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Moontanman

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  1. I really don't know what to make of this... I had assumed all was said and done about this subject. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/04/01/we-need-talk-about-ufos-again/
  2. Some will. Some won't. I always held my nerdism as a badge of honor.
  3. What exactly is a "Walkers Casket"? This casket might work to preserve bodies although I'd rather have a tree planted on me buried in a thin wooden box. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisk_metallic_burial_case
  4. Sorry I missed your post, thanks for the correction of my rather inaccurate claims.
  5. Earth should indeed be called " Marine" but the real rulers of this planet are microbes, they outweigh us in total mass and in numbers and viruses rule over them.
  6. Works for me! Damn a bunch of naked old men on the beach, it will require alcohol in some form, Sam Adams Cherry wheat mixed with Tarantula Tequila is my poison...
  7. All are welcome to join in the worship of the moon, extra points if you bring pretty young girls with you.
  8. Damn! You hit that nail on the head! I forgot to mention the Moon does require me to dance naked once a month during the full moon on a deserted beach at the edge of the surf... oh yeah and drink a good tequila!
  9. Moontanman replied to iNow's topic in Politics
    Ummm, nothing?
  10. Are oarfish the inspiration for sea serpents One old report with a painting depicting the sea serpent. https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2016/08/great-american-sea-serpent/
  11. Moontanman posted a topic in The Lounge
    This is a great little video showing oarfish in shallow water. Some reports of sea serpents are thought to have been inspired by these animals and it's easy to see why.
  12. I read it as the fission fragments coming from the fissioning of americurium not americurium as a fission fragment.
  13. If I remember correctly Americium can be used to make both a reactor and a bomb of sorts. It has been suggested for use in a direct fission reactor products spacecraft. I looked up the details, no bombs evidently but this was interesting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fission-fragment_rocket I'm not sure if the superheavy elements would have comparable half lives but they might be used in this fashion if they did.
  14. We hear about so called "islands of stability" in super heavy elements, what does this mean exactly? Can we really expect super heavy stable elements or are we talking about elements with half lives more like minutes or hours instead of nanoseconds?
  15. I used to think religion was the great filter, it was easy to think that religion would eventually kill us all but I've changed my mind. IMHO information will end up ending our civilization, information without conformation given in quantities so vast that conformation is impossible and the tendency to accept what we want to be true. At first information is a good thing but as it becomes a vast quantity of randomness coupled with the human tendency to try and make sense of the input you get outrageous conspiracies that need to make sense so we don't feel stupid. The more outrageous the information the greater the need to make the info make sense. I was genuinely surprised number 45 didn't go for broke and say aliens were threatening us and he was the only one who could stop them.
  16. Trey the explainer is good as well.
  17. This short video details the idea of a nuclear saltwater rocket. This rocket is pretty much a continuous nuclear explosion propelling the space craft. The vid is short and informative not to mention wild! Should development of such an engine be pursued?
  18. Who else likes to listen/watch mini documentaries?

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