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Nearby Star Smaller than Earth, Massive as Sun
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| 12/13/05
| Robert Roy Britt
Posted on 12/13/2005 6:49:40 PM PST by KevinDavis
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To: RadioAstronomer
The Webb cannot replace Hubble.
A strange comment to make to me, since I didn't refer to Webb in any way.
To: COEXERJ145
Also referred to as "The Pup". I think that sobriquet is reserved for Alpha Canis Minoris (Procyon)...
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posted on
12/14/2005 2:43:04 PM PST
by
Junior
(From now on, I'll stick to science, and leave the hunting alien mutants to the experts!)
To: Junior
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posted on
12/14/2005 2:59:41 PM PST
by
COEXERJ145
(Those Who Want to Impeach President Bush Are the Party of Treason.)
To: COEXERJ145
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posted on
12/14/2005 3:02:24 PM PST
by
Junior
(From now on, I'll stick to science, and leave the hunting alien mutants to the experts!)
To: mwilli20
Ah, mistook "as" for "more."
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posted on
12/14/2005 3:37:25 PM PST
by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
To: RadioAstronomer
The Webb telescope will be a much, much finer instrument than Hubble ever was. It will have something like 6 times the light grasp, and will be in a far orbit, away from the interference of Earth. There will be no comparison.
To: Batrachian
It still does not see the bands that Hubble does. Guess I seem to be in the minority here for saving Hubble.
I guess I am a bit biased. When I was at Goddard, I got to spend some time in the Hubble control room.
Please dont get me wrong. I think the Webb will be fantastic. I just want the two to compliment each other.
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posted on
12/14/2005 9:12:48 PM PST
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior member of Darwin Central)
To: RadioAstronomer
I just want the two to compliment each other. Webb: "That's fine lookin' mirror you got there, big fella!"
Hubble: "Why thank you! And your pointing system is a sight to behold!"
Webb: "Well, you're too kind...."
To: longshadow
Sigh. **Complement**
LOL!
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posted on
12/14/2005 10:03:12 PM PST
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior member of Darwin Central)
To: RadioAstronomer
Everyone wants to save Hubble. Did I say I didn't want to save Hubble? I want to save Hubble. It's not up to me. Everyone wanted to save Skylab, too. The Shuttle wasn't up and running in time to save Skylab, and down it came. Now, there aren't enough Shuttle missions available to save Hubble. The new CEV vehicles won't be ready in time, either.
If I had my way, NASA's budget would be ten times what it is today, and we'd have everything from new space telescopes to Mars missions to Lunar bases and everything else in between.
They should have replaced the Shuttle years ago, but you know how our government works, and space doesn't have a huge voting constituency like Medicaid or social security. I wish things where different.
To: timer
I was doing it in my head.
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posted on
12/15/2005 2:46:36 AM PST
by
TShaunK
To: RadioAstronomer
Sigh. **Complement** gotcha!
;-)
To: TShaunK
Yes, there is much more to the story : of how DeBoglie's U=c^2/v equation for the speed of matter waves got him posted to the "crazy aunt alice" catagory by Einstein and his relativists(nothing can exceed the speed of light). There is a momentum-c^2 loophole, not wormhole, LOOPHOLE wherein by "going" to 0 deg K locally(v=0)and using n/0=n-0=n and nx0=n+0=n, you can jump to c^2 line-momentum globally. E=mc^2=hw reduces to E=c^2=w. This is how aliens in UFOs get around so fast, covering 1 LY in 105 seconds(earth local). I can explain it still further if you like(in private post).
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posted on
12/15/2005 10:30:28 AM PST
by
timer
To: KevinDavis
I am Sirius.....and Stop Calling me Shirley.
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posted on
12/15/2005 10:33:28 AM PST
by
hobbes1
(Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you dont have to...." ;)
To: KevinDavis
Sirius....please don't let this be a Howard Stern thread.....
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posted on
12/15/2005 10:36:27 AM PST
by
add925
(The Left = Xenophobes in Denial)
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