information-gathering tiny probes. — universeness
It's a shame you can't find (or you remain unwilling to find) enough hope in yourself to condemn the antinatalists based on the 'hope springs eternal,' example the James Webb project exemplifies. — universeness
that's the only kind of payload, as far as interstellar travel is concerned. You're never going to get carbon-based lifeforms to another star system, it's strictly sci-fi. — Wayfarer
Most passerines hop, but others, such as larks, pipits, starlings, and meadowlarks, typically stride. Within the family Corvidae, jays hop whereas crows stride. Diverse species, including robins, ravens, and blackbirds, both hop and stride. — Stanford
spaceship Earth — Wayfarer
Something hadta go wrong! :groan: — Agent Smith
Strikes are actually quite common, and returning spacecraft (not even up there that long) are sometimes found with small holes. It was the size of the JWST strike that seemed to be very improbable.I'm surprised there aren't more frequent micrometeor strikes on satellites and space craft — 180 Proof
Anything caught in that low spot would be moving very slowly, else it would not be in that low spot. This object was not caught there, nor is the spot particularly attractive to random objects. It could have happened anywhere.There's a lot of tiny debris that gets caught and swirls about in those gravitational low spots. — magritte
We all have our little problems. — Mr. Hyde (Van Helsing)
Anything caught in that low spot would be moving very slowly, else it would not be in that low spot. This object was not caught there, nor is the spot particularly attractive to random objects. It could have happened anywhere. — noAxioms
Slow is not even zero.Relatively speaking, how slow is slow and how fast is fast? — magritte
Nothing is stable at L2, so nothing accumulates there. — noAxioms
Most interesting. — Ms. Marple
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