Thread: For space geeks

Originally Posted by Carrabow

Get a Tri-Pod with a resolution about 15-20X

Tripods have resolution now?

Originally Posted by The Big Fella

I have the tripod just not the ability to use the camera to its capability. The same as trying to photograph the bats. on an evening if I put on the pool lights the bats come swooping down through the balcony and then swing round and drop down over the pool to eat the insects that are attracted by the lights. All I ever get is the pool. i'm sure I can hear the bats p!ssing themselves laughing as they fly off

Try to take your pics before sundown (or sun up) when the sky is still lit.

I don't know what kind of camera you have but here's my settings for shooting the moon:

Aperture at f/11
ISO 100 (you don’t want any noise on your photo and it’s so bright there is really no need to go above 100)
1/125 – 1/250


Before sunset it's nice to do:




This one was

1/500
f/5.0
200 mm lens
ISO 400

Originally Posted by thailazer

I signed up for the notification, but not a single pass over Chiang Mai yet. Any steely-eyed-missile-men out there that can tell how often the space station passes a particular place?

It passes over you all the time. But usually you cannot see it. It can be during the daylight hours then it is not bright enough to be seen. Or it is in the night and it is not lit by the sun and again cannot be seen. You can see it only when it is dark at your location but the ISS is in the sunlight. This application gives you only the passes you can actually see.

I am still waiting for a notification. But I will probably need many notifications because usually it will be obscured by clouds as happened so many times in the past.

Originally Posted by Takeovers

Originally Posted by Carrabow

I see snip-et's of Nasa wanting to go to the moon again...

I guess we a need a base to jump to the next place....

There is a heated discussion among space geeks about that. Some, like me, are of the opinion it is worthless as a base for the next jump and of some limited interest for science. There is probably some water on the moon, so you potentially could produce LH and LOX (liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen) for fuel. But liquid hydrogen is very hard to handle and even harder to store. IMO probably not suitable as fuel for long term exploration flights.

Others are of the opinion that it is a worthwhile step on the way out. Many simply want the moon again to see ANYTHING happen.

Originally Posted by Carrabow

The scientists say there is H3 on the moon. Yep, you can make fuel from that... how much will that cost?

No, it is not, there is He3. You can potentially use it for a variant of nuclear fusion that produces no radioactive waste at all. The kind of fusion presently researched on earth will produce some mildly radioactive waste with short half life. But fusion with He3 is even much harder to achieve than fusion with hydrogen, which we cannot do yet.

M'Kay,

What is the therory I am thinking of? What is it... the Morris law?

For every year today... our computing power jumps ten years...

You wanna know why it is slow? Because someone won't make money on their patents.

Guess what? The Govner aint gotta do that...


The people need to tell them to stop, and get off the knowledge.

Originally Posted by Carrabow

I think we should have never stopped going to other worlds....

I think they just landed a Mars rover

unless you mean men going, well, they never went anywhere except the moon

Originally Posted by DrAndy

Originally Posted by Carrabow

I think we should have never stopped going to other worlds....

I think they just landed a Mars rover

unless you mean men going, well, they never went anywhere except the moon

We need to send men or woman. The only problem is the trip will last 9 months or better

Originally Posted by Carrabow

What is the therory I am thinking of? What is it... the Morris law?

Do you mean Moore's law?

Moore's law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Originally Posted by quimbian corholla

Originally Posted by Carrabow

What is the therory I am thinking of? What is it... the Morris law?

Do you mean Moore's law?

Moore's law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fookin' thank god for Google!!!

Yes, after I posted that, I looked it up...

Thank's Corn-Hole


I think about many things... At this time of year, we are battling rain and a harvest.

Yer so smart!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Carrabow

You wanna know why it is slow? Because someone won't make money on their patents.

Guess what? The Govner aint gotta do that...

The people need to tell them to stop, and get off the knowledge.

I don't get what you mean. You think fusion is solved but the process suppressed?

Originally Posted by Carrabow

We need to send men or woman. The only problem is the trip will last 9 months or better

The most likely scenario for a Mars trip would be ~6 month flying there. Then over a year on Mars, waiting for the return window. Then ~6 month back.

There is another scenario. I am not sure but 9 month sound right. But that would be going 9 month to Mars, staying only a month or so there and 9 months back. It is not that much shorter over all but only a short time on Mars and very long time in weightlessness with the resulting health hazards. That is why the other scenario is the favorite.

Just received an email - It will be passing over BKK at 4.44 AM, Nov 12th.

Visible for 2 minutes, appearing in the NE

Originally Posted by Takeovers

Originally Posted by Carrabow

You wanna know why it is slow? Because someone won't make money on their patents.

Guess what? The Govner aint gotta do that...

The people need to tell them to stop, and get off the knowledge.

I don't get what you mean. You think fusion is solved but the process suppressed?

Originally Posted by Carrabow

We need to send men or woman. The only problem is the trip will last 9 months or better

The most likely scenario for a Mars trip would be ~6 month flying there. Then over a year on Mars, waiting for the return window. Then ~6 month back.

There is another scenario. I am not sure but 9 month sound right. But that would be going 9 month to Mars, staying only a month or so there and 9 months back. It is not that much shorter over all but only a short time on Mars and very long time in weightlessness with the resulting health hazards. That is why the other scenario is the favorite.

T.O,


We have been 30 years past our goal....

Quite cool. Works in google chrome

100,000 Stars

Have a look at this stunning footage.



Nicely scored, too.

SpotTheStation! Time: Thu Dec 06 7:09 PM, Visible: 2 min, Max Height: 42 degrees, Appears: SSW, Disappears: S

Over CNX....

Originally Posted by The Big Fella

Hi, I read an article in one of the British papers this morning concerning the space station. Evidently it is the third brightest thing in the sky after the sun and the moon and easily visible with the naked eye. You just need to know where and when to look. They linked to this site that has a nifty little sign up so you can get an email or SMS when it is due to pass over where you are. I can't wait to get my first glimpse
The link is here

NASA - Spot The Station

iPhone app - various astronomy app will show you augmented reality view of the sky. Just hold it up, and it shows you the night sky, which everything labeled. Including the space station.

Originally Posted by Spin

SpotTheStation! Time: Thu Dec 06 7:09 PM, Visible: 2 min, Max Height: 42 degrees, Appears: SSW, Disappears: S

Over CNX....

Got three notifications over the past two days and we saw the pass you post here. It was a cool one as when it got overhead it was as if the lights were turned off as it went into the shadow of the earth. I was wondering why the notification said a south disappearance.

Got a lot of notifications but like always the sky was cloudy. Presently clear skies but no passes.