Horizon; Asteroids

[TimberWolf]

Well at least it was more interesting than yet more politics, eco-bloody-nomics or financial markets and that kind of boring crap.

Just thought I'd get a slightly nerdier thread going to amuse the science geeks among us.

Sorry,

There was an interesting cookery programme on earlier on BBC1 on how to make oven chips amongst other things. It involved a tennis racket restrung with wire, a spud gun, a leaf blower and dry ice. Firing a spud through atennis racket strung with wire looked remarkably effective.

[TykeMerc]

I watched it, quite an interesting programme even though they obviously have to put big lumps of the science into simple terms for those without a scientific background to be able to watch it.

I enjoyed it.

[RichardCranium]

Just thought I'd get a slightly nerdier thread going to amuse the science geeks among us.

I can help!

I ain't frightened of no asteroids.

I'll blow 'em away! Ha ha!




I do miss those sit-down-games in pubs. I wonder why they went away?

[Mich the Tester]

I can help!

I ain't frightened of no asteroids.

I'll blow 'em away! Ha ha!




I do miss those sit-down-games in pubs. I wonder why they went away?

And how was it playing asteroids with someone's pint spilled in that screen well?

[RichardCranium]

And how was it playing asteroids with someone's pint spilled in that screen well?

See the glass screen over the buttons? That single sheet covered the entire game table.

And this was back in the days when tables were cleaned with a bowl of soapy water and a cloth, rather than spraying some ineffectual cleaner on the food remnants and rubbing a greasy rag over it to smear it about a bit like they do now.

[Dearnla]

Usual dumbed down BBC Horizon.

Asteroids are rocks, some are big, some are small, the big ones are easier to spot, so the small ones are more dangerous as we won't have much/any warning that one is about to hit a major city.

There you are, why do they need an hour to tell you that.

Not true - they found 3 (out of 100k+ !!) that are made out of water - and therefore concluded that all the earth's water came from Asteroid hits...

[Mich the Tester]

This is the only one of the current run of Horizon that I'll bother to watch.

Whether that says anything about me or about the current state of Horizon, I'm not altogether sure.

I think David Attenborough's got a new series starting on Friday about the origins of life; could be worth watching.

[Dearnla]

I think David Attenborough's got a new series starting on Friday about the origins of life; could be worth watching.

It'll be about those Asteroids again, you mark my words

[Paddy]

Saw this last night, quite enjoyable; watch it here if you've missed it.

BBC - BBC Two Programmes - Horizon, 2010-2011, Asteroids - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

This will stop them...
| eHow.com

[gingerjedi]

This is the only one of the current run of Horizon that I'll bother to watch.

Whether that says anything about me or about the current state of Horizon, I'm not altogether sure.

I thought the 'Pre-Big Bang' one was good if a little WTF???? And the one about how the mind interprets senses was ace, this guy wore a belt that always vibrated at the point facing magnetic north, after a few days he couldn't describe his experience to someone who hadn't tried it themselves, it sort of melded into a sixth sense that he no longer had to give any thought to.