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  • Stryder87Stryder87 Posts: 899
    Mistara said:
    is Venus further from us than Mars?  i've never heard of a rover going to Venus.

    i don't like roman words for our planets.  i'm okay with greek words for our constellations.

    what is a waystation exactly, or is it weighstation.

     

    working out details for space station harbor master.
    i think, cannonballism would be more of a problem in a space age semi-civilized psuedo society.

     

    Distance of Earth to Mars: 54.6 million kilometers

    Distance of Earth to Venus: 261 million kilometers

    Possible reason no rovers have gone to Venus: "...the surface temperature of Venus is hot enough to melt lead." - Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor

    Waystation: a station intermediate between principal stations, as on a railroad. (dictionary.com)

    Weighstation: not a word, but usually used in reference to stops where commercial transport trucks stop to get weighed.

     

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 13,281
    edited October 2017
    Mistara said:

    what is a waystation exactly, or is it weighstation.

    A way station is a stop along a journey, such as the rest stops on the thruway.

    A weighstation is a a place where trucks are weighed to insure compliance with road restrictions.

    Post edited by Charlie Judge on
  • Stryder87Stryder87 Posts: 899
    Charlie Judge said:
    Mistara said:

    what is a waystation exactly, or is it weighstation.

    A way station is a stop along a journey, such as the rest stops on the thruway.

    A weighstation is a a place where trucks are weighed to insure compliance with road restrictions.

    What he said.  smiley

  • agent unawaresagent unawares Posts: 3,513
    Stryder87 said:
    Mistara said:
    is Venus further from us than Mars?  i've never heard of a rover going to Venus.

    i don't like roman words for our planets.  i'm okay with greek words for our constellations.

    what is a waystation exactly, or is it weighstation.

     

    working out details for space station harbor master.
    i think, cannonballism would be more of a problem in a space age semi-civilized psuedo society.

     

    Distance of Earth to Mars: 54.6 million kilometers

    Distance of Earth to Venus: 261 million kilometers

     

    That's the farthest Venus distance and the closest Mars distance, lol

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    agent unawares said:
    Mistara said:
    is Venus further from us than Mars?  i've never heard of a rover going to Venus.

    It depends. Our orbit is closer to Venus' orbit than Mars' but the planets orbit different speeds so sometimes we can be much close to Mars than Venus and vice versa.

    Venus is a very hot, hostile environment that tears equipment up. This is why rovers don't go there (yet).

     

    we still in the big bang event?

    i read the universe is still expanding.

  • agent unawaresagent unawares Posts: 3,513
    Mistara said:
    agent unawares said:
    Mistara said:
    is Venus further from us than Mars?  i've never heard of a rover going to Venus.

    It depends. Our orbit is closer to Venus' orbit than Mars' but the planets orbit different speeds so sometimes we can be much close to Mars than Venus and vice versa.

    Venus is a very hot, hostile environment that tears equipment up. This is why rovers don't go there (yet).

     

    we still in the big bang event?

    i read the universe is still expanding.

    It is. The farther away a galaxy is, the faster it moves away from us, because all the space inbetween is getting stretched out.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    our neighbors moving further away 

     

    starfish and octopuses very interesting.

    octopus have problem solving skills like opening a jar, seems we should be able to train them for missions

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 13,281
    agent unawares said:
    Mistara said:
    agent unawares said:
    Mistara said:
    is Venus further from us than Mars?  i've never heard of a rover going to Venus.

    It depends. Our orbit is closer to Venus' orbit than Mars' but the planets orbit different speeds so sometimes we can be much close to Mars than Venus and vice versa.

    Venus is a very hot, hostile environment that tears equipment up. This is why rovers don't go there (yet).

     

    we still in the big bang event?

    i read the universe is still expanding.

    It is. The farther away a galaxy is, the faster it moves away from us, because all the space inbetween is getting stretched out.

    Then again maybe not: http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/science-universe-not-expanding-01940.html

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,926
    Stryder87 said:
    Mistara said:
    is Venus further from us than Mars?  i've never heard of a rover going to Venus.

    i don't like roman words for our planets.  i'm okay with greek words for our constellations.

    what is a waystation exactly, or is it weighstation.

     

    working out details for space station harbor master.
    i think, cannonballism would be more of a problem in a space age semi-civilized psuedo society.

     

    Distance of Earth to Mars: 54.6 million kilometers

    Distance of Earth to Venus: 261 million kilometers

    Possible reason no rovers have gone to Venus: "...the surface temperature of Venus is hot enough to melt lead." - Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor

    ...also the fact Venus has a high pressure atmosphere that is also highly corrosive.  The Russians did land a probe on the surface which lasted only a short while before it was rendered inoperative.

  • agent unawaresagent unawares Posts: 3,513
    Charlie Judge said:
    agent unawares said:
    Mistara said:
    agent unawares said:
    Mistara said:
    is Venus further from us than Mars?  i've never heard of a rover going to Venus.

    It depends. Our orbit is closer to Venus' orbit than Mars' but the planets orbit different speeds so sometimes we can be much close to Mars than Venus and vice versa.

    Venus is a very hot, hostile environment that tears equipment up. This is why rovers don't go there (yet).

     

    we still in the big bang event?

    i read the universe is still expanding.

    It is. The farther away a galaxy is, the faster it moves away from us, because all the space inbetween is getting stretched out.

    Then again maybe not: http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/science-universe-not-expanding-01940.html

    I've read that. I'm not convinced because they have no explanation for the doppler effect that's happening. There's definitely always room to learn something new though.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,926
    Mistara said:

    our neighbors moving further away 

     

    starfish and octopuses very interesting.

    octopus have problem solving skills like opening a jar, seems we should be able to train them for missions

    ...no The Navy already did that with bottle nosed dolphins, we don't need them "drafting" another species.

    Related though, an underwater "city" was recently discovered along the Australian coast that was actually constructed by a local octopus species using clam and scallop shells to build their dens.  The shells were not only moved into place to form walls but sculpted as well. It is thought by marine biologists that this may not be an isolated situation either.

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,342
    Mistara said:

    made a good call home staying home today.  

    rain heavy is over flowing the gutters over my door.  theres a drain gotta hope it can keep up or the flooding will come inside.  will need wellers slippers and a rowboat 

    That stuff is heading my way overnight!

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,342
    Mistara said:

    backups a lot faster with usb 3.0

    wind is using morphs on my curtains.

     

    is Venus further from us than Mars?  i've never heard of a rover going to Venus.

    i don't like roman words for our planets.  i'm okay with greek words for our constellations.

    what is a waystation exactly, or is it weighstation.

     

    working out details for space station harbor master.
    i think, cannonballism would be more of a problem in a space age semi-civilized psuedo society.

     

    There are people who eat cannonballs?   cheeky 

    Dana

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,926

    ...apparently in the UK there are people who eat piston engines. (of course well cooked). 

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,118
    DanaTA said:
    Mistara said:

    backups a lot faster with usb 3.0

    wind is using morphs on my curtains.

     

    is Venus further from us than Mars?  i've never heard of a rover going to Venus.

    i don't like roman words for our planets.  i'm okay with greek words for our constellations.

    what is a waystation exactly, or is it weighstation.

     

    working out details for space station harbor master.
    i think, cannonballism would be more of a problem in a space age semi-civilized psuedo society.

     

    There are people who eat cannonballs?   cheeky 

    Dana

    No, "cannonballism" is the belief that enough cannon balls can solve any problem. cheeky

  • TangoAlphaTangoAlpha Posts: 4,587
    edited October 2017
    Mistara said:

    is Venus further from us than Mars?  i've never heard of a rover going to Venus.

    Currently, distance to Mars = 365.7 million km.  Distance to Venus = 237.4 million km (from https://theskylive.com )

    At their closest, Venus is 40.7 million km (next October) and Mars is 57.6 million km (next July)

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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,342
    LeatherGryphon said:
    DanaTA said:
    Mistara said:

    backups a lot faster with usb 3.0

    wind is using morphs on my curtains.

     

    is Venus further from us than Mars?  i've never heard of a rover going to Venus.

    i don't like roman words for our planets.  i'm okay with greek words for our constellations.

    what is a waystation exactly, or is it weighstation.

     

    working out details for space station harbor master.
    i think, cannonballism would be more of a problem in a space age semi-civilized psuedo society.

     

    There are people who eat cannonballs?   cheeky 

    Dana

    No, "cannonballism" is the belief that enough cannon balls can solve any problem. cheeky

    Never mind.

    Dana

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    writing trance broke cool  blaming weather noises. 

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    big loud thunders

     

  • PetercatPetercat Posts: 2,321
    kyoto kid said:
    Petercat said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...there's a few where I live.  Transparency film is not as involved or expensive to process as colour prints.  Transparencies can also be scanned into digital format.  Considering it would probably cost me around 2,000$ to get a similar setup in a digital photography rig (which I'd rather put that towards building a new workstation) The cost of processing is a minor issue.

    Have you tried Fuji Velvia? Their ISO 50 film is amazing, does wonderful portraits.
    I'm still buying and using film, even though I have a Canon 5DIII.
    And some wedding photographers have reverted to film, since there is still no
    truly archival digital storage media.
    One local photographer suffered a storm when her customers realized that some
    of their will-last-100-years Gold media weren't lasting 10. And some of her master
    copies were degrading, as well.
    Not even my 5D full-frame can match my Mamiya 645 using Velvia!

    ...I generally do only 35 mm these days.  The last time I used 120 was in an old Kodak Brownie when I was young (as well as 620 in a box camera).  My preferred film was Kodachrome 64 because of the lush colour saturation and extremely low grain.  Just getting Ektachrome back is a win for me as it is the next closest.

    Most of my outdoor daylight Iray scenes are set to mimic Kodachrome 64 as I still know the settings needed though I have to manually adjust the saturation and balance a bit (for example the girls at the bus stop pic is one and my "See the USA" pic is another).  I wish that Iray had the toning settings which actually simulate different film types like Lux has. 

    The films I mentioned are available in 35mm. I just mentioned 6X4.5cm as an example where the results can not be matched by (relatively) affordable digital cameras such as the full-frame 5D.

  • PetercatPetercat Posts: 2,321
    Charlie Judge said:
    Petercat said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ...there's a few where I live.  Transparency film is not as involved or expensive to process as colour prints.  Transparencies can also be scanned into digital format.  Considering it would probably cost me around 2,000$ to get a similar setup in a digital photography rig (which I'd rather put that towards building a new workstation) The cost of processing is a minor issue.

    Have you tried Fuji Velvia? Their ISO 50 film is amazing, does wonderful portraits.
    I'm still buying and using film, even though I have a Canon 5DIII.
    And some wedding photographers have reverted to film, since there is still no
    truly archival digital storage media.
    One local photographer suffered a storm when her customers realized that some
    of their will-last-100-years Gold media weren't lasting 10. And some of her master
    copies were degrading, as well.
    Not even my 5D full-frame can match my Mamiya 645 using Velvia!

    Where do you get your 120 film processed these days? I haven't used my Rolleiflex in years and might like to dig it out and try it again.

    I'd have to dig out the paperwork, but you can find mail order labs easily online.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    if there a black hole center of our galaxy, and galaxy still expanding, is stuff comng out of the black hole?  but, if stuff still coming out, then, its not a black hole.

     

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,118
    edited October 2017
    Charlie Judge said:
    agent unawares said:
    Mistara said:
    agent unawares said:
    Mistara said:
    is Venus further from us than Mars?  i've never heard of a rover going to Venus.

    It depends. Our orbit is closer to Venus' orbit than Mars' but the planets orbit different speeds so sometimes we can be much close to Mars than Venus and vice versa.

    Venus is a very hot, hostile environment that tears equipment up. This is why rovers don't go there (yet).

     

    we still in the big bang event?

    i read the universe is still expanding.

    It is. The farther away a galaxy is, the faster it moves away from us, because all the space inbetween is getting stretched out.

    Then again maybe not: http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/science-universe-not-expanding-01940.html

    Interesting. cool But for now I put it in the same league as the oft debunked theory that gravitation works differently at large scales.  It might make the numbers come out right but something still doesn't seem right about it.  Regardless, either or any of those theories are fine with me if proven, because I do fervently believe in the zero sum theory where, when everything is added up, it all comes to zero.  It's much easier for me to believe that The Nothing is the Reality.  And The Everything of space/time/energy/matter is a self-contained abberation/illusion/consciousness.

    Post edited by LeatherGryphon on
  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited October 2017

    Some overnight rain got the city smelling sweet and some butterfly irises flowering in our garden :)

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  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    Mistara said:

    if there a black hole center of our galaxy, and galaxy still expanding, is stuff comng out of the black hole?  but, if stuff still coming out, then, its not a black hole.

     

    Hawking radiation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawking_radiation

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,118
    edited October 2017

    Sometimes I think that all that stuff falling into all the black holes is what's making the universe expand.  But then I think a little harder and change my mind.  Until I think, "well, maybe...". devil  And when it all gets sucked in, then out will pop a Jeremy Hillary Boob, PhD.  The "Nowhere Man".

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,926
    edited October 2017
    ps1borg said:

    Some overnight rain got the city smelling sweet and some butterfly irises flowering in our garden :)

    ...pretty.  Actually was quite springlike like here today as it hit 72° in the 'hood.

    Post edited by kyoto kid on
  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    LeatherGryphon said:

    Sometimes I think that all that stuff falling into all the black holes is what's making the universe expand.  But then I think a little harder and change my mind.  Until I think, "well, maybe...". devil  And when it all gets sucked in, then out will pop a Jeremy Hillary Boob, PhD.  The "Nowhere Man".

     

    hehe disappearing stuff is much closer to home than everyone thinks https://resonance.is/missing-matter-suns-interior/

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    kyoto kid said:
    ps1borg said:

    Some overnight rain got the city smelling sweet and some butterfly irises flowering in our garden :)

    ...pretty.  Actually was quite springlike like here today as it hit 72° in the 'hood.

     

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  • RezcaRezca Posts: 3,393

    Common complaint:  Can't sleep. Gonna ruin my motivation for tomorrow haha, I can tell already. 

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