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To: mrjesse

Hell, that’s fantastic! Evidence of dinosaurs on one of Saturn’s moons! This is the scientific discovery of the century!


2 posted on 07/16/2011 2:33:07 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: Steely Tom

So the big bang that killed them, blew parts that far, and here we thought space flight was something new.


5 posted on 07/16/2011 2:38:51 PM PDT by org.whodat
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To: Steely Tom

Titan is practically made of methane. What does that mean?

I recall the discovery of hydrocarbon clouds in space via radioastronomy. One was a cloud of ethyl alcohol which ( from recollection ) had enough alcohol to form a ball the size of the earth in liquid form, yet if you dragged a football field sized scoop all the way through it, you would only collect a thimble full.

Exercise: calculate the diameter of the cloud, assuming uniform density.

P.S. It was stated that the cloud was laced with cyanide, to the disappointment of aspiring interstellar dipsomanics.


23 posted on 07/16/2011 5:10:55 PM PDT by dr_lew
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