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    Rocket Lab Just Launched a Disco Ball into Orbit—and It Could Be the Brightest Star in the Sky

    If you look up at the night sky, you might just see the a new star glittering from space. Private satellite company Rocket Lab secretly carried a three-foot-wide carbon fibre ball into orbit on the back of its Electron rocket last week.
    And, as The Verge points out, the satellite looks an awful lot like a disco ball.


    Humanity Star




    The vehicle carried three other satellites into space, but the company revealed yesterday that the disco ball, visible from Earth with naked eye and named The Humanity Star, had been hidden amongst the Electron’s cargo.

    After nine months, the Earth’s gravity will drag the satellite into a fiery death when it re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere. Rocket lab recommends stargazers in the U.S. look to the skies in March for the best view of the glitter ball.
    You can track the location of the satellite online to make sure you step outside at exactly the right time.

    More at: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/humanity-s...133118065.html
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    Interesting, recently I was wondering when the first items would be sent into space 'because we can'. But apparently that day has come.
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    So cool.

    Now we just need to put one on the moon
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    Quote Originally Posted by luctor-et-emergo View Post
    Interesting, recently I was wondering when the first items would be sent into space 'because we can'. But apparently that day has come.
    It came in 1957. Sputnik I was a highly polished ball with a transmitter in it that broadcast beeps. It's sole purpose was to tempt the American propaganda machine to discredit themselves by denying the existence of something that was, on a clear night, visible to the naked eye.
    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    We believe our lying eyes...

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    Quote Originally Posted by acptulsa View Post
    It came in 1957. Sputnik I was a highly polished ball with a transmitter in it that broadcast beeps. It's sole purpose was to tempt the American propaganda machine to discredit themselves by denying the existence of something that was, on a clear night, visible to the naked eye.
    Similar but vastly different. You're definitely right in a way. This however seems like a private enterprise.
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    Maybe its an homage to Sputnik? Or Disco never died in Rocket Labs?

    My favorite activity in west KS was driving to a reservoir built by the Corps of Engineers and stargazing for hours. We're a very small dot in the cosmos, it was a life change to see so for one's self alone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by acptulsa View Post
    It came in 1957. Sputnik I was a highly polished ball with a transmitter in it that broadcast beeps. It's sole purpose was to tempt the American propaganda machine to discredit themselves by denying the existence of something that was, on a clear night, visible to the naked eye.
    Much like the "faked moon landing" crowd?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Federalist View Post
    Much like the "faked moon landing" crowd?

    That picture was obviously photoshopped.

    You can tell by the arrows.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheTexan View Post
    That picture was obviously photoshopped.

    You can tell by the arrows.
    Do the flat earth people think the moon is flat too ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheTexan View Post
    That picture was obviously photoshopped.

    You can tell by the arrows.
    Quote Originally Posted by TheTexan View Post
    What are you saying, the government lied?

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    Quote Originally Posted by oyarde View Post
    Do the flat earth people think the moon is flat too ?
    No they think the earth is flat and space is a complex simulation.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    No they think the earth is flat and space is a complex simulation.
    LOL , Dannno that is hilarious .

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    Quote Originally Posted by oyarde View Post
    LOL , Dannno that is hilarious .
    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Danke View Post
    ...
    What are you suggesting?

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    Quote Originally Posted by oyarde View Post
    Do the flat earth people think the moon is flat too ?
    Occam's razor. The simplest solution is usually the correct one.
    It's all about taking action and not being lazy. So you do the work, whether it's fitness or whatever. It's about getting up, motivating yourself and just doing it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheTexan View Post
    Occam's razor. The simplest solution is usually the correct one.

    Simple solutions for simple minds.
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    Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    Simple solutions for simple minds.
    What are you suggesting?

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