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Steve Nerlich

@cheapastro

I publish the Cheap Astronomy website with weekly podcasts, I'm a Deep Space Network volunteer and I wrote a book called Astronomy Without a Telescope.

 Canberra
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Joined May 2010
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Answer to How likely is it that humans will successfully colonize other planets prior to extinction? by Steve Nerlich quora.com/How-likely-is-it-t…

How likely is it that humans will successfully colonize other planets prior to extinction?

Steve Nerlich's answer: If the prior assumption is that by remaining on Earth we will eventually go to extinction, then we will go to extinction, There is no way to make Mars more habitable than the...

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Animation shows the relative rotation rates and axial tilts of our planets and dwarf planets at 10hours/sec. Source: buff.ly/2PTeyTH
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Answer to When we land on Mars, what will be the first thing the astronaut will say? by Steve Nerlich quora.com/When-we-land-on-Ma…

When we land on Mars, what will be the first thing the astronaut will say?

Steve Nerlich's answer: 1. No-one can call this one small step. 2. It’s about time a chick was first. 3. Actually I’m a taikonaut.

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Bam! Fresh Crater Spied on Mars — and It Looks Spectacular space.com/mars-fresh-crater-…
Bam! Fresh Crater Spied on Mars — and It Looks Spectacular

Bam! Fresh Crater Spied on Mars — and It Looks Spectacular

The crater is about 50 feet wide.

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Finally passed 1 million Cheap Astronomy podcast d'loads and it only took ten years. Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some just keep turning up.
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Jezero Crater. This is Where Mars 2020 Rover is Heading. From this Picture, I Think You Can Guess Why universetoday.com/142357/thi… via @universetoday
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What's happened to Cheap Astronomy? Actually nothing, we're still publishing our RSS feed at feeds.feedburner.com/CheapAs…. Something broke between Feedburner and Twitter, as happened with F'book 1-2 years ago. As there's been no effect on my download stats, I think this is farewell.
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This weeks output... 272.3 Snippet_Water revisited (again) - 29 April 2019 goo.gl/fb/hjjTw8
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This weeks output... 272.2 Snippet_Solar System balloon missions - 21 May 2019 goo.gl/fb/xSjPQC
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This weeks output... 272.1 Snippet_Venera-D - 13 May 2019 goo.gl/fb/Kn4E4j
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Answer to How close is our technology to developing inertial dampers for a prospective space flight? by Steve Nerlich quora.com/How-close-is-our-t…

How close is our technology to developing inertial dampers for a prospective space flight?

Steve Nerlich's answer: If you mean how inertial dampers are shown on Star Trek, then it’s unlikely we’ll ever get there. On Star Trek, you can go from sub-light to warp without anyone blinking, but...

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This weeks output... 269. Fantastic Physics Formulas - Episode 5 - 5 May 2019 goo.gl/fb/HtYtCm
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Diddums, try stamping your feet and pouting. Accused Christchurch massacre gunman complaining about prison conditions au.news.yahoo.com/accused-ch… via @Y7News
Accused Christchurch massacre gunman complaining about prison conditions

Accused Christchurch massacre gunman complaining about prison conditions

The Australian white supremacist accused of slaying 50 worshippers in two Christchurch mosques has lodged a complaint over prison conditions.

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This weeks output... 271.2 Cyber-theft in space - 28 March 2019 goo.gl/fb/J4cyT4
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This weeks output... 271.1 Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle (formula) - 20 March 2019 goo.gl/fb/1aJiTr
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This weeks output... 271. Dear Cheap Astronomy - Episode 53 - 12 March 2019 goo.gl/fb/jFU1oV
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If all the plastic wasn't enough of a problem... Diver Rainer Schimpf reveals how he escaped from the mouth of a whale near Port Elizabeth thewest.com.au/news/animals/…
The moment a diver escaped from the mouth of a whale

The moment a diver escaped from the mouth of a whale

Dive tour operator Rainer Schimpf has described the moment everything went dark as his head and torso were swallowed by a Bryde’s whale during a feeding frenzy.

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This weeks output... 270.4. Snippet_The Drake equation - 4 March 2019 goo.gl/fb/i8PNsE
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Answer to Can a baby born in space adapt to planetary gravities? by Steve Nerlich quora.com/Can-a-baby-born-in…
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