NASA to announce something big! May 14th

evo2er · 12-05-2008 02:16PM

They'v finally got the long distance call charges for E.T.'s call home and are looking for extra funding to pay the bill?

ART6 · 12-05-2008 09:24PM

Can't be a black hole. We already have one of them. It's called the Revenue Commissioners.:o

12-05-2008 09:28PM

Maximilian wrote: »

Jesus! Its my pen! My lucky pen. They've found my pen everybody! My pen.
My lucky pen. I can't believe NASA found my pen. My lucky pen.

Oh..

.. I was wondering where I found this pen.

life_is_music · 13-05-2008 04:41PM

Maximilian wrote: »

Jesus! Its my pen! My lucky pen. They've found my pen everybody! My pen.
My lucky pen. I can't believe NASA found my pen. My lucky pen.

haha I actually do have a lucky pen that nasa gave me!! I intend on writing my leaving cert with it:cool:

13-05-2008 05:15PM

Is it true that the US spent billions and researched for years trying to invent a pen that is capable of writing in anti-gravity, whilst the Russians used a pencil.

Damnit. Snopes proved me wrong.

Still, its a funny story.

syklops · 13-05-2008 05:36PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Is it true that the US spent billions and researched for years trying to invent a pen that is capable of writing in anti-gravity, whilst the Russians used a pencil.

Damnit. Snopes proved me wrong.

Still, its a funny story.

First off, imagine your in zero gravity and the lead comes out of your pencil, er, literally. It could soon become a hazard in the space craft. Then try sharpening your pencil in zero gravity. Its messy in 1-G. Imagine no-g's.

Fisher, the pen people did most of the developement for the pen, and have since re-couped the developement costs. And it was 100,000's not Billions.
If a company cant develope a pressurized tube that can with stand great changes in temperature without spending a fortune, then they don't deserve to be involved in space research.

I am actually kinda excited about tomorrow. If it is a big disappointment, I will be complaining directly to nasa.

Cunny-Funt · 13-05-2008 05:46PM

monkeyfudge wrote: »

Should be Jupiter for that reference to work though...

Depends on if he means the film or the book

:pac:

Hellm0 · 13-05-2008 05:50PM

They're always making equally pointless announcements, I see no difference in this one. Like others have said, short of them(and the US government) coming clean about their dealings with the great and powerful XENU then I see no purpose in even listening to these chumps.

thelordofcheese · 13-05-2008 05:58PM

Hellm0 wrote: »

They're always making equally pointless announcements, I see no difference in this one. Like others have said, short of them(and the US government) coming clean about their dealings with the great and powerful XENU then I see no purpose in even listening to these chumps.

There is a difference between actual pointless announcements and announcements that you don't understand.

ART6 · 13-05-2008 06:03PM

If it's a black hole in the centre of the galaxy then sooner or later it will swallow all of the stars and planets, including ours. That may take several billions of years, but the green lobby will insist that we should start taking action to prevent it now for the sake of future generations. The sun, being the greatest mass in the Solar System, will be the first to be sucked in, thereby taking away from us our main source of heat. Therefore we should be conserving energy NOW, and the most practical way of doing that will be to apply a tax (and excise duty) of at least 1000% on all fuels and all forms of energy. That way our descendants, who by then will themselves be pure forms of energy having long since overcome the need for physical bodies, will find themselves subjected to a historical tax that has no relevance whatever to their situation.

HOWEVER. When the end finally comes and each of us passes through the event horizon of the hole, we will be stretched to a billion miles long and one atom thick by the intense gravity. This will be the final proof of the string theory.

I love science:D

syklops · 13-05-2008 06:09PM

I have been readin some of the facts about Chandra, and it is quite interesting.

It orbits earth 200 times higher than the hubble, a third of the way to the moon. Thats pretty interesting. I didn't honestly know that the shuttle went that far up. Any time they talk about shuttle missions, I always assume they are in fairly low level orbits. Thats why it does not come across as interesting as, for example, going to the moon.

It can track gas clouds 5 million light years in diameter. Thats larger than our solar system. Anyone who says its not amazing is fairly jaded.

I hope its something good tomorrow.

Wibbs · 13-05-2008 06:24PM

I don't think the shuttle brought it all the way. IIRC they launched it(and others) in near earth orbit and a small rocket motor nudged it the rest of the way.

Wibbs · 13-05-2008 06:25PM

I also seem to remember the furthest out it went was nearer 300 miles. Quite a bit less than a third way to the moon.

Bard · 13-05-2008 06:35PM

javaboy wrote: »

There's a Quasar in Leisureplex. It's shee-ite though. Maybe this is a good one?

So, what... paintball? In space?

Yeah, I'm coming to this late...

bonkey · 13-05-2008 06:47PM

Wibbs wrote: »

I don't think the shuttle brought it all the way. IIRC they launched it(and others) in near earth orbit and a small rocket motor nudged it the rest of the way.

Yup. Wiklipedia agrees with you

wazzoraybelle · 13-05-2008 07:12PM

A friend who works at the VLA in new mexico told me they've found a large asteroid on a direct collision course with us!!! No need to panic just yet though as its more than 60 years away. The asteroid has a diameter of 11km and will ,if its not deflected almost certainly end life on the planet.
The guy who told me says many astronomers like him have been sent on paid press tours over the last three months to pretext this announcement.
I'm off to rent armaggedon!!!!

Calibos · 13-05-2008 07:13PM

ART6 wrote: »

If it's a black hole in the centre of the galaxy then sooner or later it will swallow all of the stars and planets, including ours. That may take several billions of years, but the green lobby will insist that we should start taking action to prevent it now for the sake of future generations. The sun, being the greatest mass in the Solar System, will be the first to be sucked in, thereby taking away from us our main source of heat. Therefore we should be conserving energy NOW, and the most practical way of doing that will be to apply a tax (and excise duty) of at least 1000% on all fuels and all forms of energy. That way our descendants, who by then will themselves be pure forms of energy having long since overcome the need for physical bodies, will find themselves subjected to a historical tax that has no relevance whatever to their situation.

HOWEVER. When the end finally comes and each of us passes through the event horizon of the hole, we will be stretched to a billion miles long and one atom thick by the intense gravity. This will be the final proof of the string theory.

I love science:D

Thats funny on so many levels. I like the juxtaposition of Man-made Global Warming Scepticism with the physics of Black-Holes, String theory and the evolution of humanity.

Remember people. Without the nerds, all you would have would be physical slapstick humour and the technology of the Flintstones.

Yes the latest announcement from Nasa is boring to you. Go back to watching the footie and don't forget to wipe last nights pizza of your United shirt. Don't forget, you can actually wash that grimey jersey right in your own home instead of the stream with this thing that the nerds invented called an electric washing machine!!

13-05-2008 08:28PM

Wasn't Scotties ashes launched into space?

It's probably him.

AckwelFoley · 13-05-2008 08:35PM

If its and Alien, i hope it qualifies to Play for Ireland.

Hellm0 · 13-05-2008 08:45PM

thelordofcheese wrote: »

There is a difference between actual pointless announcements and announcements that you don't understand.

Similar to how there is a difference between being humorous and being serious? I would have thought the reference to the "great and powerful Xenu" would have clarified the humorous nature of my statement:P I do in fact find some of Nasa's press releases interesting even if I don't fully understand the concept of using a satellite to detect, and correct me if I'm wrong, Hawking radiation coming from a massive black-hole at the center of our universe.

Overheal · 13-05-2008 08:46PM

well thank god. I plan on dying of a stroke in 60 years anyway.

DFS UTD · 13-05-2008 08:47PM

they've found my wallet!!

Peyton Manning · 14-05-2008 08:02AM

Announcement has been made:

NASA have today held a press conference to announce the discovery of Ruu's bastardness.

The Boards.ie moderator has been seperated from his bastardness since birth, but this latest announcement is sure to have huge consequences.

"Its a momentous occassion for us today. It was always assumed that Ruu was just an annoyingly nice man with no faults. Some even questioned whether he was real or just a moderation programme!" joked NASA spokeswoman Claire Davenport.

"NASA has often been criticised for overspending and the amount of funds it has received over the years," she continued. "Hopefully this discovery will show just how important an organisation like NASA can be."

NASA will next month launch their Seeker shuttle in search for Boards.ie member 6th's dignity.

Overheal · 14-05-2008 08:03AM

Wait a minute...the 14th... THATS TODAY :eek:

dlofnep · 14-05-2008 08:07AM

lol @ art6's post. I nearly had a wee mishap reading it. brilliant stuff.

Gone West · 14-05-2008 09:01AM

Wertz wrote: »

That's what I was thinking, probably a black hole.
Once it's not something that's going to produce a gamma ray burst.
We get one of those in this or a nearby galaxy and we'll be toast...

well only if were directly in line with it, which is unlikely.
And our galaxy already has a black hole, so its effect on us would be minimal (not that we've seen it, but we're reasonably sure of it)

Kintarō Hattori · 14-05-2008 11:22AM

Archimedes wrote: »

Announcement has been made:

Heh.... quality stuff indeed.

14-05-2008 11:27AM

So when are they going to announce what they've found?

Can't be anything too bad, nothing that can blow up the Earth, otherwise they wouldn't've made an announcement that they were going to make an announcement that they discovered something.

chopperbyrne · 14-05-2008 11:32AM

Deleted User wrote: »

So when are they going to announce what they've found?

Can't be anything too bad, nothing that can blow up the Earth, otherwise they wouldn't've made an announcement that they were going to make an announcement that they discovered something.

Six o'clock our time.

The Six One News should hopefully be covering it.

Trev M · 14-05-2008 11:47AM

Calibos wrote: »

Thats funny on so many levels. I like the juxtaposition of Man-made Global Warming Scepticism with the physics of Black-Holes, String theory and the evolution of humanity.

Remember people. Without the nerds, all you would have would be physical slapstick humour and the technology of the Flintstones.

Yes the latest announcement from Nasa is boring to you. Go back to watching the footie and don't forget to wipe last nights pizza of your United shirt. Don't forget, you can actually wash that grimey jersey right in your own home instead of the stream with this thing that the nerds invented called an electric washing machine!!

Yeah the original post was funny .... yours needs work:).

NASA to announce something big! May 14th

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