manten and beyond: Wild Discussions on Outer Space

chrisgarci

chrisgarci

YES! I live on her roof
let the stars fall down, Manten, and moonfesta are some of the music by Yuki that incorporate things that are stellar or celestial in nature. It is one reason why my interest in outer space is as strong as when I was a child. So let us engage in wild yet interesting talk regarding the following topics in outer space such as:

  • Living Outside the Planet
    • Space Colonies
    • Living in Mars - "Curosity" the rover
    • Earth-like Planets
  • Wonders of the Night Sky
    • Future Stellar Events
  • Extraterrestrial Beings
  • Other Outer Space Trivia

For starters, I encountered one article that says a Japanese firm is looking forward to have an orbital tower (like the one from Gundam 00) up and running by 2050, while another article says that a comet will appear next year which can be seen even in daylight.
 
I'll look into more of those music. Thank you, george!

Bright object moving on airplane-like speed visible before dawn and after sunrise... I think I have encountered it a long time ago without knowing it was the ISS. It's definitely not an airplane and I thought it was an UFO, as it looked like a circular object from afar. It was strange that it did not disappear easily and it moves in the same horizontal direction at almost constant speed for some time. Now this is no longer a mystery to me. :ayashii:
 
Ha. I remembered my cousin telling me the other that she wanted to go to the sun. I found it hilarious [of course] but she looked serious. :glower:

Hmm I love looking at the stars at night. I'm also into the discovery of other life forms somewhere.

As someone interested in Math and Chem, I wanted to know if there are some mathematical equations which relates the expansion of the universe; of course entropy stuffs. Havey. :knife:
 
:nophoto:

I don't have the numbers for now, but I guess this will give you some thought as to how the universe expands.
Wikipedia said:
200px-Raisinbread.gif

The universe is modeled as a raisin bread expanding in the oven. The loaf (space) expands as a whole, but the raisins (gravitationally bound objects) do not expand; they merely grow farther away from each other.
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What happens if the bread expands too much in the oven? One theory states that the end of the universe may take place in that manner, but at least we are lucky not to be alive by that time it happens.
 
It's a bit hard to explain in english, but I'll try.
The expansion of the universe is caused by dark energy. A concept poorly understood by sience so far.
There are 2 posssibilities: 1 the universe
(which isn't a corect name, because it should mean everything, a total of existence, my greek is too poor to remember exactly; and recently many scientist are searching for proofs and belive strongly there are more ' parallel universes'; but this is another discussion)
will continue to expand, galaxies going further away one from other, until it reaches a maxim point, then it will start a process of regression. After a long period of time maybe everything will go back in a single point of energy, and a new universe will be born.
2 the universe will expand infinetly; planets, and everything in it being separated so much that the energy of big stars won't reach them. The universe will become a vast, deserted place.

I could talk about things like those for weeks, but it is hard not bringing into discssion other things, such as the big bang theory, life on Terra and other planets, existential problems and so many more.

Everything I wrote are pure assumptions, I do not expect people to take them for granted, though behind every theory there is a lot of work and attempts to prove it. A theory is not a lunatic's dream or a pure idea.
 
^ Interesting point. :sparkleguy:

Just yesterday in Australia, a total solar eclipse took place. To those who were there at that moment, what kind of experience is it? I want to know your thoughts... :plz:

It seems that the last eclipse for the year will happen in November 28-29, which is a penumbral lunar eclipse. To see how much of the next eclipse will be visible in your area, place the name of your city here.
 
I think I know what fills your space then, Mr. Perv Mwhlr... :V:

Seeing that discussions on space may take a wild turn... :innocent:
 
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chrisgarci said:
^ Interesting point. :sparkleguy:

Just yesterday in Australia, a total solar eclipse took place. To those who were there at that moment, what kind of experience is it? I want to know your thoughts... :plz:

It seems that the last eclipse for the year will happen in November 28-29, which is a penumbral lunar eclipse. To see how much of the next eclipse will be visible in your area, place the name of your city here.
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Oh yes, it was in Cairns in Northern Queensland (and I think people in parts of the Northern Territory could see it too...)

But I live in Sydney so we apparently only got a 'partial eclipse'. Which no one could see anyway because it was incredibly cloudy that day. :uh..: :desksweat: And our chemistry teacher tried showing us a live stream of it but we missed it. :cry:

Apparently though, up in QLD they had hotels booked out 3 years prior for scientists and eclipse chaser and tourists etc. in anticipation for this event :white: And someone was describing how when it happens, at first everyone falls really quiet, then after a few seconds people start screaming and crying because it's so overwhelming...

Anyway, I can't find the original news article I read about it on, but here are some other ones (there are plenty more as well):

http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/worl ... australia/
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/worl ... l-eclipse/
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/worl ... australia/
http://au.news.yahoo.com/queensland/a/- ... s-out-sun/

Pretty amazing photos :dote:

EDIT: Ooh, apparently, though, we'll get another penumbral lunar eclipse on 28th-29th November...hopefully the weather's good for that one... :uh..: :XD: Thanks for the link chris!
 
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Interesting source. Thanks!

A lot of pretty neat work done just for exploration, and to think they're just an NGO...

Varete said:
i saw at least 4 by now, too bad i don't remember a thing
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4... eclipses you mean? :confu:

Just to share though, the most memorable eclipse for me was the longest total solar eclipse for the 21st century. Too bad it's partial in my area though, but it really is record-breaking! :dote:

I found out that Kalafina performed on this live which took place on the same day as this eclipse and then encountered problems during their performance. What a coincidence, even though they have performed hours after the eclipse ended... :ayashii:
 
*bump* for space hobbyists/activists/fans

Supermoon 2013 (aka the largest Full Moon) will come in at June 23, 11:32 Universal Time (6:32 AM California Daylight, 7:32 PM Beijing time)

Areas that can view the moment the supermoon occurs are here:
june23supermoon_600.jpg


Any interesting in space that you want to share, guys?
 
ah, so that's why my grandma told me to make sure to see the moon on Sunday...
 
Ahh, I was yesterday up in the hills and there were no lights. It was a very clear view. It was really bright and nice to see.
 
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