Comments on: The Final Frontier http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/20/the-final-frontier/ Where science collides with life, slams into culture, crashes with politics, and gets totaled. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sheril Kirshenbaum http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/20/the-final-frontier/#comment-30859 Sheril Kirshenbaum Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:50:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/20/the-final-frontier/#comment-30859 @8 Allen Hook, Go to <a href="http://store.xkcd.com/" rel="nofollow">http://store.xkcd.com/</a> @8 Allen Hook,

Go to http://store.xkcd.com/

]]> By: Susan Anderson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/20/the-final-frontier/#comment-30853 Susan Anderson Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:45:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/20/the-final-frontier/#comment-30853 I love it! I looked for the Bamiyan Buddha, for the knock the tall buildings down phallic obsessives (joke, I hope, but I can see it might not be funny for some, to whom I apologize in advance) ... I love it! I looked for the Bamiyan Buddha, for the knock the tall buildings down phallic obsessives (joke, I hope, but I can see it might not be funny for some, to whom I apologize in advance) …

]]> By: Allen Hook http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/20/the-final-frontier/#comment-30835 Allen Hook Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:22:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/20/the-final-frontier/#comment-30835 Is there anywhere I can purchase this as a chart ? Is there anywhere I can purchase this as a chart ?

]]> By: St. Eutychus » Lost in space (and time) http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/20/the-final-frontier/#comment-30809 St. Eutychus » Lost in space (and time) Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:52:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/20/the-final-frontier/#comment-30809 [...] So here’s another vital infographic (from here). [...] [...] So here’s another vital infographic (from here). [...]

]]> By: Ergun Çoruh http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/20/the-final-frontier/#comment-30791 Ergun Çoruh Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:20:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/20/the-final-frontier/#comment-30791 Brilliant, wonderful depiction of our Universe. Brilliant, wonderful depiction of our Universe.

]]> By: Anthony McCarthy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/20/the-final-frontier/#comment-30769 Anthony McCarthy Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:06:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/20/the-final-frontier/#comment-30769 You wonder what that cartoon would look like if it was drawn fifty years from now, in time, not light. If anyone is still around to draw it. You wonder what that cartoon would look like if it was drawn fifty years from now, in time, not light. If anyone is still around to draw it.

]]> By: Rules For http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/20/the-final-frontier/#comment-30738 Rules For Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:17:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/20/the-final-frontier/#comment-30738 Marc: But space has been expanding that entire time, and the distance from here to there is now 46 billion light years, even though the light we see only traveled 13.7 billion light years. Marc:
But space has been expanding that entire time, and the distance from here to there is now 46 billion light years, even though the light we see only traveled 13.7 billion light years.

]]> By: Marc http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/20/the-final-frontier/#comment-30732 Marc Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:20:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/20/the-final-frontier/#comment-30732 Pedant point: the age of the Universe from WMAP is 13.7 +/- 0.2 Gyr, not 46 Gyr. Cute otherwise. Pedant point: the age of the Universe from WMAP is 13.7 +/- 0.2 Gyr, not 46 Gyr. Cute otherwise.

]]> By: robert http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/20/the-final-frontier/#comment-30725 robert Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:26:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/20/the-final-frontier/#comment-30725 Are there really only 5 star candidates that humans might eventually travel too? Are there really only 5 star candidates that humans might eventually travel too?

]]> By: Ian http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/20/the-final-frontier/#comment-30723 Ian Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:51:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/08/20/the-final-frontier/#comment-30723 Fantastic cartoon - love it. Fantastic cartoon – love it.

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