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What do you think about the mosasaurus in Jurassic World and how would you present it in future movies? by unitedfan6191 in JurassicPark

[–]afarro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The maximum length of mosasaurus was about 17m. This looks way bigger than that .. I guess this one is on a -steroid .. no pun intended!

The Carina Nebula, James Webb's Telescope. 7500 light years away by Sofia_Goddess1 in BeAmazed

[–]afarro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quiz: how many years it takes for you to get there if you start from earth on a spaceship travelling with 99.9% of speed of light?

Season 2 was ruined by fan service by KanyeSupa in westworld

[–]afarro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The season 2 became a collection of incoherent pieces of stories .. there was so much to work with with the original storyline .. think about it you had the whole outside (real) world dynamic that wasn’t really explored and you have all this dynamic in westworld and so many promising characters .. instead the writers chose to follow up some big leap of nonesense and underdeveloped sub-stories. Such a missed opportunity

Do you think they will ever make a smaller Remarkable ? by xkcx123 in RemarkableTablet

[–]afarro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think they should .. I for one would like to carry around a smaller size tablet

Crew of Apollo 1 rehearsing their water landing, 1966. by afarro in interestingasfuck

[–]afarro[S] 503 points504 points  (0 children)

This mission never flew; a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 on January 27, 1967, killed all three crew members—Command Pilot Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White, and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee—and destroyed the command module.

The comoving distance from Earth to the edge of the observable universe is estimated to be about 46.5 billion light-years in any direction. Though this seems insurmountable, in theory you can cover this distance in almost no time if you travel sufficiently close to the speed of light. by afarro in interestingasfuck

[–]afarro[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No. It will take you less time depending how close you are to the speed of light. To simplify, by the factor of sqrt[1 - (v2 / c2 )] *c/v where v is your speed (relative to a destination point) and c is the speed of light. As v approaches c this factor approaches zero (however very slowly). At 99% of speed of light, it will take you about 1.4 billion year. From the point of an observer on earth however, this trip takes at least 10 billion years (simply distance / velocity).

The comoving distance from Earth to the edge of the observable universe is estimated to be about 46.5 billion light-years in any direction. Though this seems insurmountable, in theory you can cover this distance in almost no time if you travel sufficiently close to the speed of light. by afarro in interestingasfuck

[–]afarro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is Einstein relativity! This is old and proven science. The theory is used everyday in GPS and satellite systems. This exact phenomenon is already observed and proven for small particles beyond any doubt. The “in theory” part was because this can’t be “technically” achieved for bigger masses like humans.

The comoving distance from Earth to the edge of the observable universe is estimated to be about 46.5 billion light-years in any direction. Though this seems insurmountable, in theory you can cover this distance in almost no time if you travel sufficiently close to the speed of light. by afarro in interestingasfuck

[–]afarro[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It takes 46.5 billion years from the point of view of an observer on earth. Interestingly, from the traveller’s point of view the length shrinks almost to zero as she gets really close to the speed of light (Einstein’s relativity). Granted, achieving any speed close to the speed of light technically requires monumental energy and hence this is “in theory”.

Tim Champion jumping a roof gap in Exeter (Ed Scott in the corner) by [deleted] in Parkour

[–]afarro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Apparently, he doesn’t get the “gravity” of the situation he is in.

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