The James Webb Telescope Just Took a Truly Incredible Photo of Uranus

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[–]HiddenFox 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Here is a better link to a better site that shows you this pic without have to scan though a 4 min video to find it.

https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-uranus-rings-photo

[–]EternalSunset 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks!

[–]Fertilizer 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Lol, Uranus.

[–]hfxB0oyA[S] 7 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

It will never not be funny.

[–]UbiquitousCultOfSelf 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

paging /u/HughJanus
But seriously though, that looks nothing like a planet and everything like a camera lens or a painting.
We got some Babylon5 level Amiga editing going on here.

[–]BISH 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (21 children)

Hey bro. Do you think rockets can fly in space?

[–]hfxB0oyA[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

If it's space, are they really flying?

[–]BISH 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Do you think thrusters propel rockets in space?

[–]hfxB0oyA[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, but if you fly through air over the earth, what is it when you're in deep space, not really over anything?

[–]Alphix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (17 children)

Why not?

[–]BISH 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (16 children)

Rockets require an atmosphere to push off of, similar to how a wing requires an atmosphere.

Atmospheric back pressure is necessary to push off of in flight.

Without it, the vacuum of space draws out the gasses without resistance.

Space flight with rockets is fake.
Maybe another classified method exists, but rockets don't work.

[–]Alphix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (15 children)

No, no, no, no.

"For every action, there is an opposite reaction" holds true in the vacuum of space. Gases exhausted from the back of the rocket engine push out off the rocket, therefore propulsing it forward. That's for a rocket. Of course a nuclear thruster works based on the same principle.

F = MA The force generated is the mass of the ejecta multiplied by its acceleration. The atmosphere doesn't even enter in the equation. In the case of the rocket, the Mass ejected is relatively large, therefore you don't need extreme acceleration on it to get good thrust. A nuclear thruster, by opposition, generates relatively tiny particles, but accelerates them hugely, to a fraction of light speed in a few miliseconds, therefore providing some thrust, even at very high speeds.

[–]BISH 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (14 children)

"For every action, there is an opposite reaction" holds true in the vacuum of space.

Yeah. The equal and opposite reaction pushes on the atmosphere.

There's nothing in space, so there is no opposite reaction against the atmosphere. This is where the real action happens.

It just propels out into space without resistance. As if sucked out by a vacuum.

[–]Alphix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

It PUSHES OUT from the rocket, AGAINST the rocket engine exhaust.

[–]BISH 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

It PUSHES OUT from the rocket, AGAINST the rocket engine exhaust.

Yes. Very effectively in an atmosphere.

It will push out a little bit in a vacuum, but not much, because of a lack of atmospheric back pressure. The vacuum will appear to vacuum the gas out of the exhaust.

Imagine an inflated balloon blowing off in a vacuum. It would barely move. The gas would quickly evacuate the balloon, as if sucked out by a vacuum.

Propulsion effect will be trivial. It won't move.

If you place a strong vacuum at the end of a inflated balloon it will reduce it's movement.

It's a fact of physics, that propulsion requires a medium to push back against.

[–]Alphix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

Nope, you are wrong. Are you taking classes at Flat Earth University?

But humoring you: fine, the exhaust gasses are pushing up against the atmosphere. What is the front of the rocket doing? PUSHING UP AGAINST THE ATMOSPHERE. They know about Max-Q.

That vacuum that is sucking at the exhaust like a hungry giant baby? It's also sucking at the front of the rocket.

[–]BISH 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

That vacuum that is sucking at the exhaust like a hungry giant baby? It's also sucking at the front of the rocket.

That vacuum that is sucking at the exhaust like a hungry giant baby?

There's an absence of material for the exhaust gases to apply force against.

The "equal and opposite force" apples to the entire system, and not just the combustion

It's also sucking at the front of the rocket.

It's the vacuum of space. The absence of any atmospheric pressure, as a result of zero gaseous material, therefore zero gas pressure.

It's an absence of force of pressure, but it doesn't "suck" anything. Suction as a principle doesn't exist. Suction cups don't work in a vacuum, because the atmosphere is pressing against the outside of the "cup" and applying force equal to the:

Relative pressure difference outside/inside of the cup x the surface area of the cup.

There's a pressure delta between two surfaces.

Vacuum cleaners don't create actual vacuums. They evacuate the air from inside them, and allow the air to flow into the lower pressure region.

This guy does a great experiment to demonstrate that rockets cannot fly in a vacuum. NERD ACCIDENTALLY PROVES ROCKETS DON'T WORK IN SPACE!

[–]Alphix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

Sorry dude, your Flat Earth University degree bullshit isn't going to work on me lol. I feel sorry for you though, I guess that's gotta count for something right?

| The "equal and opposite force" apples to the entire system, and not just the combustion

Why can't you understand that the rocket's exhaust pushing on the inner surface of the engine is a very strong force? Why do you think they calculate Max-Q?

You think this video proves anything? Try doing the math: that balloon has extremely weak propulsion, and the vacuum is VERY MUCH stronger than the baloon. This proves only that the vacuum can suck more strongly than the baloon can exhaust material through a straw. Wow I didn't know... Wait, I already did.

[–]TheMaharishi 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

They could never get a picture of my anus from space. I don't care how advanced their technology is.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

My anus looks good 😎

[–]iDontShift 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

space is a lie, that is probably a painting

[–]hfxB0oyA[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That's okay. Even if it is a painting, I just enjoy the beauty of gazing at Uranus.

[–]CanWhat 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

😅.......what

[–]Alphix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Please explain. Oh wait, another 80-IQ Flat Earther.