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In lugnet.announce, Nick Cameron writes:
> The LEGO company must have been waiting untill one of us found the mars sets.
> It looks like a mission log. Pretty cool. it has some real space photos, but • so
> far it is only one page. Check it out!
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> http://www.lego.com/mars/
I know this is supposed to be fiction, but I think the folks who write this
should do a little more research before posting stories like this for worldwide
consumption. The story talks about looking out of a porthole and seeing
millions of stars and planets...not likely. From what I understand, you would
see mostly blackness...certainly not millions of stars. The story goes on to
state that the stars really do twinkle...do they? I thought that was caused by
our atmosphere. I know the point of these stories is supposed to be to
generate excitement about a product and it is written for kids, but I wish TLC
took a little more responsibility with factual information (especially
since it is seen as a company that produces a pseudo-educational toy)...you can
write something exciting that is plausible too!
--
Thomas Main
main@appstate.edu
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| It's also interesting to note that it is only your speed(17,000mph) that you orbit the earth that makes you weightless, you see, you're constantly falling. You have to go far beyond Mars to feel truly weightless. (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| (...) Par for the course, unfortunately. Take a look at the Space Port product info, the splash page says that a large "meteor" is heading for earth. Bzzt. A chunk of rock isn't a meteor until it enters the atmosphere, at which time there is no time (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| Thomas Main wrote in message ... (...) worldwide (...) would Since the whole thing is called "*LIFE* on Mars" and there are cute little blue aliens running around, I suppose it doesn't matter that none of the rest of it is accurate either. Kevin (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| (...) Indeed so - it's an illusion due to the different wavelengths passing through the atmosphere. The stars would not be twinkling in outer space. It was in fact the first thing that struck me while reading the story (before reading this post). (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| There are about 5000 stars (3000 in the northern hemisphere and 2000 in the southern hemisphere) visible to the naked eye from Earth. The number would of course be higher in outer space, with more lower-magnitude stars revealed from the lack of (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| The LEGO company must have been waiting untill one of us found the mars sets. It looks like a mission log. Pretty cool. it has some real space photos, but so far it is only one page. Check it out! (URL) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce)
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