SCIENCE thread!
+14
F4H Lotterer
F4H Carrera
F4H bandicoot
theboomeranga
HCR generaltso
Mandown46
LMR BlackHawk
CQR Rogue
Ax4x Kane
Richy59
Beanz
XPR Roadrunner
nickyf1
Standaman94
18 posters
Page 2 of 7
Page 2 of 7 • 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Re: SCIENCE thread!
Good stuff there
A break from astrowatsit and engineering, here's something for the psychos.
A break from astrowatsit and engineering, here's something for the psychos.
Re: SCIENCE thread!
Very good!
Mandown46- TORA Race Number : 93
Number of posts : 391
Location : UK
Registration date : 2012-01-04
Reputation : 6
Re: SCIENCE thread!
I see what you did there!
Beanz- TORA Race Number : 57
Number of posts : 2661
Location : Solihull, England
Registration date : 2012-02-22
Reputation : 77
Re: SCIENCE thread!
Kilroy8 wrote:I for one am pursuing a career where I work with Planes, more specifically military aircraft for the RAF, so any info, tips, or general helpfulness would be appreciated.
Good on you. I had some interest in that field too towards the end of school, but I've ended up on the path of industrial/product design (although I don't want to strictly do that when I graduate).
There's plenty of great apprenticeships in the UK in aeronautical engineering, and I'd definitely go for those (I applied for the Rolls Royce one in East Kilbride in 5th year.). The RAF provide such schemes too.
Or, you could go for an engineering degree, which will give you opportunities to do placements and join graduate programmes in the future.
Human spaceflight news.. The ESA will provide the propulsion module for NASA's Orion spacecraft. In a historic turn of events, the UK will provide a very large amount of funding towards the project, which of course will give them a few bargaining chips when it comes to choosing astronauts for future BEO missions..
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/11/uk-steps-up-esa-commit-atv-service-module-orion/
nickyf1- TORA Race Number : 271
Number of posts : 10770
Location : Glasgow
Registration date : 2008-09-26
Reputation : 73
Re: SCIENCE thread!
SelectiveRogue wrote:
Enjoy my day job trent 1000 if any wants info on job info let me know
Err.. Can I get a summer placement?
nickyf1- TORA Race Number : 271
Number of posts : 10770
Location : Glasgow
Registration date : 2008-09-26
Reputation : 73
Re: SCIENCE thread!
British Aerospace (or whatever they're known as now) were looking for apprentices around my area. In particular, students doing Maths, Science and/or ICT courses. I would've done it in a heartbeat but it's open to A2 (year 13) students only
I really wish my school would do Astrophysics for A2 but we only have 1 physics teacher, amongst the 4000 or so biology teachers & he isn't qualified to teach that unit.
I really wish my school would do Astrophysics for A2 but we only have 1 physics teacher, amongst the 4000 or so biology teachers & he isn't qualified to teach that unit.
Ax4x Kane-
Number of posts : 3148
Location : United Kingdom
Registration date : 2011-05-30
Reputation : 109
Re: SCIENCE thread!
not too sure if this counts (probs not) but when I was younger my dad signed me up to have my name put on a data disc made by NASA with something like 100 other names on it, and that disc was sent on an earlier rover mission to Mars. so in a way...im on Mars lol
Re: SCIENCE thread!
nickyf1 wrote:SelectiveRogue wrote:
Enjoy my day job trent 1000 if any wants info on job info let me know
Err.. Can I get a summer placement?
yep ask your uni about Rolls Royce work placements
Re: SCIENCE thread!
hmmm stumbled across this just now, whilst looking for updates on Gliese 581g
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/336423
They discovered another exoplanet orbiting HD 40307, called HD 40307g that is within the star's habitable zone (meaning it could support life). It's roughly 7x as massive as earth and ISN'T tidally locked like Gliese 581g, meaning it has night and day.
They aren't sure at this point if its rocky (like earth) or gaseous (like Jupiter), they say its 50/50.
BUT I'M LOVING THE POSSIBILITY! although its 2x as far away as Gliese 581g, at 42LY.
and what's with the 6th planet from the sun being possibly sustainable for life lol.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/336423
They discovered another exoplanet orbiting HD 40307, called HD 40307g that is within the star's habitable zone (meaning it could support life). It's roughly 7x as massive as earth and ISN'T tidally locked like Gliese 581g, meaning it has night and day.
They aren't sure at this point if its rocky (like earth) or gaseous (like Jupiter), they say its 50/50.
BUT I'M LOVING THE POSSIBILITY! although its 2x as far away as Gliese 581g, at 42LY.
and what's with the 6th planet from the sun being possibly sustainable for life lol.
Re: SCIENCE thread!
SelectiveRogue wrote:nickyf1 wrote:SelectiveRogue wrote:
Enjoy my day job trent 1000 if any wants info on job info let me know
Err.. Can I get a summer placement?
yep ask your uni about Rolls Royce work placements
So you can't put a good word in for me then?
I'll be applying for a placement at Jaguar Land Rover down in the West Midlands too, which would be pretty cool to get.
nickyf1- TORA Race Number : 271
Number of posts : 10770
Location : Glasgow
Registration date : 2008-09-26
Reputation : 73
Re: SCIENCE thread!
Not exactly science but it's science-y. Also, I know I made a KSP thread but it's sorta dead now (to me, at least)
Kerbal Space Program 0.18 was released yesterday as part of KerbalKon. Electricity, docking, planning etc. Had a go myself, and it's very challenging.. But fun
In other news, it's recently came about that NASA's recent discovery on Mars (that they're keeping secret) is NOT alien life, or any biological matter. However, the Messenger probe has found water and organics on Mercury.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/media/PressConf20121129.html
http://blogs.discovery.com/inscider/2012/11/nasa-mercury-announcement.html
Kerbal Space Program 0.18 was released yesterday as part of KerbalKon. Electricity, docking, planning etc. Had a go myself, and it's very challenging.. But fun
In other news, it's recently came about that NASA's recent discovery on Mars (that they're keeping secret) is NOT alien life, or any biological matter. However, the Messenger probe has found water and organics on Mercury.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/media/PressConf20121129.html
http://blogs.discovery.com/inscider/2012/11/nasa-mercury-announcement.html
Re: SCIENCE thread!
some americans may know these people but maybe brits do too.
amazing talk
HCR generaltso- TORA Race Number : 12
Number of posts : 5771
Location : worldwide
Registration date : 2009-05-04
Reputation : 52
Re: SCIENCE thread!
NASA to send another rover to Mars in 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6hrXAxYjVc&feature=youtu.be
they say they will be sending humans to mars orbit in 2030 (in description of vid)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6hrXAxYjVc&feature=youtu.be
they say they will be sending humans to mars orbit in 2030 (in description of vid)
Re: SCIENCE thread!
Not quite sure how I feel about rovers. If they're so interested in Mars they might as well put their efforts in sending humans up there.
Anyway, had a browse through some recent-ish NASA articles...
This is something I found particularly interesting. It was found not long ago that Voyager 1 wasn't travelling in it's predicted path. Scientists seem to think the probe is now in a "Magnetic highway for charged particles", in an area where outward solar wind speed is zero and magnetic field intensity increases.
The interstellar wind is, in essence, pushing the solar wind back onto itself, which folds up and over the sun, and so the probe is apparently going to travel northward (above the plane of the planet's orbits).
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/voyager20121203.html
I also found this; The Cassini spacecraft is orbiting Saturn on a titled axis, and around the north pole was found this pretty cool looking storm. These images were taken 400,000km away.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassini/cassini20121128b.html
Anyway, had a browse through some recent-ish NASA articles...
This is something I found particularly interesting. It was found not long ago that Voyager 1 wasn't travelling in it's predicted path. Scientists seem to think the probe is now in a "Magnetic highway for charged particles", in an area where outward solar wind speed is zero and magnetic field intensity increases.
The interstellar wind is, in essence, pushing the solar wind back onto itself, which folds up and over the sun, and so the probe is apparently going to travel northward (above the plane of the planet's orbits).
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/voyager20121203.html
I also found this; The Cassini spacecraft is orbiting Saturn on a titled axis, and around the north pole was found this pretty cool looking storm. These images were taken 400,000km away.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassini/cassini20121128b.html
Beanz- TORA Race Number : 57
Number of posts : 2661
Location : Solihull, England
Registration date : 2012-02-22
Reputation : 77
Re: SCIENCE thread!
It's the 40th anniversary of the Blue Marble image. This video talks about the "Overview Effect" on astronauts.
Re: SCIENCE thread!
Sir Patrick Moore has unfortunately passed away, as of 12:25 today. Having hosted The Sky at Night for well over 40 years, he is the longest running host of any TV show. He has also written a huge amount of Astronomy books, and helped map the surface of the Moon, helping the Russian's with their Luna 3 spacecraft and was thus the first to be shown the images from the mission.
He also became a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF during WWII. Sadly, he had a fiancée who was killed by a German bomb. Moore never remarried and never had children, even sixty years later.
One of the most interesting things about him is the fact that he wore a monocle from the age of 16, and dentures since he was 19.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/09/astronomer-patrick-moore-dies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20657939
He also became a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF during WWII. Sadly, he had a fiancée who was killed by a German bomb. Moore never remarried and never had children, even sixty years later.
One of the most interesting things about him is the fact that he wore a monocle from the age of 16, and dentures since he was 19.
We'll see you star-side, Moore.
Rest in Peace
Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore, CBE, FRS, FRAS
4 March 1923 – 9 December 2012
Rest in Peace
Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore, CBE, FRS, FRAS
4 March 1923 – 9 December 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/09/astronomer-patrick-moore-dies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20657939
Page 2 of 7 • 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Similar topics
» My Dunlop MK2 Golf GTi Build thread and race progress thread thing...
» The POV Thread
» Car changes thread
» Miscellaneous Next-Gen Gaming thread
» the dead thread...
» The POV Thread
» Car changes thread
» Miscellaneous Next-Gen Gaming thread
» the dead thread...
Page 2 of 7
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
|
|
Mon 27 Nov 2023 - 15:18 by EZT MAKO 6669
» Returning driver IBlueIJaBBRexI
Tue 14 Nov 2023 - 14:53 by EZT MAKO 6669
» Hello
Mon 6 Nov 2023 - 0:25 by Rudie
» NAFFCAR Enduro - Stints
Thu 2 Nov 2023 - 22:04 by zrolizac
» NAFFCAR Enduro - Qualifying
Thu 2 Nov 2023 - 22:00 by zrolizac
» NAFFCAR Enduro - Live Timing
Thu 2 Nov 2023 - 21:57 by zrolizac
» NAFFCAR Enduro - Carlist and Build Rules
Thu 2 Nov 2023 - 21:50 by zrolizac
» NAFFCAR Enduro - Registration
Thu 2 Nov 2023 - 21:44 by zrolizac
» NAFFCAR Enduro - Lobby Settings
Thu 2 Nov 2023 - 0:16 by zrolizac