M R Ducks
Space stuff (NASA, UKSA, CSA, ESA, etc)
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M R Not!
I have to say, I just love the fact that everyone here is freaking old now just like me and knows what the hell M R Ducks is 
GasBandit
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To be fair I had to look up the ducks. I always had heard it as M R Puppies, with C M E D B D PPs? or C M P N?I have to say, I just love the fact that everyone here is freaking old now just like me and knows what the hell M R Ducks is
figmentPez
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I'm absolutely and completely lost, if that helps.I have to say, I just love the fact that everyone here is freaking old now just like me and knows what the hell M R Ducks is
This joke made the rounds as a meme before the internet existed--people would share xeroxed copies of just those letters. My step dad brought it home when I was a kid and he and my mom read it and just laughed and laughed.
The 70's were a grim time.
GasBandit
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During a teleconference on Wednesday morning, NASA’s Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development Jim Free gave the potential dates for the launch of the Artemis 1 mission: Aug. 29, Sept. 2 and Sept. 5, 2022.
No launch window times were given.
Free stressed that these dates are “launch attempts” and admitted that NASA was not sure about those liftoff dates due to a repair of a hydrogen leak. (MyNews13)
No launch window times were given.
Free stressed that these dates are “launch attempts” and admitted that NASA was not sure about those liftoff dates due to a repair of a hydrogen leak. (MyNews13)
Perhaps if he had claimed it was the moon.
The Northern Lights may be visible in the mainland U.S. this week due to a strong geomagnetic storm, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration....
But the storm could push the aurora lights farther south Thursday and Friday, and if weather conditions permit, could be seen in regions of Pennsylvania, Iowa and Oregon. (NPR)
But the storm could push the aurora lights farther south Thursday and Friday, and if weather conditions permit, could be seen in regions of Pennsylvania, Iowa and Oregon. (NPR)
Webb is certainly going to rewrite a lot of what we (think we) know about the Universe, in a hugely fundamental way:
The speculation is that: "...according to Big Bang theory, the most distant galaxies in the JWST images are seen as they were only 400-500 million years after the origin of the universe. Yet already some of the galaxies have shown stellar populations that are over a billion years old. Since nothing could have originated before the Big Bang, the existence of these galaxies [suggests] that the Big Bang did not occur..."
Or, in other words, the observations don't line up with our current understanding of the BB. Curious, indeed.
--Patrick
The speculation is that: "...according to Big Bang theory, the most distant galaxies in the JWST images are seen as they were only 400-500 million years after the origin of the universe. Yet already some of the galaxies have shown stellar populations that are over a billion years old. Since nothing could have originated before the Big Bang, the existence of these galaxies [suggests] that the Big Bang did not occur..."
Or, in other words, the observations don't line up with our current understanding of the BB. Curious, indeed.
--Patrick
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Whoa, so does that mean the universe might be even older than originally theorized? That's...huge.
Of course, creationists will be like "Fake news! It's only a few thousand years old!"
Meh. Those dummies aren't worth thinking about.
I mean it’s either that, or else it demonstrates that time might not be linear *GASP*.
—Patrick