Things you have always wondered about........

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

How do scientists know the Earth is 93 million miles away? Why not 87 or 95...How can they be so sure, so exact? I understand you can measure some things by trigonometry and such like, anyone any idea?

As an aside, when you see the sun, you are not seeing it as it is now, but how it was around eight minutes before, because of the speed of light it takes just over eight minutes to be seen on earth. If you think about it, it might have gone out and you wouldn't even know for eight minutes...:)



Why doesn't the Beetham tower on Deansgate not fall over with all that weight on one side and a narrow base? What a stupid design, surely it should be the other way round?

Post your own musings up......, a fellow smartarse Bluemooner might come up with the answer.

 

[dronefromsector7g]

Does the OP have a girlfriend?

I'm wondering that

 

[nelsons willie]

How do scientists know the Earth is 93 million miles away? Why not 87 or 95...How can they be so sure, so exact? I understand you can measure some things by trigonometry and such like, anyone any idea?

As an aside, when you see the sun, you are not seeing it as it is now, but how it was around eight minutes before, because of the speed of light it takes just over eight minutes to be seen on earth. If you think about it, it might have gone out and you wouldn't even know for eight minutes...:)



Why doesn't the Beetham tower on Deansgate not fall over with all that weight on one side and a narrow base? What a stupid design, surely it should be the other way round?

Fuck me i best get my skates on ive missed it this morning. Where am I. Who the fuck am I

 

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

Does the OP have a girlfriend?

I'm wondering that

I often wonder if you're really the c**t everyone says you are, but I'm sure you're very nice really..

 

[Blue Maverick]

After Fridays drinking session I want to know who first combined Jaegermeister and red bull, I then want to travel back in time to kill the fucker as I've lost hours of time, but seriously who tried it out and why?

 

[dronefromsector7g]

Does the OP have a girlfriend?

I'm wondering that

I often wonder if you're really the c**t everyone says you are, but I'm sure you're very nice really..

That and so much more :-)

 

[Tricky_Trev]

I think the modern way of figuring out our distance to objects in the solar system is to just send out radio waves and see how long it takes for them to bounce back. Once you know that time, you can calculate the distance because we know the speed of light. The first measurement of our distance from the sun was only made possible by the transit of Venus. They observed when Venus passed infront of the sun and when it left it. From those measurements they could use maths, geometry etc to work it out. The reason they can be so precise is because maths is awesome. Simples!

 

[bgblue]

Does the OP have a girlfriend?

I'm wondering that

I often wonder if you're really the c**t everyone says you are, but I'm sure you're very nice really..

No you were right the first time. I've met him and he really is a proper c*nt ;-)

 

[mac]

How do scientists know the Earth is 93 million miles away? Why not 87 or 95...How can they be so sure, so exact? I understand you can measure some things by trigonometry and such like, anyone any idea?

As an aside, when you see the sun, you are not seeing it as it is now, but how it was around eight minutes before, because of the speed of light it takes just over eight minutes to be seen on earth. If you think about it, it might have gone out and you wouldn't even know for eight minutes...:)



Why doesn't the Beetham tower on Deansgate not fall over with all that weight on one side and a narrow base? What a stupid design, surely it should be the other way round?

Beetham tower has huge structural girders to counteract the forces of the wind on the top part of the tower also the over hang is strengthened.

Post your own musings up......, a fellow smartarse Bluemooner might come up with the answer.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

How in gods name did someone come up with the recipe and method for making Whiskey. Things like that don't happen by accident.
How do plants and animal evolve to form a symbiotic relationship where they both depend on each other and without such they would die. The orchid doesn't just wake up one morning and think, I know ,I'll make myself look like and smell like a certain bee and that way I'll be able to reproduce more efficiently.
There are thousands such examples and David Attenborough, the great man, has a lot to answer for.