Alliedassault           
FAQ Calendar
Go Back   Alliedassault > Lounge > Offtopic
Reload this Page International Space Station
Offtopic Any topics not related to the games we cover. Doesn't mean this is a Spam-fest. Profanity is allowed, enter at your own risk.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
International Space Station
Old
  (#1)
ninty is Offline
Major General
 
ninty's Avatar
 
Posts: 12,683
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Calgary
   
Default International Space Station - 05-23-2003, 11:28 PM

For those who are interested, this site:

http://www.bester.com/satpasses.htm

lists many North American cities and times when the ISS can be viewed. If you have never before seen the ISS pass over, it is quite a sight. It moves very quickly and is incredible to imagine that there are people actually up there.

I'll beable to see it tonight in about 30 minutes. Check it out.
  
Reply With Quote
Old
  (#2)
ninty is Offline
Major General
 
ninty's Avatar
 
Posts: 12,683
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Calgary
   
Default 05-24-2003, 11:52 AM

Nobody cares, eh?

Try reading this and maybe it will spark some debate:

What are the possibilities that we will find ET signals? To address this issue, astronomer Frank Drake introduced an equation to calculate the number of ET civilizations in the galaxy in 1961. The equation, now referred to as the Drake Equation, considers astronomical, biological and sociological factors in its estimates:
N = R * x f p x n e x f l x f i x f c x L
where:
• N - Number of communicative civilizations
• R* - Average rate of formation of stars over the lifetime of the galaxy (10 to 40 per year)
• fp - Fraction of those stars with planets (0 < fp <1, estimated at 0.5 or 50 percent)
• ne - Average number of earth-type planets per planetary system (0 < ne <1, estimated at 0.5 or 50 percent)
• fl - Fraction of those planets where life develops (0 < fl <1, estimated at 1 or 100 percent)
• fi - Fraction of life that develops intelligence (0 < fi <1, estimated at 0.1 or 10 percent)
• fc - Fraction of planets where intelligent life develops technology such as radio (0 < fc <1, estimated at 0.1or 10 percent)
• L - Lifetime of the communicative civilization in years (estimates are highly variable, from hundreds to thousands of years, approximately 500 years for example purposes)
Note
Some forms of the Drake equation add an additional term after R* -- fs, for the fraction of stars formed that are sun-like stars. Non-zero values of fs vary between zero and 1, but are estimated at 0.1 or 10 percent.
The fractions in the Drake equation have non-zero values between zero and 1. The first three terms on the right side of the equation are the astronomical terms. The next two are the biological terms. The final two are the sociological terms.
The Drake equation has been a guideline in SETI research. The value of N has been calculated to be anywhere from thousands to billions of civilizations in the galaxy, depending upon estimates for the other values.
If we use the estimates listed above, and decide R* equals 40 , then the drake equation becomes:
N = (40 stars per year) x (0.5) x (0.5) x (1) x (0.1) x (0.1) x (500 years) = 50 civilizations
As you can see, the results of the Drake equation are highly dependent upon the values that you use, and values of N have been calculated at anywhere from 1 to in the thousands. Some aspects of SETI and general astronomical research have been devoted to gathering data for reliable estimates of the terms in the Drake equation, such as the number of extrasolar planets. See the Links section for more details on the Drake Equation.
  
Reply With Quote
Old
  (#3)
newbieassulted is Offline
Senior Member
 
Posts: 920
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Camping behind a rock
   
Default 05-24-2003, 12:14 PM

That's...... interesting......
  
Reply With Quote
Old
  (#4)
CaP bUsTa is Offline
Senior Member
 
Posts: 1,087
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Canada
  Send a message via MSN to CaP bUsTa  
Default 05-24-2003, 12:16 PM

mabye if you posted it earlier I would have gone out and watched it, instead of half an hour before it happens. Also, I never knew there was an equation to estimate the number of Alien civilizations that we may be able to talk to
  
Reply With Quote
Old
  (#5)
ninty is Offline
Major General
 
ninty's Avatar
 
Posts: 12,683
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Calgary
   
Default 05-24-2003, 01:06 PM

You can see it pretty much every night cap.

http://www.bester.com/Pred/ISS.Calgary_AB_Canada.html
  
Reply With Quote
Old
  (#6)
CaP bUsTa is Offline
Senior Member
 
Posts: 1,087
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Canada
  Send a message via MSN to CaP bUsTa  
Default 05-24-2003, 01:08 PM

hey, how bout i come over and we have an international space station party!!!
  
Reply With Quote
Old
  (#7)
McCoy 03 is Offline
Senior Member
 
Posts: 870
Join Date: Jan 2002
   
Default 05-24-2003, 01:56 PM

Look at that big bright thing in the sky, wow it's the MOON. Look at the moon. freak:
  
Reply With Quote
Old
  (#8)
ninty is Offline
Major General
 
ninty's Avatar
 
Posts: 12,683
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Calgary
   
Default 05-24-2003, 02:14 PM

[quote="CaP bUsTa":323cc]hey, how bout i come over and we have an international space station party!!![/quote:323cc]

sure come over at 11:23PM and you can leave at 11:29PM.
  
Reply With Quote
Old
  (#9)
Milla is Offline
Major General
 
Milla's Avatar
 
Posts: 14,130
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA
  Send a message via AIM to Milla  
Default 05-24-2003, 02:18 PM

[quote=ninty9]
Quote:
Originally Posted by "CaP bUsTa":c0e5b
hey, how bout i come over and we have an international space station party!!!
sure come over at 11:23PM and you can leave at 11:29PM.[/quote:c0e5b]

LOL!


  
Reply With Quote
Old
  (#10)
CaP bUsTa is Offline
Senior Member
 
Posts: 1,087
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Canada
  Send a message via MSN to CaP bUsTa  
Default 05-24-2003, 08:22 PM

that doesnt give us enough time to play monopoly and drink pop cry:
  
Reply With Quote
Reply



Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump



Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.12 by ScriptzBin
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
vBulletin Skin developed by: vBStyles.com
© 1998 - 2007 by Rudedog Productions | All trademarks used are properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.