What Is This Object on the Titan Rocket?

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Discussion Overview

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.

  • #121
Townsend said:
What exactly do you mean by "fish bait?"
The correct answer, of course. :-p

Those rubbery fake little fish for catching bigger fish. Maybe I should bone up on my fishing equipment...

Kind of like these: http://superiortohudson.com/Images/gallery/Fishing/Tackle%20Box%202.htm
 
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  • #122
honestrosewater said:
The correct answer, of course. :-p

Those rubbery fake little fish for catching bigger fish. Maybe I should bone up on my fishing equipment...

Kind of like these: http://superiortohudson.com/Images/gallery/Fishing/Tackle%20Box%202.htm

Yes...you're right... :smile: I guess it was a bit too easy.
 
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  • #123
Townsend said:
Yes...you're right... :smile: I guess it was a bit too easy.
Right, it must have been easy if even I could guess it...
:mad: I hope I can muster the brain power to think of the next clue.
 
  • #124
honestrosewater said:
Right, it must have been easy if even I could guess it...
:mad: I hope I can muster the brain power to think of the next clue.

NOOOO...that's not what I mean at all...I mean you figured it out too fast...sorry for implying something else..
 
  • #125
... what ARE you two going off about? This, the lyric thing, what the hell are you two conspiring about?
 
  • #126
Townsend said:
NOOOO...that's not what I mean at all...I mean you figured it out too fast...sorry for implying something else..
Oh, I'm sorry - I was only joking. I guess I left off the joking smiley. :wink: :biggrin:
 
  • #127
... hello?
 
  • #128
Smurf said:
... what ARE you two going off about? This, the lyric thing, what the hell are you two conspiring about?
Welcome to the Jungle... Guns 'N Roses...

That's in another thread, BTW. :confused: :-p
 
  • #129
Yeah, I recognized it. But what are you DOING?
 
  • #130
Smurf said:
DOING?

I have no idea what your on about...I'm married anyways o:)
 
  • #131
Townsend said:
I have no idea what your on about...I'm married anyways o:)
Shut up and commentate on my democracy already!
 
  • #132
Smurf said:
Shut up and commentate on my democracy already!
:smile: :smile:

It sooo much work though...I finished my summer classes and now that I don't have to find something to do just so I can put off studying I pretty much just want to be goofy...but it's not like the thread will disappear or anything. I can always find it and I promise that soon enough I will... :smile:

What I need is a cure for laziness...for that I would pay at least...scratches head, well at least 10K USD...probably more...
 
  • #133
Why don't you try tackling little bits at a time. Start with the specific legistlation since that's most straightforward, then you can get into the constitution that you'll probably need to do research for next time you get a big assignment.
 
  • #134
Well, I can't think of a clue, so someone can have my turn.
 
  • #135
I would if you TOLD ME HOW TO PLAY!
 
  • #136
Smurf said:
I would if you TOLD ME HOW TO PLAY!
You post a picture of something, and people try to guess what it is. Check out the beginning of the thread for examples.
 
  • #137
arn't you asleep?
 
  • #138
Smurf said:
arn't you asleep?

Of course she is...she is obviously sleep posting...
 
  • #139
Hooray, I forgot about this game!

This one shouldn't take too long. No random guessing boys and girls!

http://personalpages.umist.ac.uk/student/E.Smith-2/2973.jpg
 
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  • #140
Venus?

Limit
 
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  • #141
The color is off, but is that Jupiter being hit by that Shoemaker-Levy comet?
 
  • #142
Venus in the foreground, the Sun in the background.
 
  • #143
Maybe one of the outerer planets I'd Neptun or Urenus (deffinately not Seturn and probebly not Jupiter). But never the less the colors are unusual.
 
  • #144
Is that that tenth planet? Couldn't be...do we have pictures of it even?
 
  • #145
Can`t be Venus it doesn`t have any moons,

I don`t think that it`s the transit of Venus either since the Sun doesn`t have swirling cloud at it`s poles

By the Cloud structure i`d say it`s Jupiter and the Moon (as a guess) Io
 
  • #146
  • #147
BobG said:
Who says the picture has to be recording visible light? Images of the Sun

Nobody, but the quality of the image suggests that it`s recent, the transit of venus that occurred on the 8 june 2004, Venus passed across the Southern hemisphere of the sun, and the object casting the shadow just doesn`t fit the path of venus even if the image is inverted.

With the high level of contract you would expect to see sun spots and other recognisable solar features. The colour is probably due to a Neodymium contrast enhancing filter. So I stand by my answer of the Image is of Jupiter.
 
  • #148
HRW has got this (it's a comet impact on Jupiter), but Bob gets half a point for realising that it wasn't visible light. The photo was taken in the UV range.
 
  • #149
brewnog said:
HRW has got this (it's a comet impact on Jupiter), but Bob gets half a point for realising that it wasn't visible light. The photo was taken in the UV range.
I still don't have a clue, so I reckon it's Bob's turn. :biggrin:

Was it Shoemaker-Levy 9? The pattern looked the same to me. I must know! Eh. :shy: Woot! It was: http://www.solarviews.com/cap/sl9/hst22juv.htm
I am the master. :cool:
 
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  • #150
It was indeed Shoemaker-Levy 9, taken by Hubble's wide field camera.
 

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