VT Supporter Popular Post Tegis 4,858 Posted February 6, 2018 VT Supporter Popular Post Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) Falcon Heavy test, a success. The simultaneous landing of the boosters was cool as ****. Liftoff about 20 minutes in. Edited February 9, 2018 by Tegis 5 Link to post Share on other sites
villakram 1,689 Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 That dual booster landing was so so impressive! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
coda 4,120 Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 Just heard they're sending two space tourists around the moon this year. Link to post Share on other sites
chrisp65 30,644 Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 Just now, coda said: Just heard they're sending two space tourists around the moon this year. @tonyh29 and @Rugeley Villa ? or would that be a space tourist and a space cadet? 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites
villakram 1,689 Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 4 hours ago, coda said: Just heard they're sending two space tourists around the moon this year. Be a ballsy tourist to be the first to sign up to do that. The Moon is an entirely different ball game to the ISS. Exciting times all the same, the live feed from the car in orbit has been mesmerizing. Link to post Share on other sites
sne 21,182 Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 13 hours ago, villakram said: That dual booster landing was so so impressive! That's up there with the coolest things I've seen. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
lapal_fan 11,779 Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 When we're not fighting wars and being words removed to one another, humans have got such amazing potential. I'm glad space exploration et al appears to be coming back into fashion. Here's hoping it generates a generation of brilliant minds, to come up with brilliant ideas. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator limpid 4,944 Posted February 9, 2018 Administrator Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Xann 11,177 Posted February 13, 2018 Report Share Posted February 13, 2018 They've modded it! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
villakram 1,689 Posted February 13, 2018 Report Share Posted February 13, 2018 3 hours ago, Xann said: They've modded it! That Black Mirror episode is oh so eerie! Link to post Share on other sites
Xann 11,177 Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 Quote Where Do You Go When You Die? The Increasing Signs That Human Consciousness Remains After Death ... raising the fascinating and slightly disturbing possibility that in the period immediately following death, our bodies start reverting to the cellular conditions that were present when we were embryos. Noble found that certain animals' cells, post-mortem, remained viable for weeks. The research suggests a "step-wise shutdown," by which parts of us die gradually, at different rates, rather than all at once. Exactly why some cells are more resilient to death than others can't yet be said. In a 2016 study published in the Canadian Journal of Biological Sciences, doctors recounted shutting off life support for four terminally ill patients, only to have one of the patients continue emitting delta wave bursts—the measurable electrical activity in the brain we normally experience during deep sleep—for more than 10 minutes after the patient had been pronounced dead; no pupil dilation, no pulse, no heartbeat. The authors were at a loss for a physiological explanation. Parnia's research has shown that people who survive medical death frequently report experiences that share similar themes: bright lights; benevolent guiding figures; relief from physical pain and a deeply felt sensation of peace. Because those experiences are subjective, it's possible to chalk them up to hallucinations. Where that explanation fails, though, is among the patients who have died on an operating table or crash cart and reported watching—from a corner of the room, from above—as doctors tried to save them, accounts subsequently verified by the (very perplexed) doctors themselves. How these patients were able to describe objective events that took place while they were dead, we're not exactly sure, just as we're not exactly sure why certain parts of us appear to withstand death even as it takes hold of everything else. But it does seem to suggest that when our brains and bodies die, our consciousness may not, or at least not right away. Newsweek Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator limpid 4,944 Posted February 15, 2018 Administrator Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 31 minutes ago, Xann said: Newsweek And debunked on every single blinded test. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
villakram 1,689 Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Xann said: Newsweek Quasi religious horse manure. Link to post Share on other sites
Xann 11,177 Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 2 hours ago, limpid said: And debunked on every single blinded test. Knew you'd lap this up Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator limpid 4,944 Posted February 18, 2018 Administrator Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 Anyone who needs to know where Elon's car is http://www.whereisroadster.com/ (nothing quotable), Link to post Share on other sites
jjaacckk91 668 Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 Stephen hawking has died aged 76. RIP stephen. Such a huge loss to science and the world, The void he leaves is huge, to think there is no other scientist alive with even close to the same name recognition and mainstream influence. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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Brumerican 11,137 Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 We're apes not monkeys. Hawking would have been shit on The Chase. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Xela 25,579 Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 44 minutes ago, Brumerican said: We're apes not monkeys. Hawking would have been shit on The Chase. He wouldn't have been too hot on the Krypton Factor either. He may be able to guess the questions but I don't fancy him going over the cargo net and down the zip wire. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Brumerican 11,137 Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 50 minutes ago, Xela said: He wouldn't have been too hot on the Krypton Factor either. He may be able to guess the questions but I don't fancy him going over the cargo net and down the zip wire. I loved that show as a kid . 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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