Pig Boy: Big Time Science Guy

[WhoIsNumberNone]

[BlueJazz]

1. So finding water on Mars is a prelude to the Liberals here on earth pushing their left-wing agenda?

Damn Rush, that's getting pretty nuts even for you.

[DhhD]

2. First thing Limpy said was that the only interest that he would have in Mars would be

to merchantize it, speaking of the sale of i-phones. He must be hoping to buy stock in Mars businesses while he lies to the dummies. Spacecrafts taking Man to Mars are already being built. He cares nothing for conservation or life giving ordinance.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-17/elon-musk-and-spacex-plan-a-space-internet
snip
The Space Internet venture, to which Musk hasn’t yet given a name, would be hugely ambitious. Hundreds of satellites would orbit about 750 miles above earth, much closer than traditional communications satellites in geosynchronous orbit at altitudes of up to 22,000 miles. The lower satellites would make for a speedier Internet service, with less distance for electromagnetic signals to travel. The lag in current satellite systems makes applications such as Skype, online gaming, and other cloud-based services tough to use. Musk’s service would, in theory, rival fiber optic cables on land while also making the Internet available to remote and poor regions that don’t have access.
more at link

[DhhD]

3. Adding info on other companies moving to connect Mars with Earth:

http://www.wired.com/2015/06/elon-musk-space-x-satellite-internet/

snip
Earlier this week, the entrepreneur Greg Wyler announced a similar effort through a startup called OneWeb. Wyler has spent the last 15 years trying to bring Internet access to the so-called “other three billion.” He started a telecommunications company in Rwanda that set up Africa’s first 3G cell network. Later, he founded a company called O3b, which owns a satellite network that delivers fast, cheap Internet to hard-to-reach places along the equator. Through OneWeb, Wyler looks to expand this vision and fill the skies with hundreds of satellites that will beam their signals down to low-cost, solar-powered rooftop antennas.
OneWeb has announced that Qualcomm and the Virgin Group will invest in its effort, which is expected to cost around $2 billion. Wyler has also already secured the spectrum needed to deliver such a service from space and expects to be up and running by 2018. He has a team of more than 30 engineers developing the satellites, antennas, and software for OneWeb.
more at link

[LongTomH]

7. I'm rather concerned about those 'hundreds of satellites' creating a navigation hazard for.......

.....future space travelers. I've been a supporters of all of Musk's previous efforts: SpaceX, Solar City, Tesla.

[DhhD]

10. These satellites are going to be why out there. Keep in mind the new telescope that is

million miles out and looking back toward Earth. The information coming back is sent via communication equipment.

http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/orbit.html
About JWST's Orbit
A Solar Orbit
The James Webb Space Telescope will not be in orbit around the Earth, like the Hubble Space Telescope is - it will actually orbit the Sun, 1.5 million kilometers (1 million miles) away from the Earth at what is called the second Lagrange point or L2. What is special about this orbit is that it lets the telescope to stay in line with the Earth as it moves around the Sun. This allows the satellite's large sunshield to protect the telescope from the light and heat of the Sun and Earth (and Moon).
more at site.

[shenmue]

4. Isn't he from Mars?

[joanbarnes]

5. Every time Pig Boy opens his fat head he lets out enough hot air to melt the ice caps.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

6. Limbaugh was actually claiming NASA was going to announce that Mars died due to capitalism.

[OldHippieChick]

8. This is too much methane gas for one sitting.

I cry for the environment. How I wish he could be the first to go to Mars.

[OhZone]

9. Mars, "I'm wet" -

[Thespian2]

11. Funny!

As if we needed to be reminded that PiGBoY will say anything to keep money flowing to him...Not that he is stupid...it is that he discovered, via the GodOffalParty, a path to wealth by fleecing as many people as possible...

Perhaps he has another prescription to be refilled...