What Is This Object on the Titan Rocket?

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The discussion revolves around identifying an object depicted in a photograph related to the Titan rocket. Participants explore various hypotheses about the object's nature, considering it from multiple perspectives, including its potential origins and functions. The conversation includes speculative reasoning and technical insights related to aerospace engineering.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Debate/contested
  • Technical explanation

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants suggest the object resembles natural forms, such as an eye, mushroom, or butterfly pattern.
  • Others propose it could be components from aircraft or rocket engines, including a nose cone or exhaust duct.
  • Several participants speculate it might be a light fixture or a chandelier.
  • There are claims that it could be related to a turbofan or a combustion chamber, with discussions about fuel feed nozzles and injector assemblies.
  • Some participants express uncertainty about the specifics of rocket engine design, questioning the absence of certain atomizer types.
  • Technical details about hypergolic propellants and their combustion characteristics are introduced, with some participants seeking clarification on these concepts.
  • Speculation extends to historical mechanisms, with guesses about the object's age and function, including references to old machinery and water-powered devices.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on the object's identity, with multiple competing views and interpretations remaining throughout the discussion.

Contextual Notes

There are limitations in the discussion regarding the assumptions made about the object's function and the technical details of rocket engine components, which are not fully resolved.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in aerospace engineering, historical machinery, or speculative discussions about unidentified objects may find this thread engaging.

  • #61
It's some sort of mountain range, but I don't know which one. They all look the same to me from the sky.
 
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  • #62
Moonbear said:
It's some sort of mountain range, but I don't know which one. They all look the same to me from the sky.
Yes, mountain range, I guess it's too much to expect someone to guess which one, although this one is very famous.

I'll wait to see if someone guesses the right one, if not, I'll call it a tie between Russ & Moonbear.
 
  • #63
Evo said:
Yes, mountain range, I guess it's too much to expect someone to guess which one, although this one is very famous.

I'll wait to see if someone guesses the right one, if not, I'll call it a tie between Russ & Moonbear.

What the heck? That is favoritism...russ says colorado and I say the rockys and moonbear says a mountain range? Colorado is a state not a good answer since not all of Colorado has mountains. A mountain range is too broad of an answer. Mine is clearly the best so far...

But since you say it is famous then I guess...the swiss alps?
 
  • #64
not the alps
 
  • #65
Evo said:
not the alps

Appalachian Mts?
 
  • #66
Himalayas?
 
  • #67
Well, if Colorado is close and it's not the Rockies, then how about the Sierra Nevada mountains?
 
  • #68
he's takin' all the mountain ranges! :cry:
 
  • #69
Townsend said:
Himalayas?
It's the Himalaya's, Mt Everest is in the middle. Sooner or later by process of elimination someone would get it.

I will award you, Russ & Moonbear with the kill.

For more cool pictures taken by astronauts, go here http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16407
 
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  • #70
who's turn is it?
 
  • #72
They're cells! :biggrin:
 
  • #73
Moonbear said:
They're cells! :biggrin:

Are you always so broad in your answers? I need the type of cell to award any points :smile:
 
  • #74
Fibroblast cells.

If anyone else guessed it, you probably wouldn't make them give more detail, would you?
 
  • #75
Moonbear said:
Fibroblast cells.

If anyone else guessed it, you probably wouldn't make them give more detail, would you?

Don't you feel special? :rolleyes: :biggrin:
 
  • #76
Moonbear said:
Fibroblast cells.

No, think about it...:wink:

If anyone else guessed it, you probably wouldn't make them give more detail, would you?

Um...I don't know for sure. But...you are the biology guru and so I expect more from you. Being knowledgeable is a double edge sword my dear...but I am sure you're smart enough to get it anyways.
 
  • #77
are those neural cells?
 
  • #78
yomamma said:
are those neural cells?

yes...did you see the hints?
 
  • #79
It's obviously a U.F.O going up a tunnel.
 
  • #80
Townsend said:
No, think about it...:wink:



Um...I don't know for sure. But...you are the biology guru and so I expect more from you. Being knowledgeable is a double edge sword my dear...but I am sure you're smart enough to get it anyways.
Meh, I don't play with cells in dishes, they're boring. :-p Well, I was trying to decide if there was some polarity to them or not. If they're not fibroblasts, then must be neural.

Edit: oops, yomamma was too fast for me.
 
  • #81
no. was 'think about it...' a hint?
 
  • #82
yomamma said:
no. was 'think about it...' a hint?

It was suppose to be...that and the "you're smart enough"
 
  • #83
Moonbear said:
Meh, I don't play with cells in dishes, they're boring. :-p Well, I was trying to decide if there was some polarity to them or not. If they're not fibroblasts, then must be neural.

Edit: oops, yomamma was too fast for me.

See...you would have gotten it on your second guess...:approve:
 
  • #84
DO NOT QUOTE THIS: THE URL HAS THE ANSWER
http://biology.edcc.edu/u-streptobacilli.jpg
yes, I know they're bacteria. be specific
 
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  • #85
Townsend said:
See...you would have gotten it on your second guess...:approve:
I should have gotten it on my first guess, but for some reason I second-guessed myself and thought you wouldn't be that obvious putting neural cells up with a neurobiologist playing along. :redface:
 
  • #86
These are pretty.
H1FibroSm.jpg
 
  • #87
Moonbear said:
I should have gotten it on my first guess, but for some reason I second-guessed myself and thought you wouldn't be that obvious putting neural cells up with a neurobiologist playing along. :redface:

Well, truth be told I was thinking about one for you specifically... :smile:
 
  • #88
yomamma said:
DO NOT QUOTE THIS: THE URL HAS THE ANSWER
http://biology.edcc.edu/u-streptobacilli.jpg
yes, I know they're bacteria. be specific
I cheated and I disqualify myself. :frown:
 
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  • #89
yomamma said:
yes, I know they're bacteria. be specific

Really long and skinny bacteria. :approve:
 
  • #90
I'd guess lactobacillus, but I'm not completely sure. Definitely some sort of bacillus variety (since that's the rather generic term for rod-shaped bacteria).
 

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