Comments on: Apple pie in the sky http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:11:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: iPod in de ruimte | Clicko.nl http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77138 iPod in de ruimte | Clicko.nl Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:08:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77138 [...] bij een maneuvre om te controleren wat de status is van het hittescherm. Een blogger van Bad Astronomy merkte in de foto een Apple iPod op het dashboard van de shuttle [...] [...] bij een maneuvre om te controleren wat de status is van het hittescherm. Een blogger van Bad Astronomy merkte in de foto een Apple iPod op het dashboard van de shuttle [...]

]]> By: JarFil's Blog http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77137 JarFil's Blog Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:29:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77137 <strong>iPod en la ISS...</strong> Mientras algunos han visto el iPod en la Endeavour (hi-res, via Fayerwayer), parece que se han perdido el iPod en la ISS: (foto original de la misión STS-123, día 10) En concreto parece que sería propiedad de Richard M. Linnehan, espec... iPod en la ISS…

Mientras algunos han visto el iPod en la Endeavour (hi-res, via Fayerwayer), parece que se han perdido el iPod en la ISS:

(foto original de la misión STS-123, día 10)

En concreto parece que sería propiedad de Richard M. Linnehan, espec…

]]> By: El Detonador » Blog Archive » iPod ya es universal http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77136 El Detonador » Blog Archive » iPod ya es universal Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:05:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77136 [...] - basstronomy [...] [...] – basstronomy [...]

]]> By: Joyride in space, anyone? « David Kirkpatrick http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77135 Joyride in space, anyone? « David Kirkpatrick Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:33:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77135 [...] (Hat tip — Bad Astronomy) [...] [...] (Hat tip — Bad Astronomy) [...]

]]> By: Foto revela iPod en nave espacial Endeavour - FayerWayer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77134 Foto revela iPod en nave espacial Endeavour - FayerWayer Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:06:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77134 [...] Apple pie in the sky (Bad [...] [...] Apple pie in the sky (Bad [...]

]]> By: Chris Nelson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77133 Chris Nelson Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:08:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77133 Thanks for the reply, Buzz. I'd considered the Earth, but then figured it would only light up the underside of the Shuttle. It's hard to tell the relative angles with the close-cropped photo and with no reference objects, though, so you may be right. Thanks for the reply, Buzz. I’d considered the Earth, but then figured it would only light up the underside of the Shuttle. It’s hard to tell the relative angles with the close-cropped photo and with no reference objects, though, so you may be right.

]]> By: Buzz Parsec http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77132 Buzz Parsec Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:41:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77132 Chris - It's indirect light that bounces off the Earth, that big blue, green, brown and white thing in the background... It's the same reason you can see stuff on the north side of your house at noon (or the south side at noon, if you live in the southern hemisphere.) Chris – It’s indirect light that bounces off the Earth, that big blue, green, brown and white thing in the background…

It’s the same reason you can see stuff on the north side of your house at noon (or the south side at noon, if you live in the southern hemisphere.)

]]> By: Chris Nelson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77131 Chris Nelson Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:49:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77131 A nearby post explains how Enceladus is lit up even though it's eclipsed by Saturn. Can we also get an explanation for why the Shuttle doesn't have stark shadows? I can see a shadow from the dish on the left that seems to match the shadows of the clouds on the Earth. But how can we see what's in that dish's shadow? It doesn't seem like indirect bounces off the Shuttle should be bright enough compared to the direct sunlight everywhere else. A nearby post explains how Enceladus is lit up even though it’s eclipsed by Saturn. Can we also get an explanation for why the Shuttle doesn’t have stark shadows? I can see a shadow from the dish on the left that seems to match the shadows of the clouds on the Earth. But how can we see what’s in that dish’s shadow? It doesn’t seem like indirect bounces off the Shuttle should be bright enough compared to the direct sunlight everywhere else.

]]> By: Ian Kemmish http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77130 Ian Kemmish Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:33:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77130 Dan - the most usual reason for "unnecessary" asymmetry in safety-critical applications is to ensure that nobody, no matter how much of a hurry they're in, can put something in the wrong place, or upside down. I'd say the tiles on the shuttle certainly fall into that category. Dan – the most usual reason for “unnecessary” asymmetry in safety-critical applications is to ensure that nobody, no matter how much of a hurry they’re in, can put something in the wrong place, or upside down. I’d say the tiles on the shuttle certainly fall into that category.

]]> By: aiabx http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77129 aiabx Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:48:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77129 Would it be possible or sensible for the mission scientists to use an iPod as a backup data drive? I'd like to think the flight computers don't need a $300 backup, but if I were doing once-in-a-lifetime space science, I'd want as many backups as I could manage. Would it be possible or sensible for the mission scientists to use an iPod as a backup data drive? I’d like to think the flight computers don’t need a $300 backup, but if I were doing once-in-a-lifetime space science, I’d want as many backups as I could manage.

]]> By: Dan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77128 Dan Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:18:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77128 I don't know if I will get an answer to this but, there is something I think is weird on the shuttle. If I look around the windows and part of the nose, you can see all those little white plates (I don't know how they're called). You would think that since the shuttle is quite symetrical, that the plates around the windows would also be symetrical but, they're not. It's like a patchwork done to make them fit! How come?? Maybe it is because of the holes on the left side of the nose but, I doubt it since they could have made special plates only around those holes. Anyway! Someone has an answer? I don’t know if I will get an answer to this but, there is something I think is weird on the shuttle. If I look around the windows and part of the nose, you can see all those little white plates (I don’t know how they’re called). You would think that since the shuttle is quite symetrical, that the plates around the windows would also be symetrical but, they’re not. It’s like a patchwork done to make them fit! How come??

Maybe it is because of the holes on the left side of the nose but, I doubt it since they could have made special plates only around those holes. Anyway! Someone has an answer?

]]> By: Detached Observer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77127 Detached Observer Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:53:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77127 I just heard a story on the radio about how leaving things like iPods or GPS units sitting on you seat was an open invitation for opportunistic theives to smash a window and grab the item. I sure hope that doesn't happen 'cause it would be my taxpayer dollars replacing the window! I just heard a story on the radio about how leaving things like iPods or GPS units sitting on you seat was an open invitation for opportunistic theives to smash a window and grab the item. I sure hope that doesn’t happen ’cause it would be my taxpayer dollars replacing the window!

]]> By: Nigel Depledge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77126 Nigel Depledge Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:44:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77126 Zeb said: "“…you can see something sitting on the window console…” Um, Phil, I hate to tell you but, the shuttle and the iPod are both in freefall. The iPod isn’t sitting on anything. Unless of course it was attached to the console." Aha! Well spotted, Zeb. This just goes to prove that it was all filmed on a sound stage in Arizona!!!! They never left Earth at all! Zeb said:
““…you can see something sitting on the window console…”

Um, Phil, I hate to tell you but, the shuttle and the iPod are both in freefall. The iPod isn’t sitting on anything. Unless of course it was attached to the console.”

Aha! Well spotted, Zeb. This just goes to prove that it was all filmed on a sound stage in Arizona!!!! They never left Earth at all!

]]> By: JDP http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77125 JDP Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:31:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77125 And I thought that it was a pair of fuzzy dice on the rear-view mirror! And I thought that it was a pair of fuzzy dice on the rear-view mirror!

]]> By: Isnochys » Blog Archive » Endeavour http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77124 Isnochys » Blog Archive » Endeavour Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:23:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77124 [...] Dieses 1,6MB Bild der Endeavour findet sich auf der NASA Seite Schauen wir dochmal in das Fenster rein und sehen Ein IPod! ich finde den Blick lustig..wie in Nachbars Wohnzimmer :)) Quelle [...] [...] Dieses 1,6MB Bild der Endeavour findet sich auf der NASA Seite Schauen wir dochmal in das Fenster rein und sehen Ein IPod! ich finde den Blick lustig..wie in Nachbars Wohnzimmer :) ) Quelle [...]

]]> By: Davidlpf http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77123 Davidlpf Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:36:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77123 Thanks Martin you learn something everyday. Thanks Martin you learn something everyday.

]]> By: SpaceFan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77122 SpaceFan Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:23:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77122 NASA Watch and SpaceRef first noticed this last week http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2008/03/which_one_of_yo.html NASA Watch and SpaceRef first noticed this last week

http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2008/03/which_one_of_yo.html

]]> By: Mark Martin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77121 Mark Martin Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:11:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77121 The writing is probably just the identifying data. Each tile has an individually traceable history. The writing is probably just the identifying data. Each tile has an individually traceable history.

]]> By: Crux Australis http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77120 Crux Australis Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:09:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77120 Meant to ask; what's that writing on the tiles? Meant to ask; what’s that writing on the tiles?

]]> By: Crux Australis http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77119 Crux Australis Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:07:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77119 Muddy Pilot; good eyes! You're right. Muddy Pilot; good eyes! You’re right.

]]> By: Mark Martin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77118 Mark Martin Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:01:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77118 If it boils down to that, let's hope they use a better grade of jumper cables than the ones I found myself using once last summer: they melted like butter. If it boils down to that, let’s hope they use a better grade of jumper cables than the ones I found myself using once last summer: they melted like butter.

]]> By: Lugosi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77117 Lugosi Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:59:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77117 It's probably plugged into the cigarette lighter adapter. The risk, of course, is that it will drain the battery and the shuttle won't start when it's time to leave. NASA will have to send Atlantis up for a jump start. It’s probably plugged into the cigarette lighter adapter. The risk, of course, is that it will drain the battery and the shuttle won’t start when it’s time to leave. NASA will have to send Atlantis up for a jump start.

]]> By: Mark Martin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77116 Mark Martin Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:10:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77116 Curse Wordpress and its slow ways! Curse WordPress and its slow ways!

]]> By: Mark Martin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77115 Mark Martin Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:10:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77115 Davidlpf, I don't know about during a shuttle flight, but aboard the space station they do watch their favorite movies. When Mir was still alive the Russian crews even stockpiled a considerable library of European adult titles! It's all at the bottom of the Pacific now. Davidlpf,

I don’t know about during a shuttle flight, but aboard the space station they do watch their favorite movies. When Mir was still alive the Russian crews even stockpiled a considerable library of European adult titles! It’s all at the bottom of the Pacific now.

]]> By: Mark Martin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-77114 Mark Martin Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:06:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/17/apple-pie-in-the-sky/#comment-77114 Davidlpf, I don't know about during a shuttle flight, but aboard the space station they do watch their favorite movies. When Mir was still alive the Russian crews even stockpiled a considerable library of European porn! It's all at the bottom of the Pacific now. Davidlpf,

I don’t know about during a shuttle flight, but aboard the space station they do watch their favorite movies. When Mir was still alive the Russian crews even stockpiled a considerable library of European porn! It’s all at the bottom of the Pacific now.

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