Author Topic: Not Goofy. Pluto! (Read 10512 times)

Penderic · « **on:** July 14, 2015, 07:02:39 PM »

Pics starting to arrive from the probe so far far away!

Looks lonely.

Mayor_of_BBQ · « **Reply #1 on:** July 14, 2015, 07:05:44 PM »

Shocking this 15yr NASA mission cost exactly half as much as the Cowbots new stadium

rodekyll · « **Reply #2 on:** July 14, 2015, 07:11:52 PM »

That little orb has taken a hammering.

lucydad · « **Reply #3 on:** July 14, 2015, 07:16:39 PM »

Yes lots of recent hits, and to my geologists eye a very, very complex terrain. I see possible lakes of methane? Seasonal features?

Penderic · « **Reply #4 on:** July 14, 2015, 07:36:58 PM »

Cowbots?

ok

Triple Jim · « **Reply #5 on:** July 14, 2015, 07:40:31 PM »

Quote from: lucydad on July 14, 2015, 07:16:39 PM

Yes lots of recent hits, and to my geologists eye a very, very complex terrain. I see possible lakes of methane? Seasonal features?

I don't know about seasons... the temperature is always below the freezing point of methane. Maybe methane skating ponds.

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #6 on:** July 14, 2015, 07:41:40 PM »

Quote from: Mayor_of_BBQ on July 14, 2015, 07:05:44 PM

Shocking this 15yr NASA mission cost exactly half as much as the Cowbots new stadium

Maybe Jerra can finance the Mars mission?

lucydad · « **Reply #7 on:** July 14, 2015, 09:46:38 PM »

Triple,

You are likely correct. Titan is much larger, with higher gravity and a pretty thick atmosphere. It is also a lot closer to our Sun and gets a lot more heating. PV = nRT comes into play with Titan methane lakes also.

Pluto's variable terrain will be quite likely revealed in extreme detail sometime next week. The light/dark could be compositional, or could be related to impacts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakes_of_Titan

Dang cold and dark out there in Pluto land. Exotic as hell. Fascinating.

guzzipete · « **Reply #8 on:** July 14, 2015, 11:23:06 PM »

have we sent a probe to Uranus yet?

cj750 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 15, 2015, 12:01:37 AM »

The high resolution version is causing some concern:

Penderic · « **Reply #10 on:** July 15, 2015, 01:28:01 AM »

Well, it sure looks like a planet(oid) to me.

Sasquatch Jim · « **Reply #11 on:** July 15, 2015, 03:57:56 AM »

Quote from: guzzipete on July 14, 2015, 11:23:06 PM

have we sent a probe to Uranus yet?

I can't read the page. My laptop is shaking too much from my laughter.

boatdetective · « **Reply #12 on:** July 15, 2015, 04:08:37 AM »

Sorry, but I've always been in the camp that just doesn't get it. Methane, shmethane, what does it matter? Are we to believe that this momentous event will bring Mankind untold advances like Tang, space pens, and space blankets?

sib · « **Reply #13 on:** July 15, 2015, 06:45:35 AM »

Quote from: boatdetective on July 15, 2015, 04:08:37 AM

Sorry, but I've always been in the camp that just doesn't get it. Methane, shmethane, what does it matter? Are we to believe that this momentous event will bring Mankind untold advances like Tang, space pens, and space blankets?

All depends on what enriches your life. For some, it's knowledge, for others, it's Twinkies.

Wayne Orwig · « **Reply #14 on:** July 15, 2015, 06:56:26 AM »

Quote from: boatdetective on July 15, 2015, 04:08:37 AM

Sorry, but I've always been in the camp that just doesn't get it. Methane, shmethane, what does it matter? Are we to believe that this momentous event will bring Mankind untold advances like Tang, space pens, and space blankets?

And velcro, don't forget velcro. It is what hold us together.

redrider · « **Reply #15 on:** July 15, 2015, 07:24:25 AM »

And Teflon for heart valves.

boatdetective · « **Reply #16 on:** July 15, 2015, 07:31:44 AM »

Quote from: sib on July 15, 2015, 06:45:35 AM

All depends on what enriches your life. For some, it's knowledge, for others, it's Twinkies.

Well, that's certainly patronizing. Questioning the real world benefits of the space program hardly makes me a knuckle dragger.

Penderic · « **Reply #17 on:** July 15, 2015, 07:34:46 AM »

You Earthlings are just so special!

steven c · « **Reply #18 on:** July 15, 2015, 09:25:54 AM »

I find this fantastic.

Space, far out.

Lannis · « **Reply #19 on:** July 15, 2015, 09:31:05 AM »

Quote from: boatdetective on July 15, 2015, 07:31:44 AM

Well, that's certainly patronizing. Questioning the real world benefits of the space program hardly makes me a knuckle dragger.

I hope what he was trying to say is that finding out about the previously unknown and the universe we live in is one of the things that makes us different from a chimpanzee (oops, this may be a different level of patronizing).

We're more than just walking stomachs that need to be fed - we have minds and curiosity too.

Me, I'm all for it. I'd hate to think that we wouldn't be interested in what Mars might hold because we should spend the money on better Twinkies or something (ouch, I just can't stop ...)

Lannis

wrbix · « **Reply #20 on:** July 15, 2015, 11:46:55 AM »

Quote from: rodekyll on July 14, 2015, 07:11:52 PM

That little orb has taken a hammering.

Yeah, being demoted to a dwarf planet is enough to crush any planet's ego.

wrbix · « **Reply #21 on:** July 15, 2015, 11:50:23 AM »

........make a Twinkie better? No way.

Penderic · « **Reply #22 on:** July 15, 2015, 03:44:48 PM »

Rumor is that Titan has oceans of whiskey!

Methane ice gives it a funny flavor though.

gearman · « **Reply #23 on:** July 15, 2015, 03:59:16 PM »

Quote from: boatdetective on July 15, 2015, 04:08:37 AM

Sorry, but I've always been in the camp that just doesn't get it. Methane, shmethane, what does it matter? Are we to believe that this momentous event will bring Mankind untold advances like Tang, space pens, and space blankets?

I can't even get new Orleans to fix the streets here . It is all about priorities.

Penderic · « **Reply #24 on:** July 15, 2015, 04:33:48 PM »

What amazes me is so many differences in the extra terrestrial bodies.

If they were all the same then exploring unknown space would get boring very quickly!

The quest to answer the age old question ...... what is over the next hill?

oldbike54 · « **Reply #25 on:** July 15, 2015, 04:37:59 PM »

Pennie , I am waiting for a square celestial body , or even better , one that resembles a T-Rex

Dusty

Penderic · « **Reply #26 on:** July 15, 2015, 04:45:02 PM »

Quote from: oldbike54 on July 15, 2015, 04:37:59 PM

Pennie , I am waiting for a square celestial body , or even better , one that resembles a T-Rex

Dusty

Sorry Dusty, nothing like that floating around space that I know of.

But maybe there are.

We just got to look a little harder.

oldbike54 · « **Reply #27 on:** July 15, 2015, 05:50:56 PM »

Wow , 10,000 foot tall ice mountains !

Dusty

Stormtruck2 · « **Reply #28 on:** July 15, 2015, 06:56:19 PM »

Quote from: oldbike54 on July 15, 2015, 05:50:56 PM

Wow , 10,000 foot tall ice mountains !

Dusty

Lorraine dear, fetch me some more Scotch. I got a mess of ice here.

Mayor_of_BBQ · « **Reply #29 on:** July 16, 2015, 01:56:23 PM »

Quote from: boatdetective on July 15, 2015, 07:31:44 AM

Well, that's certainly patronizing. Questioning the real world benefits of the space program hardly makes me a knuckle dragger.

throw out your GPS

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