Mind Blowing

[no balls]

BBC4 now, Horizon:Seeing Stars.

 

Still on my sky plus from last time it was on

 

Anyhow, Carl Sagan, Kent, he was/is a legend! & always good for a cool quote

 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

For those who are interested in this stuff- this is an interesting place to visit too- though the mad-cap 'lecturer' on the tour will grab your cash

 

http://www.spaceguarduk.com/

[Youri McAnespie]

Tonight 11:20pm - Part Two of Horizon: Mission to Mars.

 

Not seen it yet, but it sounds good. Countdown to the landing of a new billion dollar nuclear-powered Mars Rover.

 

Edit: I'm on the ball - it landed, nearly two months ago!

Edited September 27, 2012 by Youri McAnespie

[no balls]

Tonight 11:20pm - Part Two of Horizon: Mission to Mars.

 

Not seen it yet, but it sounds good. Countdown to the landing of a new billion dollar nuclear-powered Mars Rover.

 

Edit: I'm on the ball - it landed, nearly two months ago!

 

It's also a repeat.

[Youri McAnespie]

It's also a repeat.

 

I wouldn't know - I've not got square eyes, I've only got two tiny tellies and freeview - even though I'm practically landed gentry. I've no telly at all in my weekend retreat.

Edited September 27, 2012 by Youri McAnespie

[kent_white]

 

 

Still on my sky plus from last time it was on

 

Anyhow, Carl Sagan, Kent, he was/is a legend! & always good for a cool quote

 

 

'A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary fanaticism'

 

'For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.'

 

Just two of many belters. Plus, he wears exemplary knitwear!

[MickyD]

Mother-in-law used to knock one of those jumpers out in about 2 days. Fucking knitting with three needles was an absolute mind-numbing thing to watch.

 

Every Christmas I looked like something between a Cornish fisherman and Val Doonican.

 

Wish she was still with us, I fucking loved them jumpers.

[Traf]

Mother-in-law used to knock one of those jumpers out in about 2 days. Fucking knitting with three needles was an absolute mind-numbing thing to watch.

 

Every Christmas I looked like something between a Cornish fisherman and Val Doonican.

 

Wish she was still with us, I fucking loved them jumpers.

 

So, you actually want to look like a cross between a Cornish fisherman & Val Doonican.?

 

[kent_white]

 

 

So, you actually want to look like a cross between a Cornish fisherman & Val Doonican.?

 

 

My Rose has left me,

I’m in a mood, 

she’s gone to Kenya,

with the bloke from Allied Carpets. 

She wasn’t immunised,

that’s a legal requirement, 

she’s increasingly slapdash, 

since we bought that new hearth rug.

[Zico]

another one to make it all seem so insignificant

 

http://i.imgur.com/HBj7E.jpg

 

[Smiffs]

The Plough is 600 million miles away.

 

Not even Metro Taxis go there.

[HomerJay]

loving that pic, zico

Edited September 28, 2012 by HomerJay

[no balls]

The Plough is 600 million miles away.

 

Not even Metro Taxis go there.

 

No, but I bet if you rang Lyma from there, they'd just be at the end of your road.

 

Only a lie away!

Edited September 28, 2012 by no balls

[kent_white]

The Plough is 600 million miles away.

 

Not even Metro Taxis go there.

 

I'm going to the Andromeda Galaxy.

 

How much do you usually pay?

[Didledee]

Yeah posted a few topics myself on the universe, mindblowing is so true.

 

It's stuff like this that make me want wormholes to be a reality, completely wipe away the speed of light thing.

[Smiffs]

I'm going to the Andromeda Galaxy.

 

How much do you usually pay?

 

Its normally about £15 but sometimes they let you wank them off instead.

[stevieb]

 

 

I'm going to the Andromeda Galaxy.

 

How much do you usually pay?

 

4 quid. Standard Bolton taxi fare.

[Traf]

4 quid. Standard Bolton taxi fare.

 

Or jump out at the top of an alley and do a runner.

[stevieb]

 

 

Or jump out at the top of an alley and do a runner.

 

When they closed eagley way that was a Bromley Cross teenagers free ride home.

[Juan.Kerr]

Many a cold clear Novembers night I've woken up frozzen sitting in the garden contemplating the universe. I get wrapped up and take a brew and I'm there for hours just watching the sky.

It's bloody big.

[kent_white]

Many a cold clear Novembers night I've woken up frozzen sitting in the garden contemplating the universe. I get wrapped up and take a brew and I'm there for hours just watching the sky.

It's bloody big.

 

And farthest thing you'll be able to see with the naked eye on that cold November night, is only in picture 5 of Zico's original post.

Edited September 29, 2012 by kent_white

[SatanGreavsie]

Tonight 11:20pm - Part Two of Horizon: Mission to Mars.

 

Not seen it yet, but it sounds good. Countdown to the landing of a new billion dollar nuclear-powered Mars Rover.

 

Edit: I'm on the ball - it landed, nearly two months ago!

 

Now this really IS a mind blowing video - taken from the bottom the MSL probe you mentioned as it jettisoned its heat shield then landed via a "sky crane" from a hovering vehicle. Fuck me, we're seeing what it's like to land on Mars! Go back a few years and the nearest you'd get to summat as amazing as that was Th'Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau and some corral.

 

[HomerJay]

Grrrrrrt

 

Fooking iPhone!!!