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I will be waving. Cuz I'm a dork. But I will actually be waving. Come to think of it. I might even throw a waving party of some sort. Hold up a sign, have some
by cdevroe 13y ago
I will be waving. Cuz I'm a dork. But I will actually be waving.
Come to think of it. I might even throw a waving party of some sort. Hold up a sign, have some beer, play some The Blue Danube via Spotify over Airplay.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoShine a spotlight in the direction of Saturn, or build a fire. I wonder how much light you'd need to emit to have a noticeable effect? The Narrow Angle Camera is 1024x1024 I think[1], I have no idea what integration time, so my first guess is that we need to get a major city to riot/burn, or start a forest fire. Hmm, on second thought, maybe I'd better just have a beer and wave like cdevroe. [1] Based on the properties of this image http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/raw/casJPGFullS70/N00175897.jpg http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/raw/casJPGFullS...
- duskwuff 13y agoNot quite the same question, but related - XKCD did a "What If" on whether, if everyone on Earth shone a laser at the Moon, it'd be visible. (TL;DR: No.) http://what-if.xkcd.com/13/ http://what-if.xkcd.com/13/
- mturmon 13y agoThe team at JPL that built Cassini will be out there too. From the announcement: "Earth will be just 1.5 pixels wide, with the illuminated part of Earth less than a pixel, so the resulting mosaic will not show any features on Earth. But it's a chance to be part of a special portrait, to contemplate what we look like from interplanetary distances, and to celebrate the longevity of our Cassini spacecraft, which has been successfully orbiting Saturn for nine years."