Live rocket launch in 10mins here

 

http://www.spacex.com/webcast/

8 hours ago, Zico said:

it didn't even start off as a fish, just nothing at all

(don't quote me on this)

then some volcanic eruption caused a tetonic plate shift

which created a vaccum of air in the ocean with plumes of energy, where molecules bumped into each other, and started evolving

into something

into something else

into something that eventually swam around

and something else that got out

yeah

i don't get it either

it's so amazingly random and as close to impossible as you can get whilst obviously being possible

 

Indeed. 

Hence the bit about basic gases.

I had a Google, and it seems my memory of some TV show or other was right!

https://www.nature.com/articles/2151230a0.pdf

 

Did anyone have any luck spotting the A3 comet?

34 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Did anyone have any luck spotting the A3 comet?

Sorry to tell you but it shut nearly 12 years ago

35 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Did anyone have any luck spotting the A3 comet?

Wasn't that the nickname of the lass LeighWhite got a noshing off near Petersfield after thumbing a lift on the eponymous road sometime late 70s? So called because she was a bit dim and had a tail, but went like the clappers and was gone before he knew it never to be seen again?

The Northern Lights are out

I can’t see em 

unless you mean the TV mast on Winter Hill

Edited October 10, 20241 yr by Alf Hartigan

1 minute ago, Alf Hartigan said:

I can’t see em 

Look up

4 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Look up

Fuck that. Not going outside again in my PJs. 

Daughters over your way and sent me this

 

2 minutes ago, Casino said:

Daughters over your way and sent me this

 

Tried front and back but nothing. Must have disappeared quick. 

From our front door

1 minute ago, Alf Hartigan said:

Tried front and back but nothing. Must have disappeared quick. 

I couldnt see owt either

Think she did something fancy involving zoom and flash

Wife's watching some Brian Cox Programme... he must be the Alan Titchmarsh of the Solar System.. she just had the biggest hot flush since the menopause when he talked about circling Uranus... off out to spot A3 now... bloody Audis are everywhere

Launch scheduled in about half an hour. They're going to try and catch the booster with some massive chopsticks when it returns to Earth. Mental.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8xe7exjy1go

Edited October 13, 20241 yr by Cheese

FUCK ME. They actually did it. Incredible 

Madness

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cly57d5jw7eo

3 hours ago, Cheese said:

Madness

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cly57d5jw7eo

Just seen it on Channel 4 News... Effin' brilliant 

6th Starship launch at about 8 o'clock tonight. They're going to try to catch it again when it lands. Fucking ridiculous.

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/starship-flight-6-launch/

It's not even got a man in it. Throwing things up in the air and catching them again. Is this how far technology has advanced since sending a man (allegedly) to the moon? 

Edited November 19, 20241 yr by Underpants

What difference would it make if there was a bloke in it?

It's all done by the vehicle/on the ground. 

3 hours ago, Underpants said:

It's not even got a man in it. Throwing things up in the air and catching them again. Is this how far technology has advanced since sending a man (allegedly) to the moon? 

Don't watch it then, you daft apeth.

I love the phrase "daft apeth"

7 hours ago, Cheese said:

6th Starship launch at about 8 o'clock tonight. They're going to try to catch it again when it lands. Fucking ridiculous.

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/starship-flight-6-launch/

saying 10pm now

44 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Don't watch it then, you daft apeth.

I like watching things coming down to earth. I've seen you do it plenty of times on here.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCyhvTdsfGU/?igsh=MWxiODNxbXF6MGZ3bQ==