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Posted by Joca on May-27-2002 20:27:

Anyone into astronomy????

One of my friends was taking astronomy last semester and I really enjoyed him telling me some of the stuff he learned. Some of the stuff he told me was hard to fathem I watched a show on TLC awhile back called Hyperspace and actually enjoyed learning space.

Posted by Palivar on May-27-2002 21:22:

Posted by Sarcoman on May-27-2002 21:44:

I love astronomy, but the only formal education I have in it is a course I took in Uni called AST251 - Life on Other Worlds.... We talked about the possibility of life on other planets.

One of my favorite sites is the Astronomy Picture of the Day site by Nasa

APOD

The links lead to a lot of info about astronomy.

Posted by Vanilla on May-27-2002 22:18:

My dad is really into it. He just recently bought a REALLY expensive telescope and he keeps getting it upgraded everyfew months. Too bad the weathers been crappy for so long, I wanna take a look thru that thing

Posted by Tranex02 on May-28-2002 04:40:

i enjoy this topic anytime...

Posted by Renegade on May-28-2002 06:33:

Yeah I've been into astromony since I was about 3 or 4 when my dad used to take me star gazing. I used to know all the names of the stars and constellations, but struggle to remember any of them now.

On an astronomical tangent, anyone heard all this stuff about Mars? How they've found massive ice deposits under the soil and it looks as though NASA are about to commit to a manned mission to Mars within 20 years? Sensational, gives me goose-bumps just thinking about it.

Ahhh..... the intrigue.

Posted by tc-fan on May-28-2002 07:41:

yeah i always love talking about whats out there.....i also love dinosaurs stuff...

Posted by Breakertron2000 on Aug-07-2002 02:39:

Boeing commercial is my fav

The BOEING commercial is my fav commercial cause of that tune they came up with. Anyone know where I can get that tune?

Posted by Spyder on Aug-07-2002 03:40:

Astralogy.. astromony.. ya im liking it.. not a corse i can take in highschool.. but its fun hehe

Posted by dj ZevZ on Aug-07-2002 03:53:

Heavens Above!!!!

Look for the Iridium Flares!!!

Posted by tiesto14 on Aug-07-2002 04:29:

One thing that ALWAYS BUGS me out about "space" is that it NEVER ends...it jus keeps going...thats just crazy when your REALLY think about it...when i used to smoke weed we used to bug out on that thought all the time...its kinda freaky.

Posted by ProDiGaL on Aug-07-2002 05:16:

is there anyone that doesnt like it?? i think thats one of the few topics that everyone likes to talk about

Posted by Cafster on Aug-07-2002 15:03:

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Originally posted by Renegade
Yeah I've been into astromony since I was about 3 or 4 when my dad used to take me star gazing.

ditto. im more into the physics of it though. like wormholes, dark matter, lightspeed, stuff like that.

Posted by whiskers on Aug-07-2002 15:42:

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Originally posted by ProDiGaL
is there anyone that doesnt like it?? i think thats one of the few topics that everyone likes to talk about

my friend, who's 2 years older than i am, took it his senior year in high school. he dropped it after the first term because they made them write like 5-page papers twice a week or something. so since then he has a slightly different understanding of astronomy, if you know what i mean. he doesn't exactly hate it, he rather still likes it, he's just kinda afraid of it.

as for me, i like it.

Posted by dr me on Aug-07-2002 21:02:

quote:
Originally posted by tiesto14
One thing that ALWAYS BUGS me out about "space" is that it NEVER ends...it jus keeps going...thats just crazy when your REALLY think about it...when i used to smoke weed we used to bug out on that thought all the time...its kinda freaky.

actually, current astrophysics suggests that there is an expanding edge. but where/what does it expand into?? weird

Stephen hawking says that the answer is irrelevant!?!?????

Posted by astroboy on Aug-08-2002 02:37:

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Originally posted by dr me

actually, current astrophysics suggests that there is an expanding edge. but where/what does it expand into?? weird

Stephen hawking says that the answer is irrelevant!?!?????

Yeah well whatever this "hyperspace" outside our universe is, it presumably has no space or time... which is pretty hard to imagine for someone whose whole life has been defined by space and time.

Posted by netw3rkd on Mar-10-2003 02:45:

All my life I've been interested in it...it's facinating.

Posted by Orbax on Mar-10-2003 02:50:

dude...you know...i mean...ok, its like we are all CONNECTED man...and the moon and the stars...its like they are dancing up there, and we are just like...we are just like observers in this cosmic dance you know man...and then...it like WE dance, and then the stars are watching US...like you know when you see the moon...and then you just get that feeling...that what it IS man, that what it is all about. Why do you think we dance at night...it like the sun is jealous and its burning for its rage. Like its the fucking parents man, and the moon and stars and its kids. and it has to sit up all day and make sure they are well behaved...and then it goes to bed and its party time, because theyve been locked up in the closet all day. Why do you think are so pale man? and so then we all dance, and while we dance, they spin faster and harder, and set the beats of our lives man...its all connected

Posted by Dmatrox on Mar-10-2003 03:10:

Re: Anyone into astronomy????

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Originally posted by Carona
One of my friends was taking astronomy last semester and I really enjoyed him telling me some of the stuff he learned. Some of the stuff he told me was hard to fathem I watched a show on TLC awhile back called Hyperspace and actually enjoyed learning space.

hyperspace was a really cool show, they had neat effects for the show, i wish they would play it again sometime.

Posted by Shudder on Mar-10-2003 06:27:

im taking it but aint learning anything. probably cause my prof is the worst prof i have. he is so absorbed into his powerpoint that i can just get the notes of the internet...

Posted by montie on Mar-10-2003 08:05:

I'm actually taking an astronomy class right now.
It's probably one of the best classes I've ever taken.
As long as i can remember I've been interested in space and whats out there.
My single most important goal in life is to leave earth and go into "space."
No matter what happens to me, I can die a happy man if i go into outer space. If I die out there, i don't care. I wanna be able to float in what feels like weightlessness and look down at earth and whats beyond.

Posted by DrUg_Tit0 on Mar-10-2003 10:14:

quote:
ude...you know...i mean...ok, its like we are all CONNECTED man...and the moon and the stars...its like they are dancing up there, and we are just like...we are just like observers in this cosmic dance you know man...and then...it like WE dance, and then the stars are watching US...like you know when you see the moon...and then you just get that feeling...that what it IS man, that what it is all about. Why do you think we dance at night...it like the sun is jealous and its burning for its rage. Like its the fucking parents man, and the moon and stars and its kids. and it has to sit up all day and make sure they are well behaved...and then it goes to bed and its party time, because theyve been locked up in the closet all day. Why do you think are so pale man? and so then we all dance, and while we dance, they spin faster and harder, and set the beats of our lives man...its all connected

This sounds like a line from a bad hippie movie.

quote:
actually, current astrophysics suggests that there is an expanding edge. but where/what does it expand into?? weird

It basically expands into nothingness. But it doesn't have an edge, at least from our point of view.