On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Peter Karunyu<
pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
> The onboard computer then must be some serious piece of work considering
> that the commands one sends will take effect like 8 hrs from the time of
> sending and the data being received now was sent 8hrs ago.
>
> How does one design a software to cater for this kind delay?
>
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Watson Kambo <
wkwats@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> @Peter,
>>
>> They use Radio Waves the probe has a high gain antenna to send and receive
>> they still send commands to it but due to the distance it takes like 16
>> hours ( stand to be corrected) both ways .....
>>
>>
>>
>> 2009/6/9 solomon kariri <
solomonkariri@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Dude. The sermon was all fine but I think you took it to the wrong place
>>> though.
>>> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Mwero Ruwah <
mwero001@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> When you combine timber and nails you get a chair (table, bed...
>>>> whatever suits you ). The minute you take the nails away from the chair, you
>>>> have a chair no more but nails and timber. The same thing happens to man.
>>>> He's made of GOD's breath & dust. The minute GOD's breath is taken from man,
>>>> we have no more a man but dust.
>>>> I am a Christian so I believe in resurrection of people in the
>>>> future, but before then, all dead people are just that, dead. Not alive
>>>> somewhere as in the popular belief!
>>>>
>>>> My 2 cents!
>>>>
>>>> --- On Tue, 6/9/09, Simon Mbuthia <
simon.mbuthia@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From: Simon Mbuthia <
simon.mbuthia@gmail.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] For Astronomy?
>>>> To: "Skunkworks forum" <
skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
>>>> Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 12:31 AM
>>>>
>>>> It's not a religious debate and nobody is getting bashed. All I am
>>>> saying is that I have my own views on where people go when they die, and my
>>>> views are as the Bible says about life after death. Nothing religious about
>>>> that...
>>>>
>>>> 2009/6/9 Watson Kambo <
wkwats@gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> No no no .. it was not supposed to be religious debate otherwise I get
>>>>> bashed ... I just wanted us to go through the tech changes over the years
>>>>> ... and also to see if there is anyone on the list who is fascinated by
>>>>> space and astronomy .... of late I have seen great discussions on the list
>>>>> that were very educative from shrinking bottles to Planes and aeronautics
>>>>> .... I thought this would be too ...
>>>>>
>>>>> ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2009/6/8 Simon Mbuthia <
simon.mbuthia@gmail.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Ndungu,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When we lose a loved one, we try to make-believe that he is in a
>>>>>> "better place" which could be true, but one thing is.. we all know that the
>>>>>> body of the person is in a grave somewhere. So is it that the grave is the
>>>>>> better place or are we a different entity from out bodies? I believe we are
>>>>>> not our body. I am not myu body just the same as I am not my shirt. But when
>>>>>> you look at me, you see my body and my shirt and everything else [almost,
>>>>>> heh heh] that is on me. That therefore means that there is an inner being.
>>>>>> The one who loves, hates, feels, thinks etc, and that being is unseen,
>>>>>> trapped in this body. I believe that when we die, the body remains here, but
>>>>>> that inner being drifts into a different dimension. This might not make
>>>>>> sense, which is understandable, seeing as none of us has ever died, but have
>>>>>> you ever watched a person die? They talk of seeing things that you don't see
>>>>>> yourself. Could it be that the inner being is drifting to a different
>>>>>> dimension hence the "hallucinations"? They could be real, you never know.
>>>>>> But that is just what I believe. As for where we go, I believe in what the
>>>>>> Bible teaches, not because i have been taught to believe in its teachings,
>>>>>> but because of a personal experience from which I reckoned that the Bible is
>>>>>> true. It talks of where people go when their lives on earth is done. I
>>>>>> believe in what it teaches about that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2009/6/8 ndungu stephen <
ndungustephen@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And where do we go when we die ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In what form shall we survive when we die ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When answering these questions --- one can fully grasp the
>>>>>>> significance or the insignificance of our space endeavors.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If we shall be free to roam the universe [in super forms like a pure
>>>>>>> energy being] and not confined to a specific space in "heaven" with the same
>>>>>>> current limitations-- then you can be free to roam the universe and confirm
>>>>>>> some of these facts.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mabbe space is just like a huge blanket around earth --- kinda like a
>>>>>>> huge black wall paper with chrismas lights stuck on them :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If I was an alien race and came into contact with species called
>>>>>>> kenyans,, i think i would be scared to welcome them to my home.. no wonder
>>>>>>> they are always hiding when they come at night to mutilate cows [testing
>>>>>>> anti-gravity technology] and draw crop circles [test large scale branding]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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