Astronomy & Space - July 2006

What will happen if all the stars in space burned out tonight, can we survive without the stars?

2006-07-08 11:21:34 · 14 answers · asked by TNA Ambassador 6

And if it is true, why don't astronauts go flying off into space when they are doing an EVA?

2006-07-08 11:09:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

When Burt Rutan and his company Scaled Composites took the X-Prize for reaching space in a privately funded and launched vehicle, they appeared to put NASA on notice that private enterprise may very well have the better solution to space travel. Now there is another prize similar to the X-Prize to challenge private citizens to develop alternative plans for reaching the moon. With all the difficulties NASA has had over the past decade with funding issues, a looming deficit, and constant congressional debates over the worth of an ongoing space program, is it possible that private enterprise will be the next ones to develop a vehicle, launch it to the moon, and land man on the moon again? More important still, is it possible commercial development of the moon wil move beyond discussion in science fiction books to a reality we will actually see?

2006-07-08 11:09:15 · 12 answers · asked by ldcrone 1

Ok stay with me on this one for a minute while I try and explain.

If we take a telescope with amazingly good magnification and then work out when and where the big bang happened then we will know by the speed of light exactly how far the light will have traveled from the start of the big bang.

If we travel to some point just outside of where the light has not yet reached and use our super powerful telescope to look into the now aproaching light then would we be able to see in the distance the universe bieng created as the light reaches our telescope?

Using the same calculations if we viewed from a closer position of a few million light years then could we see the human race bieng born?

I know there is not curent technology available for this but maybe in the future?

2006-07-08 10:55:21 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-08 10:47:40 · 13 answers · asked by Jylsamynne 5

2006-07-08 10:46:17 · 5 answers · asked by Jylsamynne 5

2006-07-08 10:41:39 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Under what circumstances would cosmic radiation be lethal and where could this occur?

2006-07-08 10:40:29 · 5 answers · asked by AGHOST 2

Its a possibility! Your loved ones, celebrities, etc. who died on this earth go to another planet-like earth to finish living out their lives that they couldn't while here. Its been said there's an after-life. Keep in mind that religion doesn't fit in with this quesion.

2006-07-08 10:34:10 · 12 answers · asked by ZORRO 3

Since no one has been outside of our galaxy to take a picture of it, how do we know that our galaxy is a Spiral Galaxy? I mean we've been told it is but is there a scientific explanation for it being a spiral galaxy (I know there is an explanation and I've been having a hard time finding it - so what is it?)

2006-07-08 10:19:42 · 6 answers · asked by Marilynne 3

I say yes. All things must come to an end. But matter can not be created or distroyed. So earth as we know it will be destroyed. But the partictles will still exhist.

2006-07-08 10:07:58 · 22 answers · asked by Kelly E 1

If we're looking back in time as we look out across the universe, further back the farther we look, then why can't we see the history of our galaxy or solar system formation? In other words, why can't we see our ancient light as well?

2006-07-08 10:06:39 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-08 09:56:00 · 17 answers · asked by Stephanie R 1

Okay, I've heard theories of how black holes are dimensional gateways, or just rips in the space-time continuum that is kinda like a cut, it will heal in time and when it does, all the matter and energy it absorbed will be put out at one time. Sounds plausible, but still out there. I know they are formed by a star's gravity well collapsing in on itself, along with a few other factors, but for want of space in this website, i have to cut them out. If anyone has theories of their own, I'd like to hear them, and if you have facts, bring those too. We really need to quit worrying about shuttles and start getting ships that carry people on exploration. Ships that go out to saturn, not to colonize, but to scan and search, ships that don't return to earth's surface, but get supplies from the space station after we ship them up. I know it costs a lot of money, but it would help answer questions like this one. Not to mention a boost in technology created by need of better systems devices.

2006-07-08 09:48:12 · 5 answers · asked by Randall M 2

The Moon always keeps one face towards Earth which means it rotates once on its axis for each orbit. Moons around other planets don't necessarily do the same. If you are on the Space Shuttle and are trying to take a video of the Earth, will you automatically keep pointing at the Earth or do you have to turn the Shuttle as you orbit?

2006-07-08 09:47:08 · 4 answers · asked by Zefram 2

I know stars, galaxies and clusters have been detected that are older than 12 billion years. But are there any sectors of space where there are no old stars and/or realtively few stars at all?

2006-07-08 09:46:59 · 2 answers · asked by tabonfils150 1

2006-07-08 09:33:20 · 24 answers · asked by Scorpio 2

2006-07-08 09:30:14 · 13 answers · asked by Apple Pie 2

2006-07-08 09:28:27 · 10 answers · asked by angel j 1

I would imagine space being filled with objects being hurled everywhere. And when objects are moving miles per second, wouldnt any object, let alone big rocks or small bullet sized rocks cause extensive damage to satellites and astronauts? How would anyone survive this? Or is there zero debris in space? No objects flying around at all?

2006-07-08 08:56:53 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-08 08:39:59 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-08 08:37:27 · 12 answers · asked by Jon S. 1

The other night we were driving home and something streaked across the sky and then there was a bright blue flash does anyone know what this could be.

2006-07-08 08:36:39 · 11 answers · asked by wotsifish 2

2006-07-08 08:29:46 · 8 answers · asked by Pete S 2

2006-07-08 08:16:48 · 24 answers · asked by lane p 1

2006-07-08 08:13:24 · 19 answers · asked by ANyone but you 2

the life form is all animated (cartoon people)? What would that do to your thinking of other types of life there might be on other planets? Is such a planet possible? How would an astronaut fit in if he landed on that planet?

2006-07-08 08:07:17 · 3 answers · asked by ZORRO 3

does the smell disapate like it does on earth with lots of air to "dilute" the smell.... or are you just stuck in the suit smellin it?

2006-07-08 07:53:39 · 6 answers · asked by mallard guy 3

2006-07-08 07:52:50 · 12 answers · asked by Jamie D 1

2006-07-08 07:42:49 · 7 answers · asked by Breno 1