Astronomy & Space - April 2007

Since lunar day time temperatures can reach 250 degrees F, and since the surface of the moon is almost a near vacuum, wouldn't any rocks an astronaut picked up be extremely hot?

(Granted, the lunar landings were always scheduled before local "high noon" to ensure good shadows, the rocks must still have been thoroughly heated.)

2007-04-25 02:25:48 · 3 answers · asked by normanbormann 4

What is the purpose of their existence (in your opinion)?

2007-04-25 02:16:29 · 10 answers · asked by phillylady4u 2

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070425/ap_on_sc/habitable_planet
the article says the distance would be 20.5 light years, which makes it pretty hilarious that its considered "close", but its all relative i guess. so what would the logistics be of having a manned space flight that far away? how far away can a ship maintain communication with Earth? the ship would have to have a ridiculous amount of supplies, and at least one medical doctor. how many generations would 20.5 light years come to, like 12 or something ridiculous like that? there'd have to be male and female astronauts obviously. hmmm . . i wonder what weightless f***ing is like? and i wonder if that crazed yet fairly hot diaper-wearing cross-country driving psychonaut got busy when she was up there. it really makes ya think.

2007-04-25 02:08:46 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

would a banish, healing and blessing spell be effective on this date?

2007-04-25 01:55:53 · 2 answers · asked by Torey H 2

like known for shure?

2007-04-25 01:53:46 · 9 answers · asked by Chase Young 1

what does this mean for the search for life????

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070424/ap_on_sc/habitable_planet;_ylt=AvUfvLVfQgkbJQTDzZ8mxyWs0NUE

2007-04-25 01:30:14 · 18 answers · asked by scauma 2

Given current space based propulsion technologies how long would it take to travel 20.5 light years, the distance to this recently discovered planet?

Further, using a planetary object, Jupiter, Saturn or something else suitable is it possible to harness gravity to drastically increase the speed of say a satellite? If a satellite was sent hurtling towards this planet what is the soonest it could arrive? Are satellites capable of surviving such long journeys, power levels, ability to avoid collisions with objects etc…

If anyone has maths to back up what they say that would be great.

2007-04-25 01:21:00 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I read an article and I did not understand the following:

Anyone sitting on the planet would get heavier quickly, and birthdays would add up fast since it orbits its star every 13 days.
Why is that?


+ how long would it take to get to this planet?

2007-04-25 01:20:44 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

i'm watching it constantly through a super telescope, do i see time reverse in super speed?

2007-04-25 00:41:11 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Scientists today announced the discovery a possible life-bearing planet in orbit around a red dwarf, Gliese 581, which is 20.5 LY (about 120 trillion miles) from Earth. If there are Red Dwarf planets...will there be another version of Arnold Rimmer living on one of the, failing his Space Corps Academy exams even as we speak?

2007-04-25 00:38:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

- NW Territories, Canada
- Hokkaido, Japan
- Manchuria, China
- Iceland
- Greenland
- Falkland Islands
- Bering Sea
- Scandinavia
- Estonia

2007-04-25 00:25:16 · 2 answers · asked by Crossroads 3

from our view on earth , with the eclipses etc? Whats the chance of that? Prob sounds like a daft question! I just think surely its a massive co-incidence, too much to be a co-incidence?

2007-04-25 00:23:29 · 7 answers · asked by toptrooper123 1

In space i hear there is no friction, nothing to slow you down. if you were able to maintain a stupied speed using all the forse you can muster in one craft would you in theory stay at that speed before you hit something. i also heard at present we are only able to get to speeds at 30,000mph. whats stopping anyone going faster in space?

2007-04-25 00:18:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

could this finaly be steps towards proof aliens do exist in one way or another ?

2007-04-25 00:14:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20070424/tts-uk-space-planet-ca02f96.html

2007-04-25 00:04:56 · 21 answers · asked by Wilmot 2

Each NASA launch is timed accurately to coincide with the shuttle entry... and given the world is rotating..

Whose space and which part of the Country does it hurtle through the Earth's atmosphere?

Is each entry damaging our protective ozone layer.. something akin to a slow puncture on a car tyre..?

2007-04-24 23:59:42 · 4 answers · asked by Hello 3

ever find other life like ours or other life forms out there?
or have they already?

2007-04-24 23:40:11 · 16 answers · asked by Drop the donkey 2

discovered planet outside of our own solar sytem , which has the potential of supporting life form.

Do you find the propsects exciting?

2007-04-24 23:32:07 · 9 answers · asked by Boudicca 3

2007-04-24 23:26:06 · 3 answers · asked by Dan 1

A) the suns alot bigger than ours and B) the planets closer to the sun???????????

2007-04-24 23:15:41 · 5 answers · asked by toptrooper123 1

2007-04-24 23:06:37 · 7 answers · asked by LoSeR 1

in the news it states we have found another planet that could sustain life as we know it!

this planet is 20.5 lightyears away, does anyone know with the current technology how long would it take for us to reach this planet?

2007-04-24 22:34:22 · 44 answers · asked by Dazman 4

Lets say that earth had a heavier core for instance, wouldn't that have increased its gravity, and couldn't a larger solid planet have a light gravity depending on how heavy or light its core was?

2007-04-24 22:04:13 · 12 answers · asked by alias2342003 1

In Physics we are told that with every action there is an opposite and equal reaction… OK. So what’s the opposite and equal reaction to Earth’s gravity and where can we observe this reaction?

2007-04-24 21:11:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

It would be so cool to be able to move to another planter JUST to see if there are other living creatures hihi...

2007-04-24 20:41:37 · 4 answers · asked by Crocomophobe 4

take the picture? (obviously i'm no atronomer i'm just curious how they get these amazing pictures, or are they just artist renderings? also are they accurate?)

2007-04-24 20:36:45 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

A new planet outside our solar system has been discovered. it is approximatly 20.5 light years away. If A space Shuttle was sent to take a closer look at this planet. How many years would it take for the shuttle to reach the planet. And would it be able to return to Earth with the data.

2007-04-24 20:36:03 · 10 answers · asked by lilangelwasdevil 3

Does investigation of the universe reveal the splendor of the creator, or does it reveal the clockwork of the cold equations of physics, or are the two inseparable? And what is our role in the universe?

2007-04-24 20:35:25 · 11 answers · asked by TheBurgerKing 2

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2007-04-24 19:55:04 · 6 answers · asked by Jilm_Jones 3

How long do you think it will take to get an orbit on the planet? and Do you think it might be habitable???

2007-04-24 19:26:29 · 13 answers · asked by Blackout 2