Comments by "Mark Dowse" (@markdowse3572) on "Astrum" channel.

  1. So much for PLUTO being just a chunk of ice in space... 😲 Those images were MAGNIFICENT - I have never seen any of them before. And even at almost absolute zero, things still happen! Wow! And the line of this wonderful video? Well "space really is big" has to be it, I reckon! 😁 Thank you. M 🦘🏏😎
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  2. @ 6:20 Well, there we go - there is NOTHING easy or predictable about space travel. 😧 I had always thought that at those distances there was literally NOTHING out there. I am so happy and amazed at what I am learning in these brilliant videos! 🤗 Thank you, Alex! 🙏 I actually hope that in the not too distant future, we can physically RETRIEVE both Voyager 1 and 2. That'll mean we are getting out there.... 🚀 M 🦘🏏😎
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  3. "Rapid Scheduled Disassembly"? Cute. 😂 M 🦘🏏😎
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  4. Brilliant video ! 👀💎👍 The more we learn, we realise the less we know.....
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  5. The words "DON'T PANIC !" would seem to be quite apt in this mission rescue mission! 🤣 But I have to say, I've never understood why The Poms refer to the GROUND as 'the floor'. For the rest of the world, 'the floor' is a structure inside a dwelling. M 🦘🏏😎
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  6. Touche ! 👍 Pluto is very important. 😁
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  7. YES, there is. "FIRSTLY; adverb; used to introduce a first point or reason."
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  8. It's ACTUALLY a combination of genes and care / food.
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  9. And once again we have further proof that everything is connected in some way. Just because we haven't discovered something yet does not mean it doesn't exist. Brilliant video! ✨👍 M 🦘🏏😎
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  10. @ 1:17 Hang on! "Sent ... back" samples to Earth???? 😲 How the heck did it do that? 🤔 Has anyone else done this? I reckon that's an item for a video all of its own..... Maybe for your 1,000,000th Subscriber? Which is not far off.... Great channel, Sir. 👍👍 M 🦘🏏😎
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  11. Isn't the plural of nebula actually "nebulae" ?
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  12. As an unemployed person, I CAN'T AFFORD NORD VPN. But I can afford to look at the sky - whether in the day or in the night. The Hubble images are magnificent. Please tell us where we can see them for FREE. Please. M 🦘🏏😎
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  13. Our little planet is around 4 Billion years old. We've only been out in space for about 50 years. We've only just actually 'physically' left our Solar System. Lot's more searching to do.... Another great video, Sir! 🙏 M 🦘🏏😎
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  14. If we want to 'de-charge' a charged body, we say we "earth" it. (In fact, most electrical systems have an earth wire for protection from shocks, IIRC.) So when we're on the MOON, will that mean we have to "Moon" the charged body? 🤔 If so, the ramifications for English become quite tricky! 😁 Kidding, of course..... M 🦘🏏😎
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  15. "ET" came to Earth to collect plants. Percy is on Mars to look at rocks....
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  16. Let's hope that the screening processes for potential new staff at remote observatories have been significantly improved! 😮 It's fabulous that the telescope was able to continue to function. 👍 M 🦘🏏😎
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  17. Let's see if we make it for another 10,000 years. Then we'll know quite a bit more.... M 🦘🏏😎
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  18. Business is business. If you don't know what that means, you will be left behind. Once some company claims the Moon or some other place / planet, we are screwed. If we do not share, it's too late. Look at what Russia is doing to Ukraine...... Destroying it. M 🦘🏏😎
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  19. The power of 'suggestion' cannot be underestimated, it seems! 😲 But that's probably a bit unkind. Being held within an old theory that's not quite perfect does make science tricky. Great video! 👍 M 🦘🏏😎
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  20. We will probably NEVER know.... But it is fun to postulate. 😁 @ 1:01 As you say, infinity is a 'concept' - it cannot be an actual NUMBER for the reason you gave. SO that was a bit jumbled. What about the effect of dark matter? That could muck up ANY theory? 🤣 M 🦘🏏😎
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  21. A fascinating slice of science and history. But I would have loved some images of comets and the actual mission to accompany the story... 🙁 M 🦘🏏😎
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  22. Ahhhhh, excuse me. Thanks for these videos but you must pronounce the names correctly. The Magellanic Cloud is named after MAGELLAN. Perhaps look up who Magellan was. Learn how to say his name, and please say the name correctly.
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  23. This is what we THINK we understand. Yet we know nothing yet. So it's arrogance and ignorance. M 🦘🏏😎
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  24. We can protect most people. But there is always a risk. Life is a risk...... Let's go to Mars!
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  25. Surely a 'retired' engineer can be contacted to discuss the issues? Equally, surely they would be curious and WANT to help? Anyway, it's amazing that Voyager 1 and 2 are still working at all! 😲 Every day is a new experience. M 🦘🏏😎
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  26. The only certainty is change. Get ready, folks! 🤗 M 🦘🏏😎
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  27. I'd rather say "WE must not give up". We must keep on keeping on. M 🦘🏏😎
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  28. TIME or PERIOD. No such thing as a "time period". Same same. ERA and EPOCH are words for longer timeframes. LUCY had design flaws. It's such a shame. Such brilliant problem solving. @ 10:43 That IS NOT an image of Ethiopia. 👎👎 No Africa in sight! Looks more like INDONESIA to me! Do you even KNOW where Ethiopia is located? M 🦘🏏😎
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  29. Looks like we'll be finding our 'rubbish' everywhere we go... M 🦘🏏😎
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  30. HUGE CONGRATULATIONS on reaching 2 Million, Sir! 👍 Thoroughly deserved for your amazing efforts over the years. The sky is the limit! 😁 M 🦘🏏😎
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  31. @ 2:04 I would suggest that the use of the word "aware" here is not correct. Awareness implies self-consciousness and most life does not have this. Response to stimuli is not awareness. "Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying." Arthur C Clarke M 🦘🏏😎
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  32. Have asperitas clouds been around for ever? If so, why have they not been 'recorded' and identified previously? Are asperitas clouds "NEW"? If so, what has caused them to form only in the recent past and never previously? 🤔 Curious indeed! 😲 M 🦘🏏😎
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  33. With all those multiple impediments, it's remarkable that SOFIA was able to achieve ANYTHING at all ! 😲 It's a stupendous piece of engineering. We simply HAD to give it a go - just to see what we'd find. Now we have JWST and SOFIA is just too expensive to run.... But thank you for everything, SOFIA. 🙏 M 🦘🏏😎
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  34. This observatory under the Antarctic ice is utterly EXTRAORDINARY! 😮👍 Who built it and when? M 🦘🏏😎
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  35. And all the effects these tiny ice crystals produce are stunningly beautiful! 😍 Sadly, we'll never see any of them here in SYDNEY... M 🦘🏏😎
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  36. Mining on the Moon is a given. The only questions are who and when, I think....
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  37. Light - and quantum mechanics it seems - are very tricky! 😁 Perhaps infinitely so... M 🦘🏏😎
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  38. Another wonderful video! We're certainly learning what we don't know! 🤣 M 🦘🏏😎
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