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Noemon
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Mystery Cloud Appears Over Eastern US and Canada

Any Northeastern Hatrackers see this?

[ September 03, 2004, 12:59 PM: Message edited by: Noemon ]
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quote:
It was a roundish, yet not all that round, object
What?
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Seems to cover all options, saxon.
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Noemon
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Yeah, I kind of started at that one too. I do think it's worth noting that people are divided into two camps on this one--one that believes that it's man made, and one that belives that it isn't.
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Noemon
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So...what happens to that fuel after it's dumped? somehow I'm thinking that that can't be the world's most environmentally friendly practice.
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This article indicates that the centaur rockets use liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen, so I don't think it would be too harmful to the environment.
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Speaking of Stuff in the Sky...

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040828/fob3.asp

Supernova's look awesome! Too bad the closest one is 10,000 light years away.
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I don't know. Somehow, I don't mind so much being in the "cheap seats" when it comes to supernovae. I mean sure... they are breathtakingly beautiful. But, something about large, intense explosions spreading deadly radiation, crushing shockwaves and huge amounts of debris in every direction for lightyears doesn't sound like a "front-row seat" main event to me. Unless, I was Q or someone like that.
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Noemon
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[Big Grin] I'm with larisse on this one. Give me the nosebleed section any time.

[ September 03, 2004, 11:14 PM: Message edited by: Noemon ]
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Oh come on ... A little intense explosions spreading deadly radiation, crushing shockwaves and huge amounts of debris in every direction for lightyears never heart anyone. We could harvest the radiation as a source of energy, use the crushing shockwaves to make an endless amount of crushed ice out of the ice caps, and fragment the debris into rocks that we can skip on water.
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Remember, this is the same fellow who is disappointed that Frances is only going to be a tropical storm by the time she hits him!
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There have been some very bright planets very close to each other in the east when I get up to go rollerblading at 6 a.m.
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Yes, Saturn and Venus.
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