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[Loud Whispers]

If something's hitting your spaceship, you're probably already screwed. A peanut in Earth's orbit can hit a space station with the equivalent force of a 50. Bullet 

Interestingly, because throughout the history of manned space exploration waste management (human waste that is) has largely consisted of dumping it overboard (or however we are supposed to refer to it on a spaceship), the most common thing you're likely to be hit by in low Earth orbit is shit travel in excess of 30,000 miles an hour. Frozen solid into something much like extremely unhygienic steel. This actually causes damage in the millions each year to satellites.

Somhow this didn't get throguh the forst time I tried to post it, apperently:

When it eventually does impact something, it's guaranteed to be some kind of air conditioning unit. Or maybe just a devote follower of something.

SIR! THEY'RE LAUNCHING SCIENTOLOGISTS AND CTHULHU-CULTISTS AT US!

"Fire the LemoNades."

[Dsarker]

If something's hitting your spaceship, you're probably already screwed. A peanut in Earth's orbit can hit a space station with the equivalent force of a 50. Bullet 

Interestingly, because throughout the history of manned space exploration waste management (human waste that is) has largely consisted of dumping it overboard (or however we are supposed to refer to it on a spaceship), the most common thing you're likely to be hit by in low Earth orbit is shit travel in excess of 30,000 miles an hour. Frozen solid into something much like extremely unhygienic steel. This actually causes damage in the millions each year to satellites.

Somhow this didn't get throguh the forst time I tried to post it, apperently:

When it eventually does impact something, it's guaranteed to be some kind of air conditioning unit. Or maybe just a devote follower of something.

SIR! THEY'RE LAUNCHING SCIENTOLOGISTS AND CTHULHU-CULTISTS AT US!

"Fire the LemoNades."

"What model, sir? Cave or Kinetic?"

[Loud Whispers]

Spoiler: Off Topic Sauce lol (click to show/hide)

If something's hitting your spaceship, you're probably already screwed. A peanut in Earth's orbit can hit a space station with the equivalent force of a 50. Bullet 

Interestingly, because throughout the history of manned space exploration waste management (human waste that is) has largely consisted of dumping it overboard (or however we are supposed to refer to it on a spaceship), the most common thing you're likely to be hit by in low Earth orbit is shit travel in excess of 30,000 miles an hour. Frozen solid into something much like extremely unhygienic steel. This actually causes damage in the millions each year to satellites.

Somhow this didn't get throguh the forst time I tried to post it, apperently:

When it eventually does impact something, it's guaranteed to be some kind of air conditioning unit. Or maybe just a devote follower of something.

SIR! THEY'RE LAUNCHING SCIENTOLOGISTS AND CTHULHU-CULTISTS AT US!

"Fire the LemoNades."

"What model, sir? Cave or Kinetic?"

"The situation is dire. We are close to derailment. Fire the sunglasses."

>Back on topic

Do you think we could literally be fully suited in this stuff? Moar sources required.

[Draco18s]

Feathers are indivilly lighter, larger, and flatter. They generate more air resistance. This means that their acceleration due to gravity is lessened, and so they weigh less.

Given that both masses are being weighed at the same place, and there's no air resistance (duh, they're at rest) then 1kg of feathers weighs exactly the same as 1kg of steel, rocks, blood, milk, or well, just about anything.  Unless you're on the moon, in which case, you're measuring a kg of feathers on the moon to a kg of rocks on earth.

Of course THAT doesn't work out.

Clearly we need space janitors.

This is relevant.

[Itnetlolor]

Clearly we need space janitors.

This is relevant.

Spoiler: Wrong. This is relevant. (click to show/hide)

[forsaken1111]

This whole thread has me laughing. I love when people try to play physicist online.

[Loud Whispers]

This whole thread has me laughing. I love when people try to play physicist online.

NONSENSE!

WE'RE ARE DOING !!SCIENCE!!

[Just failing]

[Buttery_Mess]

This thread made me think of two things; first, airships; second, the Foam Metals Corp. from Elite II: Frontier.

[Doomshifter]

IN THIS THREAD: 1 KILOGRAM OF FEATHERS DOES NOT HAVE EQUAL WEIGHT TO 1 KILOGRAM OF STONES. MORE AT 11.

Anyway, the whole time I was reading this, it really bothered me that they kept saying 'metal'. Surely a scientific news-source would write what sort of metal it could be compared to? That's just bad journalism, there.

[Kogut]

IN THIS THREAD: 1 KILOGRAM OF FEATHERS ON PLUTO DOES NOT HAVE EQUAL WEIGHT TO 1 KILOGRAM OF STONES ON MARS

fixed

[Loud Whispers]

IN THIS THREAD: 1 KILOGRAM OF FEATHERS ON PLUTO DOES NOT HAVE EQUAL WEIGHT TO 1 KILOGRAM OF STONES ON MARS

fixed

See, this makes sense.

IN THIS THREAD: 1 KILOGRAM OF FEATHERS DOES NOT HAVE EQUAL WEIGHT TO 1 KILOGRAM OF STONES. MORE AT 11.

And this is just insulting. Any-ways... You do know what mass is right?

Anyway, the whole time I was reading this, it really bothered me that they kept saying 'metal'. Surely a scientific news-source would write what sort of metal it could be compared to? That's just bad journalism, there.

Have you ever found good journalism?
I guess it's safe to assume that this awesome nickel-phosphorous compound is pretty strong for something that's 99.9% air, but probably isn't going to be replacing steel, iron, copper or aluminium any time soon:]

[Draco18s]

IN THIS THREAD: 1 KILOGRAM OF FEATHERS DOES NOT HAVE EQUAL WEIGHT TO 1 KILOGRAM OF STONES. MORE AT 11.

And this is just insulting. Any-ways... You do know what mass is right?

You know what irony is, right?

[Loud Whispers]

IN THIS THREAD: 1 KILOGRAM OF FEATHERS DOES NOT HAVE EQUAL WEIGHT TO 1 KILOGRAM OF STONES. MORE AT 11.

And this is just insulting. Any-ways... You do know what mass is right?

You know what irony is, right?

This is relevant how?

[Matz05]

Wow, nano-chain-mail blocks that weigh almost nothing but are decently strong and springy... Metal-reinforced spider silk...

Its like Christmas.

Speaking of governments, who's gonna bet they don't already have metalized spider silk garrote--ERK! (thud)

[Loud Whispers]

Wow, nano-chain-mail blocks that weigh almost nothing but are decently strong and springy... Metal-reinforced spider silk...

Its like Christmas.

Speaking of governments, who's gonna bet they don't already have metalized spider silk garrote--ERK! (thud)

I'll bet they've trained the spiders to do it too ._.