Comments by "Scott Franco" (@scottfranco1962) on "Astrum" channel.

  1. So questions: 1. Does the black hole at the center of our galaxy also have these effects (accretion disk, jets). Would we expect their effects to be quite large? 2. Do we have any evidence that black holes exist without accretion disks? Thanks.
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  2. Jupiter is like a solar system within the solar system (a joviansystem?).
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  3. It strikes me that the central issue with models of the universe is the two ideas of infinite universe and the big bang theory. If the universe is infinite, but the big bang theory is true, how could an infinite universe emerge from a point origin as postulated by the big bang? And yet we have positive proofs for both. There is evidence of the big bang, and just as well there is evidence that the universe extends beyond the observable universe, meaning that we can never get positive proof for exactly how big the universe actually is.
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  4. Seems like Boeing has learned a lot from the UK space and aviation programs.
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  5. I think this is the ultimate argument for a lunar base station. Building a large telescope on the moon would allow essentially unlimited size and weight, with the majority of the properties of space (no atmosphere). Obviously that would involve a large base on the moon with manufacturing capabilities, including glass from the native rocks.
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  6. The real mystery of the first investigations of light was that Einstein both provided the foundations of quantum theory with the photoelectric effect and one of its biggest skeptics.
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  7.  @dik56  Well, from my sailing days I say put hazard buoys around that sucker.
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