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bluntedboywonder
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10 Jan 2012, 1:12 pm

Thought I'd share this video series from Khan Academy:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZx3U0dbASg[/youtube]

You can check out the whole thing here:
http://www.khanacademy.org/video/scale- ... +Astronomy

This video series is completely fascinating and something of an eye-opener on how big the solar system is, let alone distance in out stellar neighbourhood and the rest of space.


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10 Jan 2012, 1:23 pm

Perfectly Illustrates why I can never see humanity traveling the vast cosmos and discovering/exploring new worlds. The technology doesn't and probably won't exist for cryogenic storage during travel (too much cellular damage is the main concern with the potential tech as well as other questions such as how will the psyche handle it.) And if we assume FTL travel is truly just a dream.... yeah.


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