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Posted: 1/19/2021 10:54:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: As a group I doubt they are, some individuals being more or less intelligent than others, of course, just as in the population at large. What I find remarkable is that the men here who married the dumb ones never seem to tire of bragging about this accomplishment. Technically there are more dumb men than dumb women though. Studies have shown there isn't much difference in average intelligence between men and women, but the standard deviation among men is larger than women. This means the majority of both dipshits and geniuses are men. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 10:55:19 AM EDT
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My wife may know, but if not, one of her 12 employees could tell her. So is she OK or not?
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Posted: 1/19/2021 10:57:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Here's the size of our orbit's deviation from circular, by the way. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/417972/EarthsOrbit_en-1786337.png To be fair........I was surprised decades ago when the teacher showed us it was the angle of the tilt and not the orbit. That really did surprise me. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:00:21 AM EDT
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Ask her "if you're going 60mph, how far will you go in 2 hours?"
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:03:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: To be fair........I was surprised decades ago when the teacher showed us it was the angle of the tilt and not the orbit. That really did surprise me. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Here's the size of our orbit's deviation from circular, by the way. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/417972/EarthsOrbit_en-1786337.png To be fair........I was surprised decades ago when the teacher showed us it was the angle of the tilt and not the orbit. That really did surprise me. The way to demonstrate it is to go in a darkened room and shine a flashlight at around a 30 degree angle against the wall or floor, then show from the same distance away at a 90 degree angle. It's an exaggerated difference, but it gets the point across. Much, much more light and therefore heat hits at the more direct angle on the same area. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:06:20 AM EDT
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My wife managed dozens of agents and contractors, created and documented several huge databases, handles multiple complex tasks simultaneously, and made more money than I ever did. She keeps us afloat with her competence and huge heart. IDGAF if she knows astronomy.
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:06:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sort of weird, ain’t it? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Another thread wherein the men in GD via for the honor of being married to or otherwise involved with the dumbest woman. Sort of weird, ain’t it? More like ironic considering her grammar mistake. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:08:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The way to demonstrate it is to go in a darkened room and shine a flashlight at around a 30 degree angle against the wall or floor, then show from the same distance away at a 90 degree angle. It's an exaggerated difference, but it gets the point across. Much, much more light and therefore heat hits at the more direct angle on the same area. Good example. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:14:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ask your S/O how many times the sun has rotates around the earth in a year.  Attached File |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:15:20 AM EDT
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Weak sauce.
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:16:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Ask your S/O how many times the sun has rotates around the earth in a year. /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/HOW-DARE-YOU-444.gif 
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:19:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The way to demonstrate it is to go in a darkened room and shine a flashlight at around a 30 degree angle against the wall or floor, then show from the same distance away at a 90 degree angle. It's an exaggerated difference, but it gets the point across. Much, much more light and therefore heat hits at the more direct angle on the same area. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Here's the size of our orbit's deviation from circular, by the way. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/417972/EarthsOrbit_en-1786337.png To be fair........I was surprised decades ago when the teacher showed us it was the angle of the tilt and not the orbit. That really did surprise me. The way to demonstrate it is to go in a darkened room and shine a flashlight at around a 30 degree angle against the wall or floor, then show from the same distance away at a 90 degree angle. It's an exaggerated difference, but it gets the point across. Much, much more light and therefore heat hits at the more direct angle on the same area. A interesting factoid about Mercury: because of it's closeness to the sun combined with the ~10 degree inclination of it's orbit, Mercury is one of the hardest to reach bodies in the solar system. IIRC It takes less delta V to land on Pluto than it does to land on Mercury. Also, it takes less delta V to get to Venus or Mars than the Moon, because you can use their atmospheres to brake. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:23:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Now be nice!!!  Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: My wife has an IQ north of 150, got it right, and even knows why it is hotter in the summer which I bet 90% of GD would get wrong. Next challenge: why is it hotter in summer and colder in winter? Well we're at 50% so far. Now be nice!!! Well at least I didn't google.
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:24:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A interesting factoid about Mercury: because of it's closeness to the sun combined with the ~10 degree inclination of it's orbit, Mercury is one of the hardest to reach bodies in the solar system. IIRC It takes less delta V to land on Pluto than it does to land on Mercury. Also, it takes less delta V to get to Venus or Mars than the Moon, because you can use their atmospheres to brake. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Here's the size of our orbit's deviation from circular, by the way. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/417972/EarthsOrbit_en-1786337.png To be fair........I was surprised decades ago when the teacher showed us it was the angle of the tilt and not the orbit. That really did surprise me. The way to demonstrate it is to go in a darkened room and shine a flashlight at around a 30 degree angle against the wall or floor, then show from the same distance away at a 90 degree angle. It's an exaggerated difference, but it gets the point across. Much, much more light and therefore heat hits at the more direct angle on the same area. A interesting factoid about Mercury: because of it's closeness to the sun combined with the ~10 degree inclination of it's orbit, Mercury is one of the hardest to reach bodies in the solar system. IIRC It takes less delta V to land on Pluto than it does to land on Mercury. Also, it takes less delta V to get to Venus or Mars than the Moon, because you can use their atmospheres to brake. That is interesting. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:28:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That is interesting. Whoa, I thought Mercury had the least tilt of any planet??? |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:29:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Whoa, I thought Mercury had the least tilt of any planet??? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: That is interesting. Whoa, I thought Mercury had the least tilt of any planet??? I think he's referring to the angle of its elliptic plane compared to the average plane of the rest of the system. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:29:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: it Tatooine But which sun? |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:29:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Did your sons include Pluto? If not, it's time for some additional education. Pluto was a victim of cancel culture. Astronomers were trying to be edgy. It's still a planet as far as I am concerned. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:32:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That is interesting. Also, Mercury is very dense (meaning strong surface gravity for it's mass) and has no atmosphere, both adding to the difficulty. http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/appmissiontable.php One destination that's suprisingly easy to reach because of aerobraking? Saturn's moon Titan. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:37:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I think he's referring to the angle of its elliptic plane compared to the average plane of the rest of the system.  Yep. Inclination changes in low orbits require large amounts Delta-V, since it's based on orbital velocity. (Also, mistake on mercury's angle, it's 7 degrees, not 10. Ceres is 10 degrees) Mercury's orbit is also fairly eccentric/elliptical. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:37:43 AM EDT
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My wife said: Mother Very Thoughtfully Made A Jelly Sandwich Under No Protest: Mercury!
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:39:05 AM EDT
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It took a few guesses but she got it. She did know we are the three planet, thanks Joe Diffie (RIP)
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:39:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: " vie " Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Another thread wherein the men in GD via for the honor of being married to or otherwise involved with the dumbest woman. " vie " Yes, thank you. . Proofreading was ever a weakness. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:39:57 AM EDT
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I wonder how anyone that graduated high school wouldn't know this.
Im pretty sure that learning about space is racist now. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:40:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A interesting factoid about Mercury: because of it's closeness to the sun combined with the ~10 degree inclination of it's orbit, Mercury is one of the hardest to reach bodies in the solar system. IIRC It takes less delta V to land on Pluto than it does to land on Mercury. Also, it takes less delta V to get to Venus or Mars than the Moon, because you can use their atmospheres to brake. TRUE! But, you lost 90% of GD with Delta V. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:42:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: TRUE! But, you lost 90% of GD with Delta V. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: A interesting factoid about Mercury: because of it's closeness to the sun combined with the ~10 degree inclination of it's orbit, Mercury is one of the hardest to reach bodies in the solar system. IIRC It takes less delta V to land on Pluto than it does to land on Mercury. Also, it takes less delta V to get to Venus or Mars than the Moon, because you can use their atmospheres to brake. TRUE! But, you lost 90% of GD with Delta V. That's when you put the dick (delta) in the vagina (V) |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:43:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I asked mine who were the mercury 7. She said is that a band?  Attached File |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:55:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My wife has an IQ north of 150, got it right, and even knows why it is hotter in the summer which I bet 90% of GD would get wrong. Next challenge: why is it hotter in summer and colder in winter? My wife said Saturn, but then the next text was "the 64405 isn't going to pay on this guy" so I'm going to give her a pass. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 1:00:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Mine knew the planet and 4 of the Mercury 7. She gifted me this for my birthday a few years back. Signed by 4. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/20638/tempImager8Tcg3_jpg-1786391.JPG Very cool!!! |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 1:21:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's trivia. I wonder how many people could name 2 founding fathers off the top of their head? Our kids are home-schooled and classically educated so history and science are high priorities at our house. The 8 yo son built his own planetarium and the 10 yo daughter & I were talking about the beer-drinking, hell-raising Adams boys at dinner the other night. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 2:05:45 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I don’t know what you call it but I got a picture of it a while back. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49050125436_9faf1e5e01_b.jpgMercury Solar Transit 20191111 Detail by FredMan, on Flickr I got to watch the Venusian transit, but I had no way of taking pictures of it with my telescope, although I gave it my best shot. Haven't had a chance to look at Mercury's, yet. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 2:09:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I think he's referring to the angle of its elliptic plane compared to the average plane of the rest of the system. Oops.......thanks. 
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Posted: 1/19/2021 2:13:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-c498c2d924b987694bb3f3746f6fac94.webp Yep. Inclination changes in low orbits require large amounts Delta-V, since it's based on orbital velocity. (Also, mistake on mercury's angle, it's 7 degrees, not 10. Ceres is 10 degrees) Mercury's orbit is also fairly eccentric/elliptical. Never knew that.....thanks. ETA: Amazing how people figure these things out. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 2:31:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That is interesting. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Here's the size of our orbit's deviation from circular, by the way. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/417972/EarthsOrbit_en-1786337.png To be fair........I was surprised decades ago when the teacher showed us it was the angle of the tilt and not the orbit. That really did surprise me. The way to demonstrate it is to go in a darkened room and shine a flashlight at around a 30 degree angle against the wall or floor, then show from the same distance away at a 90 degree angle. It's an exaggerated difference, but it gets the point across. Much, much more light and therefore heat hits at the more direct angle on the same area. A interesting factoid about Mercury: because of it's closeness to the sun combined with the ~10 degree inclination of it's orbit, Mercury is one of the hardest to reach bodies in the solar system. IIRC It takes less delta V to land on Pluto than it does to land on Mercury. Also, it takes less delta V to get to Venus or Mars than the Moon, because you can use their atmospheres to brake. That is interesting. Rough Delta V required to reach a low orbit from LEO (Factoring in aerobraking): 3,700m/s Venus 3,750m/s Mars 3,970m/s Luna 7,400m/s Titan 8,430m/s Vesta 9,470m/s Ceres 9,910m/s Callisto 10,560m/s Ganymede 11,350m/s Pluto 11,750m/s Europa 12,780m/s Io 13,110m/s Mercury To Surface: 4,200m/s Mars 5,690m/s Luna 7,500m/s Titan 8,610m/s Vesta 9,830m/s Ceres 11,660m/s Callisto 12,240m/s Pluto 12,510m/s Ganymede 13,190m/s Europa 14,560m/s Io 16,170m/s Mercury |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 4:30:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: More like ironic considering her grammar mistake. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Another thread wherein the men in GD via for the honor of being married to or otherwise involved with the dumbest woman. Sort of weird, ain’t it? More like ironic considering her grammar mistake. Actually, it wasn’t. If I’d made a grammatical error in a post laying claim to grammatical inerrancy or taking issue with another’s grammar, that would have been ironic. If my post had been made in the context of a history of similar behavior on my part, i.e., shit talking my spouse in a public venue, it would have been hypocritical, but still not ironic. Contrary to popular opinion the two words are not synonymous. What is ironic, is that you misused the word “ironic” - a semantic error - when you characterized my post as “ironic”. The more appropriate descriptive word would have been “bitchy”. Against this charge, I would have had no rejoinder. 
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Posted: 1/19/2021 5:00:13 PM EDT
[#36]
My wife is an engineer, she knows not only the order of the planets but probably the entire periodic table. As a kid she did math problems for fun.
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Posted: 1/19/2021 5:03:20 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My wife is an engineer, she knows not only the order of the planets but probably the entire periodic table. As a kid she did math problems for fun. I got damn close to having the periodic table memorized in high school. I did not get particularly close to vaginas in high school. I wonder if there was a correlation there... |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 5:08:39 PM EDT
[#38]
Mine just said Venus.
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Posted: 1/19/2021 8:56:18 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Sunlight hits the area in question more directly in summer. They asked a bunch of Harvard grads -- from the astronomy program -- this question and the majority said it was because the Earth was closer to the sun in summertime. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 8:58:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Because we're closer to the sun in our elliptical orbit during summer. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: My wife has an IQ north of 150, got it right, and even knows why it is hotter in the summer which I bet 90% of GD would get wrong. Next challenge: why is it hotter in summer and colder in winter? BZZT https://www.space.com/3304-earth-closest-sun-dead-winter.html |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 9:02:57 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Actually, it wasn’t. If I’d made a grammatical error in a post laying claim to grammatical inerrancy or taking issue with another’s grammar, that would have been ironic. If my post had been made in the context of a history of similar behavior on my part, i.e., shit talking my spouse in a public venue, it would have been hypocritical, but still not ironic. Contrary to popular opinion the two words are not synonymous. What is ironic, is that you misused the word “ironic” - a semantic error - when you characterized my post as “ironic”. The more appropriate descriptive word would have been “bitchy”. Against this charge, I would have had no rejoinder. Doesn't matter to me. I got a chuckle out of it because you mentioned "dumbest woman" and blew it by trying to be so smart and failed. It is what it is , we all do it. Naner naner !!! |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 9:03:29 PM EDT
[#42]
My s/o is very smart. She would be insulted by the question.
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Posted: 1/19/2021 9:04:36 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I got damn close to having the periodic table memorized in high school. I did not get particularly close to vaginas in high school. I wonder if there was a correlation there... Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: My wife is an engineer, she knows not only the order of the planets but probably the entire periodic table. As a kid she did math problems for fun. I got damn close to having the periodic table memorized in high school. I did not get particularly close to vaginas in high school. I wonder if there was a correlation there... I'll be damned, me too. Must be a pattern. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 9:05:47 PM EDT
[#44]
My wife says Mercury. I think I win.
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:35:20 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Nice! So you’re married to an astronomer and/or astrophysicist? Mine did say Mercury. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Mine said, "The conventional answer is Mercury. However, it depends on your definition of planet, there are other bodies that come in closer at times and it is not a universal negative that there has never been or will never be an object that could qualify as a planet that will at least at one point come in closer then Mercury." No Sh*t that is word for word her exact initial answer. I asked further and she went into a long list of potentials from comets that in the younger solar system we're most likely bigger then Mercury, to not all the planets are still around and different planetary arrangements in the young solar system, the "Nemisis" dark binary solar pair of our sun to, planet-X, and "Naberu" and "Vulcan" (not startrek different Vulcan planet where astroid belt now is), et. . . . etc. . . . Nice! So you’re married to an astronomer and/or astrophysicist? Mine did say Mercury. No, that answer of hers would actually raise an eyebrow on an astronomer and/or astrophysicst. She is smart, but she is also a contrary non-conformist who is always trying to find the "correct answer" which by her theory CANNOT be the conventional answer that all the experts say is the correct answer just because it's the answer the "cabal of expertcrats & technocrats are trying to push" (exact phrase her words not mine). She also argues like a freaking lawyer. And she listens to too much Coast To Coast AM and similar. I did see her once give a retired NASA engineer a royal headache once arguing with him at a wedding reception (distant in-law) for like 4-hours straight about all the stuff she thinks NASA is hiding from the citizens and spending their tax dollars on and how by the constitution it's high treason and all the "paperclips" that make NASA rotten and evil from the core from the beginning. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:37:48 PM EDT
[#46]
My wife said Mercury, Why? Has it changed?
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:44:02 PM EDT
[#47]
Also, those "Delta-V" based calculations that have become the most recent part of this discussion.
That all applies to unmanned missions fairly well with transit time not being a significant factor with small exceptions for power resourcing. Once you start discussing manned missions transit time starts becoming a huge issue as well. Human crews are huge resource sinks on a time basis as well as radiation exposure issues where transit time is a huge factor. So when you start talking about missions to Pluto or Titan being so easy (especially when comparing to moon or Mars) your talking unmanned for that calculation. Manned missions its a lot bugger calculation with "Delta" not being the only major factor. It becomes a multi major factor calculation. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:47:32 PM EDT
[#48]
I am disappoint.
Named every one EXCEPT Mercury. Well, and Pluto. Freakin' women. 
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:52:17 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Ask your S/O how many times the sun has rotates around the earth in a year. “.....24?” She has two Bachelor’s degrees, an M.Div., and a J.D. 
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:54:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No, that answer of hers would actually raise an eyebrow on an astronomer and/or astrophysicst. She is smart, but she is also a contrary non-conformist who is always trying to find the "correct answer" which by her theory CANNOT be the conventional answer that all the experts say is the correct answer just because it's the answer the "cabal of expertcrats & technocrats are trying to push" (exact phrase her words not mine). She also argues like a freaking lawyer. And she listens to too much Coast To Coast AM and similar. I did see her once give a retired NASA engineer a royal headache once arguing with him at a wedding reception (distant in-law) for like 4-hours straight about all the stuff she thinks NASA is hiding from the citizens and spending their tax dollars on and how by the constitution it's high treason and all the "paperclips" that make NASA rotten and evil from the core from the beginning. uhhhhhh hmmm nevermind |
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