Doco on Titan, Monday 9 August at 8:30 on SBS2

OneOfOne (Trevor) · #1 05-08-2010, 08:13 PM

Looks interesting! I'll have to PVR it!

Suzy · #2 05-08-2010, 10:39 PM

Thank you Trevor, I'm off now to programme it in.

CraigS · #3 06-08-2010, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by OneOfOne

Looks interesting! I'll have to PVR it!

Hi Guys;
Nice to meet you.
Titan is a really cool subject. I'm looking forward to the program.
Thanks for the heads-up.
Cheers

austinstkong (Austin) · #4 06-08-2010, 03:49 PM

Hmm.. Interesting.

Thanks for the heads up also.

Suzy · #5 09-08-2010, 07:12 PM

Bump.

Jen · #6 09-08-2010, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Suzy

Bump.

Hey you neally knocked me over Suzy
Im on to it thanks

supernova1965 (Warren) · #7 09-08-2010, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Jen

Hey you neally knocked me over Suzy
Im on to it thanks

This one snuck up on me also I am watching it now I have an excuse Jen we have visitors staying for a few weeks

AdrianF (Adrian) · #8 09-08-2010, 09:31 PM

Great show. I wanna watch it again

Adrian

Jen · #9 09-08-2010, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by supernova1965

This one snuck up on me also I am watching it now I have an excuse Jen we have visitors staying for a few weeks

Your slippin Warren i had to get this information from other means

Oh by the way i enjoyed watching that

Jen · #10 09-08-2010, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by AdrianF

Great show. I wanna watch it again

Adrian

Yeah me too it went to quick, my nine year old son loved it too, he got goosebumps when the first titan pic appeared on the screen

renormalised (Carl) · #11 09-08-2010, 10:06 PM

That was a good show....very interesting, especially from an historical perspective of the mission and where we are now.

austinstkong (Austin) · #12 09-08-2010, 10:33 PM

I second that.

OneOfOne (Trevor) · #13 10-08-2010, 08:08 AM

I almost missed recording it last night, now how embarassing would that be! I went through the TV guide after tea and realised it was on, we had a dancing lesson from 9:00 so I couldn't watch it live. Hopefully I can get to it by the weekend, busy, busy, busy at the moment.

CraigS · #14 10-08-2010, 10:54 AM

Yep. Good show. Great effects etc.

There's actually some very interesting issues raised by the entire makeup up of the atmosphere and surface chemistry of Titan (which the show only very lightly touched on).

I'm going to have a go at adding a new post to the 'Astronomy and Amateur Science' board for discussion if anyone's interested. - That's when I get the chance to assemble the thinking !

Yes, I know .. I'm a masochist at heart. Especially seeing as there's a ferocious Geologist/Astrophysicist living there, (ie: on the board), who lurks in wait of unwary prey!

Onya, Carl !

Cheers & Best Rgds to all.

renormalised (Carl) · #15 10-08-2010, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by CraigS

Yep. Good show. Great effects etc.

There's actually some very interesting issues raised by the entire makeup up of the atmosphere and surface chemistry of Titan (which the show only very lightly touched on).

I'm going to have a go at adding a new post to the 'Astronomy and Amateur Science' board for discussion if anyone's interested. - That's when I get the chance to assemble the thinking !

Yes, I know .. I'm a masochist at heart. Especially seeing as there's a ferocious Geologist/Astrophysicist living there, (ie: on the board), who lurks in wait of unwary prey!

Onya, Carl !

Cheers & Best Rgds to all.

Steven makes me look like a kitten when it comes to relativity/QFT and the like. Although, I can hold my own in many areas when I have to

AdrianF (Adrian) · #16 10-08-2010, 02:44 PM

What got me was the specs of the radio transmission from Cassini. Less than the output of a mobile phone at a distance of 1532.5 million Km

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Adrian

AdrianF (Adrian) · #17 10-08-2010, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Jen

Yeah me too it went to quick, my nine year old son loved it too, he got goosebumps when the first titan pic appeared on the screen

I'll have a look on iView tonight and see if its there.

Adrian

renormalised (Carl) · #18 10-08-2010, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by AdrianF

What got me was the specs of the radio transmission from Cassini. Less than the output of a mobile phone at a distance of 1532.5 million Km

.

Adrian

Yep, they're not very powerful transmitters

But they do the job well enough.

Just think, that phone call you made home to ask what's for tea, about 10 years ago, is now nearly passing on by Epsilon Eridani and any passing starship in the area. They'll hear "What's for tea..." and then they'll decide to have something to eat themselves

OneOfOne (Trevor) · #19 12-08-2010, 07:42 AM

I watched this last night before tea. Excellent show I must say. I think because it is a British production, rather than American, it didn't have an excess of hyperbole.

renormalised (Carl) · #20 12-08-2010, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by OneOfOne

I watched this last night before tea. Excellent show I must say. I think because it is a British production, rather than American, it didn't have an excess of hyperbole.

That's why they make far better documentaries than the Americans. The American TV companies have always been people to make things out as something they're not, or to stretch things in order to make it sound like it's the only thing or best thing since sliced bread. That ruins most shows.