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Topic: something massive struck Uranus? (the planet)
Tom4Uhere Joined Sat 12/17/16 Posts: 16240	Sun 07/08/18 08:53 AM Edited by Tom4Uhere on Sun 07/08/18 08:57 AM
Best sentence in the article.. Scientists have been simulating giant impacts into Uranus since the early 1990s... Have you tried to learned about all planets? Witch one is your favorite? The fascination of life in one or more than one is a very good and busy work for specialists. all the planets are fascinating, I don't have a favorite besides earth....Mars is probably the only planet besides earth that could support life, most likely underground tho...there's a few moons that are higher probabilities to support life, but it's only speculation till we go there and see it... I knew about life on Mars, Moe. Thank you. I believe it would be a very expensive trip, lOnly the rich people can afford. Just my opinion. Thank you for posting. While the cost of a manned trip to Mars is prohibitive the real reason is the danger of cosmic radiation. The ISS is within the Earth's magnetosphere and while still protected there is a danger from cosmic radiation even there (reduced but not gone). There is no protection in interplanetary space. Another major limiter is the duration of the trip. Two years one way. That's 2 years of exposure to radiation. Two years of confinement, rebreathing air, eating stored food and reusing water. Two years cooped up in a ship with the same people dealing with boredom, fear and psychosis. Plus, at the end of two years, you have mission time to a planet surface that is hostile to life and if you survive that, another two years or more (depends when you leave and the Mars-Earth alignments) on the journey home.

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Mon 07/09/18 06:43 AM
Best sentence in the article.. Scientists have been simulating giant impacts into Uranus since the early 1990s... Have you tried to learned about all planets? Witch one is your favorite? The fascination of life in one or more than one is a very good and busy work for specialists. all the planets are fascinating, I don't have a favorite besides earth....Mars is probably the only planet besides earth that could support life, most likely underground tho...there's a few moons that are higher probabilities to support life, but it's only speculation till we go there and see it... I knew about life on Mars, Moe. Thank you. I believe it would be a very expensive trip, lOnly the rich people can afford. Just my opinion. Thank you for posting. While the cost of a manned trip to Mars is prohibitive the real reason is the danger of cosmic radiation. The ISS is within the Earth's magnetosphere and while still protected there is a danger from cosmic radiation even there (reduced but not gone). There is no protection in interplanetary space. Another major limiter is the duration of the trip. Two years one way. That's 2 years of exposure to radiation. Two years of confinement, rebreathing air, eating stored food and reusing water. Two years cooped up in a ship with the same people dealing with boredom, fear and psychosis. Plus, at the end of two years, you have mission time to a planet surface that is hostile to life and if you survive that, another two years or more (depends when you leave and the Mars-Earth alignments) on the journey home. I was reading an article about one of the astronauts that has a twin who never went to space, and when they did a check up on the astronaut twin, his DNA had changed from his time in space..they blamed it on the radiation he was exposed to... http://www.newsweek.com/scott-kelly-astronauts-nasa-dna-838535

Queenie Joined Thu 04/26/18 Posts: 16001	Mon 07/09/18 07:29 AM
I was going to ask how many came in making jokes lol I see a few

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Mon 07/09/18 07:34 AM
I was going to ask how many came in making jokes lol I see a few is something wrong with Uranus?

Queenie Joined Thu 04/26/18 Posts: 16001	Mon 07/09/18 07:51 AM
Not that I'm aware of but you can check if you'd like

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Mon 07/09/18 07:55 AM Edited by mightymoe on Mon 07/09/18 07:56 AM
Not that I'm aware of but you can check if you'd like I've been looking at Uranus for a while now, and everything seems ok...

Queenie Joined Thu 04/26/18 Posts: 16001	Mon 07/09/18 08:02 AM
And you told me it was my eye's you were staring at

lu_rosemary Joined Wed 09/11/13 Posts: 9123	Mon 07/09/18 08:04 AM


Dodo_David Joined Fri 08/13/10 Posts: 48951	Mon 07/09/18 08:04 AM
I've been looking at Uranus for a while now, and everything seems ok... And you told me it was my eye's you were staring at Perhaps you two should get a room.

lu_rosemary Joined Wed 09/11/13 Posts: 9123	Mon 07/09/18 08:06 AM
Don’t be jealous Dodo.

Queenie Joined Thu 04/26/18 Posts: 16001	Mon 07/09/18 08:07 AM
I've been looking at Uranus for a while now, and everything seems ok... And you told me it was my eye's you were staring at Perhaps you two should get a room.

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Tue 07/10/18 03:44 PM
I've read where they're going to be be probing Uranus, they wanna get one deep down in there to see what's behind all that gas...

Tom4Uhere Joined Sat 12/17/16 Posts: 16240	Tue 07/10/18 04:52 PM
I've read where they're going to be be probing Uranus, they wanna get one deep down in there to see what's behind all that gas... I think that in the future, when we look back at the annals of Uranus, gas will be a substantial part of it. We can only hope that the probes find substance in the mysterious nether regions as we explore those forbidden depths.

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Tue 07/10/18 04:59 PM
I've read where they're going to be be probing Uranus, they wanna get one deep down in there to see what's behind all that gas... I think that in the future, when we look back at the annals of Uranus, gas will be a substantial part of it. We can only hope that the probes find substance in the mysterious nether regions as we explore those forbidden depths. I hate it when they do that...but I just hope when they probe Uranus they don't find anything bad...

Tom4Uhere Joined Sat 12/17/16 Posts: 16240	Tue 07/10/18 06:10 PM
I've read where they're going to be be probing Uranus, they wanna get one deep down in there to see what's behind all that gas... I think that in the future, when we look back at the annals of Uranus, gas will be a substantial part of it. We can only hope that the probes find substance in the mysterious nether regions as we explore those forbidden depths. I hate it when they do that...but I just hope when they probe Uranus they don't find anything bad... Too late...

notbeold Joined Sat 06/01/13 Posts: 2406	Fri 07/20/18 06:35 AM
Someone should send gerbils with mobile phones, to observe skid marks prior to entry, and report back on the Brownian movements, toxic gases, and any unforseen events.

Tom4Uhere Joined Sat 12/17/16 Posts: 16240	Fri 07/20/18 09:37 AM
Someone should send gerbils with mobile phones, to observe skid marks prior to entry, and report back on the Brownian movements, toxic gases, and any unforseen events. Didn't JoeCartoon have a gerbil force equipped with special Gere?