Skip to comments.
'Once in a Lifetime' Comet Is Shaped Like The Millennium Falcon
Science Alert ^
| July 27, 2023
| ELLIE ZOLFAGHARIFARD,
Posted on 07/28/2023 10:57:09 AM PDT by Red Badger
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-46 next last
To: jacknhoo
“It’s like seeing the shape of objects in the clouds.”
Yep.
Nerds and their cognitive/visual associations.
Because grant money.
To: EEGator
Time and space are relative
22
posted on
07/28/2023 11:50:47 AM PDT
by
webheart
23
posted on
07/28/2023 12:13:18 PM PDT
by
Rio
To: Yo-Yo
But can it do the Kessel Run in less than 12 Parsecs?Ask this guy.
24
posted on
07/28/2023 12:27:42 PM PDT
by
fwdude
(Conservatism isn't just an ingredient you can add to a sh*t stew & call it good. It's comprehensive.)
To: pepsi_junkie
I agree - more like a Star Trek vessel going forward.
But if the Millennium Falcon was traveling backwards then it could be that.
To: fwdude
Thanks for the flashback...
A young Harrison Ford, Ron Howard, McKenzie Phillips, and Suzanne Somers.
26
posted on
07/28/2023 12:41:23 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
To: EEGator
One of the books explained that. According to that book, the “Kessel run” goes through a cluster of black holes. In order to keep from getting sucked in, ships had to navigate the areas between, where the gravity from one black hole would counter the gravity from another. The faster a ship went, the more gravitational pull it could withstand, which meant being able to choose a less convoluted route.
Thus, faster ship = shorter Kessel run.
27
posted on
07/28/2023 12:53:03 PM PDT
by
Ellendra
(A single lie on our side does more damage than a thousand lies on their side.)
To: EEGator
You’re right. It’s bothered me too. The script writers messed up on that one.
28
posted on
07/28/2023 12:59:00 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
To: pepsi_junkie
29
posted on
07/28/2023 12:59:32 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
To: Red Badger
Thanks for the heads-up on the comet. I’m looking forward to that one!
30
posted on
07/28/2023 1:06:21 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
To: Red Badger
If it crashes into our natural satellite, we all get to say “that’s no Moon”.
Wow, that one stunk.
31
posted on
07/28/2023 1:33:21 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: Rio
Obviously a craft from the Horseshoe Nebula
32
posted on
07/28/2023 1:39:15 PM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: All
It's necromonger ships. We're doomed.
33
posted on
07/28/2023 1:54:43 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(My friend David got his ID stolen, so now he's just Dav.)
To: Red Badger; All
34
posted on
07/28/2023 4:56:16 PM PDT
by
Orlando
To: BipolarBob
“It’s necromonger ships. We’re doomed.”
Lighten up Francis.
Vin Diesel is King of the Necro’s now so it’s all cool.
35
posted on
07/28/2023 6:03:29 PM PDT
by
oldvirginian
(Gated communities....for those days you miss prison )
To: Red Badger
“Astronomers aren’t sure exactly why Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, which orbits the sun every 71 years, has brightened so drastically in recent weeks.”
The crew is being woken up out of suspended animation and they are starting to turn on the lights!
To: webheart
First cousins on their mother’s side, if I remember correctly...
37
posted on
07/28/2023 7:07:37 PM PDT
by
HeadOn
(Love God. Lead your family. Be a man.)
To: Red Badger; All
38
posted on
07/30/2023 1:33:38 AM PDT
by
Orlando
To: Red Badger; All
39
posted on
08/01/2023 11:09:30 PM PDT
by
Orlando
To: All
40
posted on
08/03/2023 7:46:17 AM PDT
by
Orlando
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-46 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
