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Old 09-15-2020, 09:12 PM   #3501
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We might have already encountered alien life and not known it or recognized it for what it is.


Our notions of life is based around the laws on this planet and this environment. Who knows what's evolved out there.


I still have my doubt that someday some shiny UFO will land and some kind of bipedal alien pops out and starts trying to converse, or a massive ship arrives with a massive food processing ship manned by aliens being filmed for their planets version of deadliest catch.


We might not be able to see or perceive them or vice versa.
This is one of my favourite aspects of the plot for The Expanse.

Also, if you have not yet watched The Expanse, then get off your ass and do something about it.

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Old 09-18-2020, 01:56 PM   #3502
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Ancient Mud Reveals an Explanation for Sudden Collapse of the Mayan Empire

The empire took thousands of years to build and just 100 years to collapse.

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The evidence they gathered in the muddy sediments underlying Lake Chichancanab, which was once a part of the empire, underscore the devastating power of a drought on a population.

The sediment cores that the scientists dug up from the depths of the lake are like a time machine, giving a glimpse of what past environments look like. In the study, the team specifically looked at precipitated gypsum, a soft mineral that incorporates oxygen and hydrogen isotopes of water molecules into its crystalline structure. Looking at it was like peering into fossil water, and in this case, it showed that the area surrounding the lake had gone through extremely arid periods. During periods of drought, larger amounts of water evaporate, and so a higher proportion of lighter isotopes in gypsum indicates a period of drought.

The team determined that between the years 800 and 1,000, annual rainfall in the Maya lowlands decreased by nearly 50 percent on average and up to 70 percent during peak drought conditions. This means the rainfall in this region essentially stopped about the same time that the empire’s city-states were abandoned.
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Old 09-19-2020, 09:30 PM   #3503
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When we finally discover life off of Earth, it's going to be a non-dramatic whimper to the public because it's going to be bacteria / microbial life - not aliens landing in flying saucers.

That's the first step though, in preparing the public for aliens landing in flying saucers.
Is this Jason Kenneys and the UCP parties fault?
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Old 10-20-2020, 05:14 PM   #3504
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OSIRIS-REx apparently was successful - landed on Bennu, scooped up some dirt and rocks, and took off again.

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It will take a few more days before scientists can completely declare success. At present, they can only say that the spacecraft executed its instructions exactly as programmed. What is not yet known is how much material was actually grabbed. Scientists are hoping for at least a couple of ounces, but the sampling mechanism can hold up to four pounds.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/s...x-mission.html
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Old 10-21-2020, 01:04 AM   #3505
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OSIRIS-REx apparently was successful - landed on Bennu, scooped up some dirt and rocks, and took off again.



https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/s...x-mission.html

And we didn't lose Bruce Willis this time.
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Old 10-21-2020, 02:24 AM   #3506
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OSIRIS-REx apparently was successful - landed on Bennu, scooped up some dirt and rocks, and took off again.



https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/s...x-mission.html
I still can't wrap my head around that we can land on an asteroid traveling at 63,000 mph and 200 million miles away, gives me hope for the future if we find a planet killer early enough we'll be able to stop it.

With or without Bruce Willis
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NASA to announce 'exciting new discovery' about the moon on Monday

https://www.space.com/nasa-moon-disc...udYntH2mTk0YYe

Wonder what this could be? It mentions the Artemis program and landing astronauts on the moon, so definitely related to that.
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Old 10-24-2020, 10:08 AM   #3508
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They found Xenu's corpse, its all true, Tom Cruise was right.
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Old 10-24-2020, 11:59 AM   #3509
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Something water related maybe.
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Old 10-24-2020, 02:14 PM   #3510
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Cheese, man. It's cheese.
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Old 10-24-2020, 02:19 PM   #3511
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Not really anything new, but I really enjoy these PBS Space Time videos. I wish I understood more about these topics, but the host combined with the animations they use are helping me over the hump a little bit. If you are into theoretical physics, you should watch these.

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NASA to announce 'exciting new discovery' about the moon on Monday

https://www.space.com/nasa-moon-disc...udYntH2mTk0YYe

Wonder what this could be? It mentions the Artemis program and landing astronauts on the moon, so definitely related to that.
Positive news re: habitability of lava tubes maybe? Ice in the tubes? Good album name.
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Old 10-26-2020, 03:52 AM   #3513
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https://www.space.com/nasa-moon-disc...udYntH2mTk0YYe

Wonder what this could be? It mentions the Artemis program and landing astronauts on the moon, so definitely related to that.
Whatever it is it was found using SOFIA that observes in infrared, hotspots, thin atmosphere or maybe a magnetic field?
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Old 10-26-2020, 10:05 AM   #3514
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12 p.m. EDT -- Teleconference on discoveries about the Moon from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)
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Sounds like they have found patches of frozen water.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1320757460269895680
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Sounds like they have found patches of frozen water.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1320757460269895680

They found it at Clavius Crater? Anyone who's seen 2001 knows what's coming next...


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Old 10-27-2020, 07:26 PM   #3517
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Geochemists Figure Out How to Turn Carbon Dioxide Emissions Into Stone

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Researchers in Iceland have turned CO 2 into stone in just two short years—mere nanoseconds on a geological scale.

Many scientists speculated it would take decades—if not centuries or millennia—for gaseous carbon dioxide to solidify. But an international project known as CarbFix, a project based at the Hellishedi geothermal power plant outside of Reykjavik, Iceland, accelerated that timetable by injecting CO 2 -laden water into the basaltic rock beneath the power plant. There, the mixture of minerals in the rock reacted with the dissolved gas to form carbonate minerals, a solid and stable form of rock that will lock the carbon away for millennia. The results were announced this week in the journal Science.
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Geochemists Figure Out How to Turn Carbon Dioxide Emissions Into Stone

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Didn't read the article, but I'm guessing all you need is 10x the energy you gained when emitting the CO2?
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The article doesn't say how much energy is needed per unit of manufactured stone.
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My understanding from the article and a couple related ones is that the energy required comes from naturally underground heat and pressure. I think the challenge here is going to be more-so about scalability: how do you create the necessary conditions for capturing a meaningful amount of carbon on an industrial scale.

It's a very interesting approach though, because this is the main way planet recaptures C02 anyway: through C02 reacting in the ocean with sea-floor basalt and eventually getting subducted.
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