Astronomy & Space - August 2006

At what speed does a spacecraft or satillite normally orbit Earth? Can that be accelerated or decelerated? Why is the average speed used, as in what are the advantages?

2006-08-23 06:41:50 · 5 answers · asked by Brad M 2

for people who know thier sun sighns to be a great monarch wht sun sighn do u think they should have and why? just wondering

2006-08-23 06:40:24 · 6 answers · asked by Hayley L. 1

Hey wasnt there a advance space exploration group of the late fifty's 60's and 70's not connected with Nasa not in the public news paper who did fly to other galaxy's and back. Without the two dimentional thinking of these are the facts presented to you but three dimentional thinking this is why we have Nasa tag along and the publisize info.

2006-08-23 06:33:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-23 06:26:31 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Today a Northwest airliner was escorted
down by fighter jets at the Schiphol airport
in Amsterdam because a couple
of people onboard were reported
engaged in some suspicious activity.
What is the exact purpose
of escorting? Is it so that if
hijackers/terrorists on board try to force
the pilot to go and crash somewhere,
the fighters can shoot down the airliner
before that, or is it for some other reason?

2006-08-23 06:19:34 · 12 answers · asked by K M 1

Last mission was STS 121, next one is STS 115.
Why are they not in numerical order?

2006-08-23 05:58:47 · 2 answers · asked by frigon_p 5

I read that the Earth and Moon just "dance" together around the Sun. I'm not sure what that means?

2006-08-23 05:46:11 · 24 answers · asked by superdave 1

What do you like about it? Or not? Any advice to me if I get it?
Also, how good is the "all sky" picture ?

2006-08-23 05:41:30 · 4 answers · asked by superdave 1

2006-08-23 05:35:26 · 28 answers · asked by revathynairk 1

2006-08-23 05:08:37 · 6 answers · asked by crescat044 s 1

I was in a spaceship and I could alter the gravity of a star with the turn of a dial from increasing and decreasing the star's gravity.
What would I expect from the star in both gently decreasing the gravity and gently increasing the gravity.

2006-08-23 05:04:58 · 7 answers · asked by Spadesboffin 3

Scientists say that from "singularity" Bigbang happened and created the "universe".

There could have been multiple Bigbangs at multiple places too far away from each other.

Lets just say that there was another bigbang about million times away from the "universe" created by this bigbang.

Now is there any laws in physics which says that from this earth(this universe) can we see the light emitted by stars in another universe created by another bigbang.

PLEASE NOTE : I am not talking of parallel universe, i am just talking about multiple universes (created by multiple bigbang)

2006-08-23 05:00:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-23 04:59:44 · 5 answers · asked by ammu 1

Folks, please mention what do you think are the top 5 challenges in astronomy which researchers are trying to crack??? if you are working on any of them do mention that.

2006-08-23 04:43:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-23 04:41:41 · 8 answers · asked by goring 6

2006-08-23 04:14:47 · 13 answers · asked by myenglishconsultant 1

2006-08-23 04:10:40 · 2 answers · asked by goring 6

Earth revolves around the Sun once every year, or 365.25 days (most people use a 365-day calendar and take care of the extra 0.25 day by adding a day to the calendar every four years, creating a leap year)

2006-08-23 04:09:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Which web sites provide watching (live) space? Not space shuttle missions, not direcTv, like watching space from a webcam.

2006-08-23 04:03:33 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-23 03:59:47 · 7 answers · asked by femalefromuk19 2

2006-08-23 03:58:42 · 11 answers · asked by goring 6

2006-08-23 03:49:09 · 5 answers · asked by seeker 2

2006-08-23 03:30:08 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Throughout all of recorded time there has been mysterious sightings and even pictures,drawings on caves,reference in ancient books and texts to this subject.

2006-08-23 03:23:22 · 14 answers · asked by fxbeto 4

2006-08-23 03:22:42 · 26 answers · asked by Ken N 1

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/23/science/space/23pluto.html?ref=science

2006-08-23 03:19:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-23 02:40:03 · 13 answers · asked by joekar k 1

What is the order of the planets in the solar system? I heard from someone that Pluto and Neptune actually take turns being the farthest away. His reasoning was that because their eliptical orbits are different, Pluto isn't always the farthest away from the Sun. Is that true? If so, which planet is closer to the sun at this point in time- Neptune or Pluto? Could you give a link?

2006-08-23 02:30:44 · 11 answers · asked by thoughtfulo 1

2006-08-23 02:15:50 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Considering gravity and mass enertia, is it possible the universe is spiralling an a flattened state or with common physics, is it expanding in the shape of a perfect spheroid?
With that in mind, does time become important if the universe is expanding faster than light? I said if.

2006-08-23 02:06:48 · 9 answers · asked by beedaduck 3