) If we count every European country as "Europe" we might reach a number that is over 1/2 the satellites that the U.S. has - but not much more than that ... the statement that "most are from Europe" is such an obvious and patent falsehood that it smells of (red) herring.
[edit on 11-5-2008 by Landru]
Originally posted by Landru
B. Anyone who thinks Europe "has more satellites than America" is my friends seriously misinformed.
"Europe" is not not really even a member of the club:
In January there were 872 satellites in orbit and 443 or 50.8% were from the U.S. - No other country has more than 90.
Russia has 85 (9%), China has 40 (4%), Japan 35 (3%), China 11 leaving about 44% of all satellites to be shared by Canada (the biggest remainder with 11, Israel, India etc.) If we count every European country as "Europe" we might reach a number that is over 1/2 the satellites that the U.S. has - but not much more than that ... the statement that "most are from Europe" is such an obvious and patent falsehood that it smells of (red) herring.
[edit on 11-5-2008 by Landru]
NASA's mission is to:
· To understand and protect our home planet
· To explore the Universe and search for life
· To inspire the next generation of explorers
…as only NASA can
Originally posted by Grey Basket
I don't feel like reading every post in this huge thread since I just found it, but I wanted to shoot some food for thought.
They made an announcement of the media event, which means they think it is a big deal.
The word used is "object". So it's not something like Dark Matter or alien life for example (unless the object is an unidentified one, wink wink).
It could not be an Earth-destroying object, because if it was they would have said "to announce the discovery of an object in our Galaxy astronomers have been watching out for for more than 50 years", certainly not "hunting for".
They say they have been searching for this "object" for 50 years, NASA was only established just a few months shy of 50 years ago.
So what has NASA been searching for since it's inception? Does anyone know what their main mission was to search for since it started up?
NASA's mission is to:
· To understand and protect our home planet
· To explore the Universe and search for life
· To inspire the next generation of explorers
…as only NASA can
www.ksc.nasa.gov...
Could be a black hole, planet in our Solar System , or a new Earth-like planet. But it would be much more interesting if they found a fossil or object of alien origin.
I guess we'll see.
[edit on 12-5-2008 by Grey Basket]
Originally posted by ezziboo
Sometimes the partner star is the same type, sometimes a totally different type of star, such as a red or brown dwarf.
Brown dwarf stars are almost impossible to detect visually because, well, they're brown and give off almost no visible light...however, the Chandra X-Ray Telescope is capable of detecting radiation emitted by brown dwarves in the form of, you guessed it, x-rays.
Perhaps a very nearby brown dwarf's x-ray emissions have been detected by Chandra...
Originally posted by badBERTHA
I'm guessing they have found... a DVD of 50 years of NASA available to buy at your local stores or online. Or perhaps a limited edition commemorative Book, signed by Neil Armstrong et al - what better way to celebrate 50 glorious years (NASA was established on July 29, 1958)
Where's me chequebook?
Berth
NASA's mission is to:
· To understand and protect our home planet
· To explore the Universe and search for life
· To inspire the next generation of explorers
…as only NASA can