[QUOTE=Zeke129;45344264]Physicists: the trolls of science[/QUOTE]
that would be the mathematicians
[QUOTE=BrainDeath;45344279]that would be the mathematicians[/QUOTE]
Physicists and mathematicians are the same thing and anyone who tells you different is a dirty [I]experimentalist[/I]
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;45344328]Physicists and mathematicians are the same thing and anyone who tells you different is a dirty [I]experimentalist[/I][/QUOTE]
the only way to divine the size of the sun is to measure it's angular diameter and you know it
[editline]10th July 2014[/editline]
we cant know the circumference of the earth for sure until we make a really long tape measure
[QUOTE=BrainDeath;45344337]the only way to divine the size of the sun is to measure it's angular diameter and you know it
[editline]10th July 2014[/editline]
we cant know the circumference of the earth for sure until we make a really long tape measure[/QUOTE]
what is this empiricist nonsense you're spouting
I'll just be over here developing the most mathematically elegant theory of everything possible so I can derive the size of the sun from first principles
[QUOTE=Geeray;45343509]Plus the whole nuclear propulsion thing is a bit difficult to pull off.[/QUOTE]
Orion is literally just hurling nukes out the back end and blowing them up with a fuse. It could also be done with conventional explosives, just much less effectively.
[QUOTE=_Maverick_;45330629]Like all probes of this nature i hope that WHEN we master space flight we can bring these things back to earth and keep them as relics[/QUOTE]
The reason we sent Voyager 1 out on an escape orbit was so that aliens might someday stumble upon it and its gold disc with information on how to find Earth and how to communicate with its denizens. It's pretty wasteful to cast out your bait into the water only one foot in front of you and then reel it in before anything even comes close enough to bite, if you'll pardon the fishing metaphor.
[editline]9th July 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=FurrehFaux;45338385]So when do we find the mass relays?[/QUOTE]
Charon is just a mass relay encased in ice. All we have to do is melt it, turn it on, get warped into Council Space, engage in a war with the turians for several years over a misunderstanding, and then we'll all make happy before the Reapers fly in and kill us all.
Aliens are going to find that gold disc and say (in alien language) "What the fuck is this shit?!? They STILL use discs?" and ignore us.
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