Spark
liquid fluoride thorium reactor
+874|6673|Canberra, AUS
wrong thread?

this arrived today. if i get through it i'll be amazed.
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
M.O.A.B
'Light 'em up!'
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Spark wrote:

wrong thread?

this arrived today. if i get through it i'll be amazed.
Broke my brain reading the title.
Spark
liquid fluoride thorium reactor
+874|6673|Canberra, AUS
chapter 2 is possibly the most difficult thing i've tried to read. bearing in mind "things i've read" include graduate-level texts on differential geometry, algebraic topology...

it's well written, nicely structured and incredibly logical, but it's dense. it's sooooo dense.

Last edited by Spark (2012-08-01 07:55:40)

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
Spark
liquid fluoride thorium reactor
+874|6673|Canberra, AUS
watching curiosity land was bloody cool, fyi
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
Hurricane2k9
Pendulous Sweaty Balls
+1,538|5700|College Park, MD
we already put rovers on Mars before, this is cool and all but people are going fucking nuts over it. call me when we colonize the moon.
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RTHKI
mmmf mmmf mmmf
+1,736|6735|Oxferd Ohire
have you seen the size of this rover compared to the others
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Da Blooze
+111|6652

Hurricane2k9 wrote:

we already put rovers on Mars before, this is cool and all but people are going fucking nuts over it. call me when we colonize the moon.
We'll just save that call for something important, like scientific proof of God or a new flavor of Marlboro you'll like.
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Hurricane2k9
Pendulous Sweaty Balls
+1,538|5700|College Park, MD

RTHKI wrote:

have you seen the size of this rover compared to the others
negative

@carn those are call-worthy events as well

Last edited by Hurricane2k9 (2012-08-05 23:16:35)

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Reciprocity
Member
+721|6579|the dank(super) side of Oregon

Hurricane2k9 wrote:

we already put rovers on Mars before, this is cool and all but people are going fucking nuts over it. call me when we colonize the moon.
we land 1 ton cars on mars all the time.
Hurricane2k9
Pendulous Sweaty Balls
+1,538|5700|College Park, MD
well I didn't know it was the equivalent of landing a sedan on Mars
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FatherTed
xD
+3,936|6498|so randum

Hurricane2k9 wrote:

we already put rovers on Mars before, this is cool and all but people are going fucking nuts over it. call me when we colonize the moon.
why

are

you

so

dumb
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Use an umbrella
RTHKI
mmmf mmmf mmmf
+1,736|6735|Oxferd Ohire
well you couldve done some research huri
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Reciprocity
Member
+721|6579|the dank(super) side of Oregon
it's a fuckin superrover.  it's got cameras and lasers and arms and grappling hooks and secret lasers.  oh fuck yeah.
globefish23
sophisticated slacker
+334|6322|Graz, Austria

Reciprocity wrote:

it's a fuckin superrover.  it's got cameras and lasers and arms and grappling hooks and secret lasers.  oh fuck yeah.
NASA is secretly supporting Syrian Martian opposition fighters with the latest superweapons!
Dilbert_X
The X stands for
+1,810|6104|eXtreme to the maX
Its a hugely impressive achievement, more so if it continues to go to plan.
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Cheeky_Ninja06
Member
+52|6731|Cambridge, England
Its not just the landing, its the way they have landed it. Crazy sci fi stuff. They called it an automated sky crane.
M.O.A.B
'Light 'em up!'
+1,220|6221|Escea



Reminds me of the landing in Aliens wiht the dropship flying off after the APC clears
unnamednewbie13
Moderator
+2,053|6770|PNW

Reinvent the Toilet Fair

Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist, wants to talk poop. Literally. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is hosting a "Reinvent the Toilet Fair" on August 14 and 15, is on a mission to build a better crapper. Why? Poop is a worldwide problem.
Because SCIENCE!
RTHKI
mmmf mmmf mmmf
+1,736|6735|Oxferd Ohire
solar powered toilet won
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FEOS
Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate
+1,182|6409|'Murka

Since when do toilets need power?
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13urnzz
Banned
+5,830|6495

mine is gas powered.
Jay
Bork! Bork! Bork!
+2,006|5356|London, England

FEOS wrote:

Since when do toilets need power?
Converts waste into fuel.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
Hurricane2k9
Pendulous Sweaty Balls
+1,538|5700|College Park, MD
apparently methamphetamine is considered less evil than marijuana by the DEA. weed is Schedule I, meth is Schedule II. what the fuck?
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Jay
Bork! Bork! Bork!
+2,006|5356|London, England

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

I don't really care if you said space elevators would be better, even remotely considering nuclear rockets viable for ground to orbit transportation viable is beyond ridiculous. The environmental impact, the non-fatal ramifications, the fatal ramifications...jesus. You're really willing to kill someone for a space launch? Did you consider the population has more than doubled since 1960? That population is growing at an exponential rate? That advancements like this are not one-off deals, that we need something that can be done over and over and over?
Yeah Spark, I remember this now. I miss SenorToenails
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-Frederick Bastiat
Jay
Bork! Bork! Bork!
+2,006|5356|London, England
To be fair, I also came off as a retard in that conversation.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

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