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Campylobacter jejuni wrote on 2014-08-13 22:38
Apparently a tall boulder fell over and even tumbled down a slope.
Click here for the full story and dramatic camera footage of the incident.
Additionally NASA does have 4 live stream channels that are actually very interesting, though I couldn't see a difference between the first two looking at the schedule. Anything between educational broadcasts to live ISS HD footage of earth. The ISS footage is sometimes black depending on the relative position to earth, but given enough patience you can watch the sun rise and fall 16 times a day.
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Splatulated wrote on 2014-08-13 23:34
this is space ?
[Image: http://i.imgur.com/PY02KK8.png]
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Campylobacter jejuni wrote on 2014-08-13 23:48
The blackness you can see here beyond earth is a teeny tiny fraction of it, yes. But the ISS itself is only as far into space as someone tipping their toe into wet sand at a Californian beach is in the Pacific.
If you want to watch interesting but easy to understand movies about space, try Carl Sagan's original Cosmos series, you can find it on YT.
In fact, I have the playlist right here!
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Tropa wrote on 2014-08-14 01:31
>Rock randomly rolls down hill
>Stops rolling in a certain position
>Everybody loses their minds
Stuff like this always happens on earth.
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Osayidan wrote on 2014-08-14 02:56
What I find interesting about that tumbling rock is the technology allowed us to see that in such good detail.
Though from a point of view of mars science/exploration I don't see how it's significant and the article doesn't seem to mention anything either, probably much more significant things to be observed.
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Darkboy132 wrote on 2014-08-14 03:41
Err... I don't get why people are so crazy over a mere rock...
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Aubog007 wrote on 2014-08-14 05:04
Quote from Tropa;1240068:
>Rock randomly rolls down hill
>Stops rolling in a certain position
>Everybody loses their minds
Stuff like this always happens on earth.
I agree and disagree. It's easier to do that because of more factors. When you stare at a giant rock (mars) for years and then something happens randomly, the people who were tasked to observe are going to flip their shit due to "OMG SOMETHING HAPPENED"
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Aubog007 wrote on 2014-08-14 05:04
Quote from Tropa;1240068:
>Rock randomly rolls down hill
>Stops rolling in a certain position
>Everybody loses their minds
Stuff like this always happens on earth.
I agree and disagree. It's easier to do that because of more factors. When you stare at a giant rock (mars) for years and then something happens randomly, the people who were tasked to observe are going to flip their shit due to "OMG SOMETHING HAPPENED"
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Rukuna wrote on 2014-08-14 06:07
[SIZE="7"]BREAKING NEWS[/SIZE]
Rock falls over.
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Rukuna wrote on 2014-08-14 06:07
[SIZE="7"]BREAKING NEWS[/SIZE]
Rock falls over.
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Campylobacter jejuni wrote on 2014-08-14 08:19
Ok, so who actually realised that this was just NASA being humorous?
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Splatulated wrote on 2014-08-14 10:31
Quote from Rukuna;1240125:
[SIZE="7"]BREAKING NEWS[/SIZE]
Rock falls over.
Quote from Rukuna;1240126:
[SIZE="7"]BREAKING NEWS[/SIZE]
Rock falls over.
[Image: http://i.imgur.com/hffKEIn.gif]
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Splatulated wrote on 2014-08-14 10:31
Quote from Rukuna;1240125:
[SIZE="7"]BREAKING NEWS[/SIZE]
Rock falls over.
Quote from Rukuna;1240126:
[SIZE="7"]BREAKING NEWS[/SIZE]
Rock falls over.
[Image: http://i.imgur.com/hffKEIn.gif]
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Aubog007 wrote on 2014-08-14 11:13
Quote from Campylobacter jejuni;1240161:
Ok, so who actually realised that this was just NASA being humorous?
Partially, although the joke got lost on me after everyone else didn't get it.
That's what i get for not reading.
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Osayidan wrote on 2014-08-14 11:30
I don't see any hint of humor in the article. The only thing that could qualify is the exaggeration of the situation being exciting, but coming from NASA that could very well go both ways considering some of the other things they consider interesting.