Holy crap - does this sound like the beginning of 'Rendezvous with Rama' to you? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: cvanc
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2018, 02:00:49 pm
content: Seriously.https://gizmodo.com/days-before-ultima-thule-flyby-new-horizons-has-detect-1831255434

author: chris_leyson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2018, 02:20:59 pm
content: Sounds more like another dark, dead rock with a peculiar spin.

author: Peabody
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2018, 03:06:05 pm
content: Quote from: cvanc on December 23, 2018, 02:00:49 pmYes, but as I remember, the "tell" on Rama came when it changed course. So watch for that on this one.

author: Stray Electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2018, 03:36:57 pm
content: Ultima Thule isn't moving (except normal galaxy movement), hasn't changed course, isn't emitting any signals and there's no indication that it's hollow. So I don't know why you would compare it to Rama. Have you even read the book?

author: coppercone2
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2018, 03:37:56 pm
content: we should make sure to pillage that thing good

author: chris_leyson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 02, 2019, 08:11:27 pm
content: Wow, turns out it's a giant snowman how cool is that. Well done NASA, a fantastic effort from all the engineers and scientists involved. Hires images and IR spectrocopy data to follow in the coming weeks and months.

author: boB
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 02, 2019, 08:15:16 pm
content: Awful picture ! Can't they replace it with an "artist's conception" or something to make it look better ?

author: chris_leyson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 02, 2019, 08:18:42 pm
content: I think the best resolution they're hoping for is 35m/pixel at cloesest approach.Meanwhile Chang'e-4 is hoping to touchdown on the far side of the moon sometime this week, busy week for space exploration.

author: In Vacuo Veritas
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 02, 2019, 08:35:18 pm
content: Put down the sci-fi. Ain't no magical aliens swooping down from an enchanted asteroid to fulfill your fantasies.What is it about space and nerds? You can't officially have a religion so you make one up under the cover of "science" and "exploration"?

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 02, 2019, 08:45:48 pm
content: Quote from: boB on January 02, 2019, 08:15:16 pmIt's awful, but it's low-res enough that people can actually read all kinds of fantasies into it.

author: apis
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 02, 2019, 09:31:10 pm
content: It is obviously just the NASA lizards that are trying to distract us from the fact that the earth is flat.

author: donotdespisethesnake
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 03, 2019, 10:25:08 am
content: Just your regular contact binary. The Kuiper belt is probably full of them. Hopefully Hew Horizons can find and flyby another one.

author: CJay
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 03, 2019, 12:34:49 pm
content: Quote from: chris_leyson on January 02, 2019, 08:11:27 pmWow, so if it was a Rama like object then someone, somewhere must have asked 'Do you wanna build a snowman?'

author: Gary350z
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 03, 2019, 12:43:04 pm
content: Quote from: chris_leyson on January 02, 2019, 08:11:27 pmThe real Ultima Thule.