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Cataracts ;) Been there, seen that.

He is correct, (as any hobby astrophysicist knows), on all of those points, but his spelling is heinous ... or was that you? "egaggerated gravitational time dilation?" You meant "eggsaggerated" gravitational time dilation, did you not?

Danger meant to be friendly and provide you with a direct link to the thread he referenced in his post above ... but your math probably angered him into his rudeness. https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/interstellar-spectacularly-stupid-movie.780388/

Yes, but now explain why. You obviously "believe" that you already hold the answer to your question, otherwise you would not have insisted that attention be paid to that particular element of your original post in this thread. So ... why would it be "bad?"

How did I miss this thread prior to the transition to the new board software. :::::::::::: long pause to review my notes :::::::::::::\ Subscribed.

Looking forward to the transition. Been hearing a lot of good things about Xenforo. Oh how far we have come in the world of forums since the days of Matt's Scripts.

Yes, I agree, and in my mind I was expressing "a point in time" rather than a "point of origin," (as referenced earlier "we do know that matter is not expanding at that "point" (in time) assumed), but yes, you are entirely correct and thank you for correcting that and preventing any...

Hmmmm ... okay, I'll try. Because in order for a particle with invariant mass to accelerate to the speed of light it would have to have limitless (infinite) energy. A particle's mass is relevant to its energy and therefore it is impossible for it to have limitless (infinite) energy. If you...

If the Big Bang model is correct, and if dark matter does truly exist, (which it obviously does), then yes, the Universe is expanding insomuch as there is an ever-occurring increase in distance, in the spacetime scale of the universe, between any two most distant known points. (See the FLRW...

Unless someone engineers a really big catcher's mitt. (Sorry, had to throw a little humor in there.) Seriously though, from what I have read it appears to me, (and this remains no less feasible imho), that their intention is to manipulate said asteroid into some sort of orbit where it may...

Sooooo ... exercising one's imagination is verboten around here, these days, Delta Hotel?

Reality check for asteroid miners ... http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/24/11375462-reality-check-for-asteroid-miners?lite But hey! Their website is already up and running - at least that's a start ... http://www.planetaryresources.com/ Excerpted quote from the MSNBC article...

You're welcome ... but even then, if it was only slightly more, perhaps there would be those willing to make that sacrifice for the good of the cause. I doubt it however and, bottom line, it's all about money in the end. Heck, this whole alt energy idea is far more about money than need right...

Google Chiefs Back Startup Mining Asteroids for Metals --- http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-24/google-chiefs-back-startup-mining-asteroids-for-metals.html --- It's an interesting article that apparently indicates a lot of big money backing about to be thrown at the problem. Of...

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