You Boys in Green Homepage YBIG Shop
Forum Home Forum Home : Other Forums : Whatever!
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - The Space Thread
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

The Space Thread

 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <1234 5>
Author
Message
rolo View Drop Down
Moderator Group
Moderator Group


Joined: 05 Aug 2010
Location: Ireland
Status: Offline
Points: 9202
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote rolo Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Feb 2013 at 2:24pm
Thumbs UpLOL



Edited by rolo - 09 Feb 2013 at 2:25pm
"I'm off to see the Queen tomorrow too, don't forget that"
Back to Top
Metal Paul View Drop Down
Roy Keane
Roy Keane
Avatar
The Dude

Joined: 21 Nov 2009
Location: Arkla
Status: Offline
Points: 11562
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Metal Paul Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Feb 2013 at 3:55pm
Originally posted by colemanY2K colemanY2K wrote:

Originally posted by deisedevil deisedevil wrote:


Originally posted by colemanY2K colemanY2K wrote:

Next week on the 15th of February an asteroid the size of a swimming pool is going to skim past the earth. It will pass inside the orbit of earths satellites. No chance of it hitting is though. When it passes at the closest point Europe will be in darkness therefore should be spectacular.

Last time one this big hit earth it was in 1908 and crashed into siberia flattening 80 million trees.

This should be fun


who counted the trees?Confused
quite simple really. Just count how many trees there are in a square kilometre and pro rata. The area of the strike was extremely remote. This event was called the tunguska event.
Wasn't there an episode of The X Files about that? 
"There are no chicks with dicks Johnny, just guys with tits."
Back to Top
jinky View Drop Down
Ray Houghton
Ray Houghton
Avatar
Ireland's number one fan, ole ole ole

Joined: 27 Jun 2012
Status: Offline
Points: 3014
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote jinky Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Feb 2013 at 6:44pm
its going to be a scorching hot summer alright..!
Back to Top
colemanY2K View Drop Down
Roy Keane
Roy Keane
Avatar
Fresh minty breath

Joined: 01 Mar 2010
Location: London
Status: Offline
Points: 14959
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote colemanY2K Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Feb 2013 at 2:46pm
"One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942.
Back to Top
fochie View Drop Down
Liam Brady
Liam Brady
Avatar

Joined: 11 May 2012
Status: Offline
Points: 2139
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote fochie Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Feb 2013 at 11:25pm
Any particular Direction Coleman? The Weather is to be clear in Dublin here too so Im looking forward to it.Thumbs Up


Back to Top
BoboDub View Drop Down
Liam Brady
Liam Brady


Joined: 03 Jun 2010
Status: Offline
Points: 1034
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote BoboDub Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Feb 2013 at 8:37am
with the asteroid coming this close i'm amazed we won't be attaching a probe and transmitter to it. could see billions of miles away in much shorter time than say voyager or other similar artificially propelled probes.

Edited by BoboDub - 14 Feb 2013 at 8:38am
Back to Top
fochie View Drop Down
Liam Brady
Liam Brady
Avatar

Joined: 11 May 2012
Status: Offline
Points: 2139
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote fochie Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Feb 2013 at 9:47am
Back to Top
jinky View Drop Down
Ray Houghton
Ray Houghton
Avatar
Ireland's number one fan, ole ole ole

Joined: 27 Jun 2012
Status: Offline
Points: 3014
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote jinky Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Feb 2013 at 9:52am
Hopefully the big one will knock out all the satellites..!   
Back to Top
fochie View Drop Down
Liam Brady
Liam Brady
Avatar

Joined: 11 May 2012
Status: Offline
Points: 2139
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote fochie Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Feb 2013 at 9:56am



[/QUOTE]

Edited by fochie - 15 Feb 2013 at 9:59am
Back to Top
fochie View Drop Down
Liam Brady
Liam Brady
Avatar

Joined: 11 May 2012
Status: Offline
Points: 2139
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote fochie Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Feb 2013 at 9:58am
Could be a huge bang tonight then Shocked
Back to Top
heighway2heaven View Drop Down
Ray Houghton
Ray Houghton
Avatar

Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: Myanmar
Status: Offline
Points: 4209
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote heighway2heaven Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Feb 2013 at 10:03am
Some quality footage on Russia Today. 500 injured now apparently.
http://giant.gfycat.com/LimpLittleArabianoryx.gif
Back to Top
Sligo Hornet View Drop Down
Roy Keane
Roy Keane
Avatar
Runner Up, Branson lookalike 2003

Joined: 07 Aug 2008
Location: Watford
Status: Offline
Points: 11916
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Sligo Hornet Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Feb 2013 at 10:04am
Originally posted by fochie fochie wrote:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/16/world/europe/meteorite-fragments-are-said-to-rain-down-on-siberia.html

Fragments have hit Serbia with 400 injured.
 
That was in Siberia, and is not part of the afore mentioned asteroid..............but scary nonetheless.
Wallet ?? What the fcuk is that ?
Back to Top
fochie View Drop Down
Liam Brady
Liam Brady
Avatar

Joined: 11 May 2012
Status: Offline
Points: 2139
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote fochie Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Feb 2013 at 10:06am
Miss read it, Cheers SL.Thumbs Up
Back to Top
Shedite View Drop Down
Jack Charlton
Jack Charlton
Avatar

Joined: 09 Dec 2011
Status: Offline
Points: 9795
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Shedite Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Feb 2013 at 10:07am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7c-0iwBEswE


Back to Top
Sligo Hornet View Drop Down
Roy Keane
Roy Keane
Avatar
Runner Up, Branson lookalike 2003

Joined: 07 Aug 2008
Location: Watford
Status: Offline
Points: 11916
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Sligo Hornet Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Feb 2013 at 10:13am
great piece of footage Shedite...............could have been a major disaster if it hit a heavily populated area Shocked
 
 
 
Wallet ?? What the fcuk is that ?
Back to Top
Dukla View Drop Down
Liam Brady
Liam Brady


Joined: 07 Jun 2012
Location: Shaolin
Status: Offline
Points: 1474
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dukla Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Feb 2013 at 12:13pm
Assuming that the Russian Space Agency & Government knew about this in advance.
Back to Top
Hoosay View Drop Down
Ray Houghton
Ray Houghton
Avatar

Joined: 18 Mar 2009
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 3933
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Hoosay Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Feb 2013 at 12:23pm
Originally posted by BoboDub BoboDub wrote:

with the asteroid coming this close i'm amazed we won't be attaching a probe and transmitter to it. could see billions of miles away in much shorter time than say voyager or other similar artificially propelled probes.


It was only discovered recently, they'd need a fair amount of time, maybe even a couple of years, to plan and execute something like that.
Back to Top
colemanY2K View Drop Down
Roy Keane
Roy Keane
Avatar
Fresh minty breath

Joined: 01 Mar 2010
Location: London
Status: Offline
Points: 14959
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote colemanY2K Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Feb 2013 at 1:21pm
Jeez that's a scary video..........but I have one question. Why do people in Russia drive around with a camcorder in the car Confused It was the same craic when the plane crashed at Christmas time, some dude was recording on the motorway when the plane crashed beside him.
 
Hopefully they'll be something to see tonight........... look up lads from 7:24pm   Smile
"One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942.
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <1234 5>
  Share Topic   

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Forum Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 12.00
Copyright ©2001-2018 Web Wiz Ltd.