So the Discovery made it back to earth in tact. But here's my question, if there is no air in space, then what would happen if an astronaut took off their helmet and tried to take a breath? Anyways, I just finished a really cool book on the history of science, called A Short History on Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. It spoke of how every second our planet is visited by 10,000 trillion trillion subatomic particles called neutrinos. They are so small that they travel straight through the earth (and you and I) almost unnoticed. And it brought up how photons seperated by seven miles react to eachother even though nothing (that we know of) connects them. It is called the Exculsion Principle, and it is roughly equivalent to spinning a cue ball in one city, and a cue ball in a different city reacting. Wierd shiz huh? Also, in our planet's fossil history there are bear sized racoons, rhinos the size of two story houses, and 7 foot 500 pound predatory birds.
And oh yeah, Nibb High Football Rules!!!
Another question, how the hell do they pee up there if there isn't any gravity?
ReplyDeleteIt probably looks a bit like the way Ed spits or Freddie pisses after a long night at Hendoc's (or so I hear, right Jim?).. sputter, sputter, splash, sputter, sputter, splash..
ReplyDeleteI'm currently half way through that book...don't spoil the ending for me.
ReplyDeleteI'm constantly amazed at how little 'we' know about the world we live in. It's awe-inspiring. While in the BVI we saw about 5-6 shooting stars every night and a ton of satellites... there's so much stuff in orbit.
ReplyDeleteI hate the goddamn army
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