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Orava · Post by **Orava** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:54 am 0

Orava wrote:http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/stargazers-hope-for-glimpse-of-green-comet-1630849.html

Going out just now to try to see Lulin.

Bah. I am sure the sky was clear earlier today. Nothing to be seen now.

Managed to properly scare a cat though; they do not expect humans to go out late and stand very still for a long time in the garden (and let the feline get really close before going "Rarr!"). Poor cat.

It was really funny though, that cat nearly got orbital; I am not so sure now they have such super-sensitive senses. I was not even trying to be particularly quiet before I saw the cat.

Stone · Post by **Stone** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:31 pm 0

Orava wrote:It was really funny though, that cat nearly got orbital; I am not so sure now they have such super-sensitive senses. I was not even trying to be particularly quiet before I saw the cat.

They have senses that are very closely tuned to 'small scuttling things that look like they might be tasty'. You were probably too large and too still to fit into any of the 'chasable' categories so it assumed you were part of the background. Humans do something very similar, it's why it's so easy to sneak up on people

Stone

F-ZeroOne · Post by **F-ZeroOne** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:48 pm 0

Help name the latest bit of the ISS; I dare you all to submit "A Baoa Qu" as an entry:

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/name_ISS/index.html

Browncoats will be pleased with the current lead contender.

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 1:57 pm 0

F-ZeroOne wrote: Browncoats will be pleased with the current lead contender.

Voted.

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 2:07 pm 0

benedictw wrote:
F-ZeroOne wrote: Browncoats will be pleased with the current lead contender.
Voted.

/me too

Very little competition so far...

DTB · Post by **DTB** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:59 pm 0

And lets keep it that way, voted

Fil · Post by **Fil** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 8:01 pm 0

F-ZeroOne wrote:Help name the latest bit of the ISS; I dare you all to submit "A Baoa Qu" as an entry:

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/name_ISS/index.html

Browncoats will be pleased with the current lead contender.

There was a push to get 'Stargazer' in a previous naming poll, not sure what the result was in the end though, or indeed what we were trying to name.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:17 pm 0

DTB wrote:And lets keep it that way, voted

Exactly. Voted.

ElfQrin · Post by **ElfQrin** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:40 pm 0

I assume the cupola was added because it looked cool in SF movies?

axel000 · Post by **axel000** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 3:28 am 0

Reminds me of the window in the Emporer's tower in Return of the Jedi. So thats what I'd call it.

Not friggn' Serenity. zzzz

DTB · Post by **DTB** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:47 am 0

axel000 wrote:the window in the Emporer's tower in Return of the Jedi.

catchy, have you ever considered working in advertising?.

axel000 · Post by **axel000** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 2:43 pm 0

DTB wrote:
axel000 wrote:the window in the Emporer's tower in Return of the Jedi.
catchy, have you ever considered working in advertising?.

Why say something with three words that you can say with eleven ?

DTB · Post by **DTB** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 2:53 pm 0

axel000 · Post by **axel000** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:31 pm 0

Highly recommended video, private space industry in the Mojave desert and rocket jockeys. Cool stuff

http://www.space.com/common/media/video ... ojave20082

F-ZeroOne · Post by **F-ZeroOne** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:40 pm 0

Phwoar etc.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7935621.stm

YakYak

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