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(Gizmodo) Cool Earth has a second moon, say astronomers. That's no moon, says Han Solo   (gizmodo.com) divider line 180
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FriarReb98 [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 04:48:12 PM
Nerd rage about how it wasn't his line in 3...2...1...
 
Ed Finnerty [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 04:48:40 PM
dtdstudios.com
 
8 inches [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 04:51:19 PM
"That's no moon...it's Gabourey Sidibe's ass".
 
Grables'Daughter [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 05:00:38 PM
Turn the ship around.
 
Grand_Moff_Joseph [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 05:00:53 PM
i.imgur.com

/copied from a politics thread
 
Quasar [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 05:03:20 PM
That wasn't Han Solo. You're thinking of Captain Jean Luc Picard who they met on Alderaan and turns out to be his father.
 
Grables'Daughter [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 05:04:00 PM
You can't win.

/but there are alternatives to fighting
 
I Said [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 05:09:20 PM
i42.photobucket.com
 
Jubeebee [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 05:11:10 PM
A small asteroid trapped in a stable orbit around Earth might be one of the few things that could restart a space race as nations and companies tried to find ways to mine it. It'd have to be bigger than a few meters across though.
 
nauteeprincess [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 05:20:31 PM
I'm not saying it was aliens...but it was aliens.
 
FloydA [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 05:22:16 PM
Quasar: That wasn't Han Solo. You're thinking of Captain Jean Luc Picard who they met on Alderaan and turns out to be his father.


i105.photobucket.com
 
Burninate [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 05:22:46 PM
Grables'Daughter: Turn the ship around.

Take us back to Bespiiiiin
 
mitchcumstein1 [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 05:26:10 PM
It's a trap?
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 05:29:43 PM
Picard carefully uses the ship's thrusters and gravitational inertia to navigate an asteroid field. Han floors it.
 
Superrad [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 05:30:28 PM
QI covered this long ago (new window)
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 05:32:40 PM
So how does this affect werewolves? I'm thinking because it's a small moon, they just turn into Italians.
 
sno man [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 05:33:41 PM
Are you sure it wasn't Adama and Dathon at el-adrel?
 
FloydA [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 05:39:36 PM
Mugato: Picard carefully uses the ship's thrusters and gravitational inertia to navigate an asteroid field. Han floors it.

They are truly the Goofus and Gallant of space travel.
 
I_Am_Weasel [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 05:40:25 PM
What is it in parsecs?
 
Grables'Daughter [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 05:41:25 PM
nauteeprincess: I'm not saying it was aliens...but it was aliens.

What are you saying?
 
Grables'Daughter [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 05:42:00 PM
Burninate: Grables'Daughter: Turn the ship around.

Take us back to Bespiiiiin

The Lando system?
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 05:55:57 PM
Grables'Daughter: Burninate: Grables'Daughter: Turn the ship around.

Take us back to Bespiiiiin

The Lando system?

Lando's not a system, he's a pimp.
 
Grables'Daughter [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 06:08:09 PM
Mugato: Grables'Daughter: Burninate: Grables'Daughter: Turn the ship around.

Take us back to Bespiiiiin

The Lando system?

Lando's not a system, he's a pimp.

BUT... is he a scoundrel?

/I, like Leia, like scoundrels
 
ManateeGag [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 06:08:18 PM
FloydA: Mugato: Picard carefully uses the ship's thrusters and gravitational inertia to navigate an asteroid field. Han floors it.

They are truly the Goofus and Gallant of space travel.

/nerd on

The Millennium Falcon is 26.7 meters long. The Enterprise D is 642.5 meters long. It would be easier to maneuver the Falcon through a asteroid field with experienced people at the helm, whereas the Enterprise is sometimes piloted by a snot-nosed punk who only gets to be on the bridge because the Captain wants bang his mother. Other times it's piloted by random ensign of the week who we never seen again. And sometimes piloted by a future Amazing Race winner. Confidence and experience is going to get you through that asteroid field a lot faster than random putz of the week.

/nerd off
 
penthesilea [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 06:10:27 PM
Superrad: QI covered this long ago (new window)

*klaxon*

They covered it in series A.
And then once again in series B... (new window)
 
Grables'Daughter [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 06:11:14 PM
See, when the title said "moon", I was thinking of another type of moon...
 
FriarReb98 [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 06:16:00 PM
ManateeGag: FloydA: Mugato: Picard carefully uses the ship's thrusters and gravitational inertia to navigate an asteroid field. Han floors it.

They are truly the Goofus and Gallant of space travel.

/nerd on

The Millennium Falcon is 26.7 meters long. The Enterprise D is 642.5 meters long. It would be easier to maneuver the Falcon through a asteroid field with experienced people at the helm, whereas the Enterprise is sometimes piloted by a snot-nosed punk who only gets to be on the bridge because the Captain wants bang his mother. Other times it's piloted by random ensign of the week who we never seen again. And sometimes piloted by a future Amazing Race winner. Confidence and experience is going to get you through that asteroid field a lot faster than random putz of the week.

/nerd off

We've found Sheldon Cooper's Fark handle, folks.
 
Superrad [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 06:16:19 PM
penthesilea: Superrad: QI covered this long ago (new window)

*klaxon*

They covered it in series A.
And then once again in series B... (new window)

I love how Rich Hall never lets it go. And gets klaxoned for it.
 
FloydA [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 06:19:57 PM
i105.photobucket.com
 
Le Geno Vert
2011-12-20 07:39:08 PM
media.cmgdigital.com
 
jake_lex [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 07:43:32 PM
I thought that Tyrion Lannister said that after the Cylons blew up Rohan with red matter

/not even bothering to stay in the same genre to attempt to stir up even more nerd rage
 
Danger Avoid Death
2011-12-20 08:00:43 PM
Mugato: Picard carefully uses the ship's thrusters and gravitational inertia to navigate an asteroid field. Han floors it.

Han also shot first.
 
globalwarmingpraiser [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 08:02:46 PM
Grables'Daughter: Mugato: Grables'Daughter: Burninate: Grables'Daughter: Turn the ship around.

Take us back to Bespiiiiin

The Lando system?

Lando's not a system, he's a pimp.

BUT... is he a scoundrel?

/I, like Leia, like scoundrels

You, like a lot of women, like sex....period. I like that about you.
 
LordOfThePings
2011-12-20 08:02:50 PM
www.orbitsimulator.com

That's no orbit.
 
CruJones
2011-12-20 08:03:34 PM
Maybe it's just Planet X, or Nibiru or whatever they cal, it.

/insert Ancient Aliens guy here
 
Grables'Daughter [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 08:04:36 PM
globalwarmingpraiser: Grables'Daughter: Mugato: Grables'Daughter: Burninate: Grables'Daughter: Turn the ship around.

Take us back to Bespiiiiin

The Lando system?

Lando's not a system, he's a pimp.

BUT... is he a scoundrel?

/I, like Leia, like scoundrels

You, like a lot of women, like sex....period. I like that about you.

I don't think that's quite what I said, but okay.
 
Sticky Hands
2011-12-20 08:06:20 PM
Astronomers just now discovered subby's mom?
 
Crosshair [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 08:06:53 PM
Once we detect one, we can send a few astronauts to analyze it instead of getting a full crew to a distant one. While they wouldn't be able to land on it, they could certainly study it up close.
Why the hell do we need to send astronauts there? Robots can do the job just as well at a fraction of the cost.

Yea Yea, it's not as "cool", but until we get something better than chemical rockets or find something incredibly valuable, like a way to produce power using Helium-3, lets not kid ourselves about what will yield the best scientific data.
 
globalwarmingpraiser [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 08:07:13 PM
Grables'Daughter: globalwarmingpraiser: Grables'Daughter: Mugato: Grables'Daughter: Burninate: Grables'Daughter: Turn the ship around.

Take us back to Bespiiiiin

The Lando system?

Lando's not a system, he's a pimp.

BUT... is he a scoundrel?

/I, like Leia, like scoundrels

You, like a lot of women, like sex....period. I like that about you.

I don't think that's quite what I said, but okay.

Am I wrong? I should have said...You like men..lol
 
vodka
2011-12-20 08:08:13 PM
More like moonlets.
 
Farker Posey
2011-12-20 08:10:33 PM
We are Mankind. We came from planet Earth, and we built this base, called Alpha, to learn more about space. But human error blasted this Moon out of the Earth's orbit. And so, we have traveled the Universe searching for a place to live. Now, we can no longer live here, and we go to face an uncertain future on the planet that has nearly destroyed us. You, whoever you are, who find this empty vessel of Alpha, come and seek us out, if we still exist. Come and teach us all you know. Because, we have learned many things, but most of all, we have learned we still have much to learn.
 
Danger Avoid Death
2011-12-20 08:10:58 PM
Crosshair: Why the hell do we need to send astronauts there? Robots can do the job just as well at a fraction of the cost.

That and day care.
 
that bosnian sniper
2011-12-20 08:14:28 PM
ManateeGag: /nerd on

The Millennium Falcon is 26.7 meters long. The Enterprise D is 642.5 meters long. It would be easier to maneuver the Falcon through a asteroid field with experienced people at the helm, whereas the Enterprise is sometimes piloted by a snot-nosed punk who only gets to be on the bridge because the Captain wants bang his mother. Other times it's piloted by random ensign of the week who we never seen again. And sometimes piloted by a future Amazing Race winner. Confidence and experience is going to get you through that asteroid field a lot faster than random putz of the week.

/nerd off

Since when are asteroid fields ultra-dense obstacle course?
 
Danger Avoid Death
2011-12-20 08:17:50 PM
that bosnian sniper: Since when are asteroid fields ultra-dense obstacle course?

Insurance reasons.
 
flamingboard
2011-12-20 08:22:41 PM
Sign me up!
 
jingks
2011-12-20 08:23:29 PM
Are bodies in Lagrangian points considered moons?
 
JayR30
2011-12-20 08:23:44 PM
Mugato: So how does this affect werewolves? I'm thinking because it's a small moon, they just turn into Italians.

I was thinking Armenians but run with your choice. In addition, does that cause an infrequent change in women's cycles?
 
fusillade762
2011-12-20 08:25:08 PM
LordOfThePings: [www.orbitsimulator.com image 289x259]

That's no orbit.

Cruithne?

1.bp.blogspot.com
 
good0179
2011-12-20 08:27:15 PM
Jubeebee: It'd have to be bigger than a few meters across though.

Oh come on, I used to blast wamprats with my T-16 back home, they're not wider than two meters.
 
The_Original_Roxtar
2011-12-20 08:28:31 PM
Crosshair: Why the hell do we need to send astronauts there? Robots can do the job just as well at a fraction of the cost.

Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson can answer that question
Link1 (new window)
Link2 (new window)
 
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