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russ_watters reacted to Charles Link's post in the thread Artemis 2 launch - humans return to the Moon after 54 years with
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I did find from one article in a google that the expected speed at closest approach would be 3,139 m.p.h. I am lead to believe the... -
russ_watters reacted to Charles Link's post in the thread Artemis 2 launch - humans return to the Moon after 54 years with Like.
Did the rocket speed up when moon's gravity became stronger than earth's? There was one website that a friend of mine found that showed...
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russ_watters reacted to mfb's post in the thread Artemis 2 launch - humans return to the Moon after 54 years with Like.
The area brightness of an object does not depend on distance. It doesn't depend on the magnification either. The Pillars of Creation are...
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russ_watters reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Artemis 2 launch - humans return to the Moon after 54 years with Like.
That encompasses the entirety of astronomy imagery. :smile: In fact, it opens a whole can of worms as to what is "real", since...
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russ_watters reacted to TheOrionNebula's post in the thread Artemis 2 launch - humans return to the Moon after 54 years with Like.
For the original question: The Short Answer: No, there is no natural vantage point where Hubble images would look like what the human...
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russ_watters reacted to bob012345's post in the thread Artemis 2 launch - humans return to the Moon after 54 years with Like.
I often wondered if there exists any vantage point where a Hubble image of a distant object for example, could be seen similarly by the...
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russ_watters reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts? with Like.
You don't think it's reasonable that the operator of an AI should be responsible for what it does?
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russ_watters replied to the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts?.I'm not sure what that's supposed to mean; it seems to me that corporations are heavily regulated and frequently held accountable for...
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russ_watters reacted to BillTre's post in the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts? with
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russ_watters reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts? with Like.
Why not? If I create a monster and let it loose, and it causes harm, how does saying "it's autonomous" get me off the hook? The...
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russ_watters replied to the thread Artemis 2 launch - humans return to the Moon after 54 years.Nah, if that were true it would mean basically all astrophotos are "fake". They are brightened to the limit of available data. They...
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russ_watters reacted to Jonathan Scott's post in the thread Artemis 2 launch - humans return to the Moon after 54 years with Like.
The human eye adapts well to darkness, although it doesn't see colour well at low light intensity. The earth was lit by full moonlight...
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russ_watters reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Artemis 2 launch - humans return to the Moon after 54 years with Like.
Yes. That's because that version of the photo was put through an enhancement algorithm to brighten the night side. Here's what it...
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russ_watters reacted to mfb's post in the thread Artemis 2 launch - humans return to the Moon after 54 years with
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Liftoff! -
The abort system might do that (with some rounding errors), but the rocket will certainly not. Net acceleration at liftoff is only...