ClawsonI forgot what you said, so please tell me again...Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:17pm204.111.127.140http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/07/why-you-need-to-help-save-the-james-webb-space-telescope/
The Hubble space telescope revealed too much truth about reality already and the Dominionist Empire Republicans are afraid that if any more truth is discovered they will lose their political base forever.
The velocity in empty space of electromagnetic waves, including light and radio, is 300,000 kilometers per second. Multiply light travel time in seconds by 300,000 to get distance in kilometers.DISTANCES AS LIGHT TRAVEL TIME
Earth to moon ............................................. 1 second
Sun to earth ................................................ 8 minutes
Sun to Mars ........................................... 12.5 minutes
Sun to Jupiter ........................................... 40 minutes
Diameter of largest known star ............ 2.55 hours
Sun to Pluto ............................................. 5.5 hours
Solar system diameter (at Pluto) ............ 11 hours
Sun to nearest star .................................... 4 years
Sun to center of galaxy .................... 30,000 years
Diameter of galaxy ......................... 100,000 years
Distance to Andromeda galaxy .... 2 million years
Distance to "edge" of universe ... 15 billion years
Respect for organized religion slips again ChristopherBlackwell, Sat Jul 14 6:53pmJuly 12, 2012 U.S. Confidence in Organized Religion at Low Point Catholics' confidence remains significantly lower than Protestants' by Lydia Saad PRINCETON, NJ -- Forty-four percent of Americans... more
Many years ago, there was a knock at my door... Sprout, Mon Jul 16 11:58amIt was the Jehova's Witnesses. A young teenage Sprout answered the door. These particular Jehova's Witnesses had a question, that was doubtless intended as an icebreaker and conversation starter.... more
Very good answer (nm) ChristopherBlackwell, Mon Jul 16 5:42pm The pseudo-religious are getting honest? Gthestranger, Sun Jul 15 11:38amI guess that is good news. G What do you expect when hopelessly corrupt. clergy David F Mayer, Sun Jul 15 10:15amare in the headlines? Catholic priests molesting children! Protestant Televangelists bilking poor suckers for millions while the Televangelists live in the lap of luxury! Mullahs telling their... more Organized or disorganized, playing with the human mind... Clawson, Sun Jul 15 8:02am...is a deadly activity that has long-term effects in making humans less capable of adjusting to fast changes in the physical environment on planet earth. Growth is with evangelicals, megachurches greenman, Sat Jul 14 8:50pmThe mainstream is falling into irrelevancy. As with politics, Americans are being drawn to the far-right extreme. And as with politics, that extreme may be a minority, but it's a NOISY minority.
The human species is doomed Clawson, Tue Jul 17 11:35amThe only question remaining is whether they will take all life down the tube with them.
Humans,one of God's greatest mistakes Christopher Blackwell , Thu Jul 19 7:55pmClawson, But he is pretty god at getting rid of any mistakes that he has made, he has his own trained eradicators.
- I forgot what you said, so please tell me again... Clawson, Fri Jul 20 7:17pm
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