Astronomy & Space - December 2007

2007-12-10 08:19:36 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-10 08:11:28 · 18 answers · asked by Tango 7

Ok, so we've pretty much found a lot of the same organic components in the universe as we have on earth. Obviously, these organic components have, through time, mananged to create life. These organic componets have created humans. So, with this in mind. Is it possible that the only life we might encounter would be similiar to life that has and is existing on earth? Similar being ... skin, eyes, organs. I'm not basing this similiary on exact appearence.

I say this with careful attention to our hospitable environment, assuming that life can only form and evolve in a similiar environment. But, this is where my error could occur with the idea i've proposed.

2007-12-10 08:07:42 · 12 answers · asked by Jansen J 4

Has venus's field just decayed away, like earth's is decaying?

2007-12-10 07:56:48 · 12 answers · asked by Stannnn 3

i read some recent research which suggested this was the case.

2007-12-10 07:48:57 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Its replacement the James Webb Space Telescope; Will it be built as a one shot project or will it be designed to be serviced from time to time?

Well considering the trials that were learned servicing the Hubble, wouldn't it stand to reason that if the JWST were designed to be serviceable, wouldn't it be practical to simplify certain aspects of its components so that servicing & replacement could be preformed by a robotic service drone?

NASA it appears won't have the capacity to do the maintenance when and if the need is required. Which leaves the Astronomy Interests of those concerned pretty much up the proverbial "creek" with the rapids on the horizon (lets pray it isn't the crest of a waterfall).

Perhaps where servicing capacity is required, would NASA consider building a Mini Shuttle for a crew of 2 or 3, for the exclusive purpose of servicing orbital platforms?

Either Crewed by Humanoids or an elaborate robot, a servicing capability is definitely needed.

2007-12-10 07:20:37 · 4 answers · asked by somber_pieces 6

What kinds of minerals can we expect to find on nearby planets and moons? And how would we extract them?

2007-12-10 07:14:26 · 6 answers · asked by Roo 3

I have this theory ... I don't think we ever got visited by the future .. why? ( i mean eventually maybe people discover in the latest future how to build a machine time ) .. Well we maybe weren't visited because people couldn't travel before the time machine was invented ... and so they could only travel in the future and back into the time when the machine were to be invented. And since we haven't built one yet there is no one from the future to be seen.
Second ... theory is that humanity was destroyed before anyone could of built such a machine, and of course maybe we will never get to discover such a technology.

Well tell me your opinion ... it's more like a sci-fi topic but i'm sure you guys are more informed about this thing than i am :).

2007-12-10 07:05:11 · 12 answers · asked by Andrew177 3

im in SF, looking south, generally towards San Jose, and towards ARC. and just saw something leaving a jet trail going straight up in the air, it looked like it never stopped. anyone know what this was. It is 11:52 am you can prob still see the trail

2007-12-10 06:53:14 · 6 answers · asked by wcbryan22 1

I'm a keen photographer and currently use a Canon EOS 400D, I was wondering what sort of results I could expect if I were to use it with a telescope for astrophotography.

I was thinking about getting a Bresser Messier R90mm or R130mm
http://www.scopesnskies.com/prod/Bresser/telescope-for-astronomy/messier130.html
(link to the R130mm)

What sort of results or things would I be able to see with this telescope? and how well would they translate into a digital picture?

2007-12-10 06:42:37 · 6 answers · asked by cherrypowered 1

2007-12-10 06:35:29 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

this phenomenon deal with space field, i want sorry because my english not very good but i can understand you, this phenomenon will be huge proofment .......contact with me

2007-12-10 06:19:51 · 11 answers · asked by star D 1

2007-12-10 06:04:47 · 11 answers · asked by Nige 3

If light leaving the earth travels out into the universe, does that mean theoretically, in millions of years time, people on a distant planet with a a yet to be invented super telescope could see US walking around on earth as we are now?

2007-12-10 06:00:59 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you think about it, every galaxy had black holes, we don't actually know really what they are.

If we had a ship, that was not affected by gravity.

And we were an advanced enough species to do that. there must then be something there, so theorize what that could be.

2007-12-10 05:59:57 · 17 answers · asked by H 3

does anyone think that the technology we use today was invented//created by really clever people? or did other intelligence help in designing them? (:
and,, imagine if life didnt exsist,, no universe, stars, planets, sky, people, water x)

2007-12-10 05:58:04 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have heard the iss can be seen on clear nights and mornongs,does anyone know when?

2007-12-10 05:51:11 · 3 answers · asked by steve b 1

niagra falls was awsome, is there anyway to see the ground more clearly?

2007-12-10 05:48:26 · 10 answers · asked by kathleenhorn55 1

2007-12-10 05:46:32 · 6 answers · asked by Intrigue 1

2007-12-10 05:29:26 · 17 answers · asked by Untitled 1

2007-12-10 05:06:43 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-10 05:05:02 · 4 answers · asked by Vivi 5

If any considered good action will inevitably cause an adverse affect else where to balance things out.

2007-12-10 04:56:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

mass

acceleration

volume

the sun

2007-12-10 04:26:56 · 10 answers · asked by XxGeisha_ChikxX 1

2007-12-10 04:14:49 · 8 answers · asked by Kairos 2

Haha I am doing an essay for a school project and I really need to know sum technologies NASA helped with!!!

2007-12-10 04:01:22 · 10 answers · asked by Daraqueen92 1

i know it orbits the center of the galaxy, but does it orbit it in the same plane, or does it move under and over the galactic plane as well?

2007-12-10 03:43:18 · 4 answers · asked by elle4 1

for a beginner observer for observing celstrial objects especially planets and Andromeda.

2007-12-10 03:28:55 · 8 answers · asked by Nick 4

I've heard people say that they can see the Man on the Moon but I don't know what that is. I've looked up pictures on the internet and I still don'e know what they are talking about.

2007-12-10 03:11:44 · 5 answers · asked by sharks blade 3

As I understand current thinking, in quantum mechanics a force occurs through particle exchange so gravity should exhibit particle exchange. But in relativity gravity is explained as motion along the curvature of spacetime. Can't the dilemma be resolved by saying gravity is not a true force but just appears to be one (action at a distance) through an artifact of space curvature?

2007-12-10 02:59:18 · 8 answers · asked by Matthew B 1