Voyager - Still dancing 17 billion km from Earth...

[roydo]

wonders of the universe part 2 of 4 was on the telly last night, like totally awsome it was dude- explaining how the elements are formed that make up everything. part 3 next sunday bbc2

Got it sky plussed for later! Part 1 was terrific, how he explained that the life span of the Earth was a mega tiny % of the total life span of the universe was awesome, and how, in cosmos terms, how amazingly lucky we are to exist at all. Phew!

 

[Matt Damon]

Got it sky plussed for later! Part 1 was terrific, how he explained that the life span of the Earth was a mega tiny % of the total life span of the universe was awesome, and how, in cosmos terms, how amazingly lucky we are to exist at all. Phew!

I think you mean human life on earth relative to the age of the universe mate.

The Univese is estimated at 14 billion years (13.75 ± 0.11 billion years) and the Earth at 4.54 billion years (4.54 × 109 years ± 1%).

Prokaryotes (simple single cell organisms) speculated to have evolved 3.8 billion years ago (presumably) on Earth.

Modern Humans evolved between 400,000 and 250,000 years ago.

Matt Damon recently evolved.


But we know what you meant mate.

 

[davek]

wonders of the universe part 2 of 4 was on the telly last night, like totally awsome it was dude- explaining how the elements are formed that make up everything. part 3 next sunday bbc2

Seen that. His explanation about collapsing stars was pretty good. In fact, the structure of the programme was well thought out: starting off with a cremation in India and the view of Hindus that we are 'recycled', and ending with the reality of that in terms of the changing state of matter in the universe.

Heavvvy!

 

[Matt Damon]

He's pretty good that presenter.

I think it's because he's fairly young and presents things in an terrestrial (earthlike) context when explaining things in a galactic / universe context.

Its the best way, to show physics is the same everywhere in the universe.

 

[davek]

He's pretty good that presenter.

I think it's because he's fairly young and presents things in an terrestrial (earthlike) context when explaining things in a galactic / universe context.

Its the best way, to show physics is the same everywhere in the universe.

He's no Carl Sagan, but he can get a point across.

 

[roydo]

I think you mean human life on earth relative to the age of the universe mate.

The Univese is estimated at 14 billion years (13.75 ± 0.11 billion years) and the Earth at 4.54 billion years (4.54 × 109 years ± 1%).

Prokaryotes (simple single cell organisms) speculated to have evolved 3.8 billion years ago (presumably) on Earth.

Modern Humans evolved between 400,000 and 250,000 years ago.

Matt Damon recently evolved.


But we know what you meant mate.

Spot on. Still amazing though.

 

[Matt Damon]

He's no Carl Sagan, but he can get a point across.

I'm just reading Cosmos written by him.

He's got a bit of a reputation in academic circles for being abit of a OTT dreamer.




However, we've all got to have dream.

To think all alien life we will encounter will be benevolent is unrealistic (I believe extra-terrestrial life exists elsewhere)

 

[davek]

I'm just reading Cosmos written by him.

He's got a bit of a reputation in academic circles for being abit of a OTT dreamer.




However, we've all got to have dream.

To think all alien life we will encounter will be benevolent is unrealistic (I believe extra-terrestrial life exists elsewhere)

I believe it exists on this forum.

 

[chicoazul]

Watch this space.

 

[Matt Damon]

I believe it exists on this forum.

There's certainly one or two prokaryotic lives.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

Amazing

 

[EFCNIK]

Thinking of distances in space literally makes my palms sweaty.

So I always do before I'm about to have a fap.

 

[davek]

Mad isn't it? If you think about it too often it can be very unnerving.

 

[Elong]

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[Astro78]

The amazing thing is, the chap who worked out how it would catapult from planet to planet, due to a 2000:1 chance of the planets being in a particular position, used a slide rule, (younger readers reach for dictionary), and graph paper, in the mid 60s. When it passed over the north pole of Uranus, about 20 years after him working it all out, he was 8 seconds out. Incredible.

Also in that train of thought, Apollo went to the moon with computers that had less capacity than a pocket calculator. Bet your bottom dollar all the computations done by the command/lunar modules was double and triple checked by the guys at mission control with slide rule and graph paper.