Richard C. Hoagland

[astroguy]

If he said that early on, then why was he complaining that he didn't know why they couldn't do both later in the show? Not that I've ever accused RCH of being consistent ...

[K_Dubb]

Thought it was pretty good.  I was enjoying it until it cut off at the halfway point. 

Yeah mine cut off too at 1 hour 30 and some change.  Hopefully this isn't some problem that will plague Art's show.  I just restarted the stream.

[Paradox]

Yeah mine cut off too at 1 hour 30 and some change.  Hopefully this isn't some problem that will plague Art's show.  I just restarted the stream.

Doh!  I was getting sleepy and figured it was because I was not subscribed.  Just cut it off and went to sleep.  Good grief.

[Paradox]

If he said that early on, then why was he complaining that he didn't know why they couldn't do both later in the show? Not that I've ever accused RCH of being consistent ...

Don't know. Obviously I missed that later griping.

[K_Dubb]

I actually wouldn't mind hearing some Les Baxter as C2C/MITD bumper music.

Hoagy wasn't far off from old Les Baxter with some of his choices; heard some moogy stuff that sounded like it was played off an old warped record -- great sounds, but didn't recognize it.

[Morgus]

Richard Hoagland is back on live right now on the Dark Matter stream reporting more on the Pluto encounter

[astroguy]

Richard Hoagland is back on live right now on the Dark Matter stream reporting more on the Pluto encounter

Thanks for the heads up.  Though right now, it sounds like he's just playing NASA TV from 2 hrs ago.

[nbirnes]

Thanks for the heads up.  Though right now, it sounds like he's just playing NASA TV from 2 hrs ago.

If you're up later, astroguy, we'd love to talk to you on Bella-Haven tonight. We could use the clarity.

[astroguy]

If you're up later, astroguy, we'd love to talk to you on Bella-Haven tonight. We could use the clarity.

I'm just headed to sleep now.  I've been up for 21.5 hrs.

[Lord Grantham]

[scarcasm] So what is NASA hiding this time? [/scarcasm]

[astroguy]

[scarcasm] So what is NASA hiding this time? [/scarcasm]

The only thing that I know of that we're all trying to hide is how %$#$%! tired we are.

[PB the Deplorable]

The only thing that I know of that we're all trying to hide is how %$#$%! tired we are.

Of Hoagie, or in general?

[astroguy]

In general.

[aldousburbank]

RCH just mentioned on Skywatchers Radio that disclosure could be weeks away. I'm not holding my hit in waiting.

[Jackstar]

"It's in the geometry!"

[lonevoice]

I was half listening towards the end of RCH's live Pluto special the other night while falling asleep. Suddenly RCH's voice woke me up when he asked one of his co-panelists, "Remember when we were bowling and you had that idea?"  At first I thought I must be dreaming; surely RCH hadn't said he and his buddy bowl together!?!  It wasn't a dream.  He went on to describe how the other guy started writing this idea down on, I think it was a napkin, at the bowling alley.  A bowling RCH is slightly more endearing and crazy-uncle-in-the-atticish than even regular recipe RCH.  I keep picturing him in fine hand-crafted Italian bowling shoes, custom designed to match his outfit.  When he leans forward to throw the ball, the strings of his bolo tie keep hitting him in the face as a shock of his perfectly sprayed quiff falls over his forehead.  Damn, Richard, you're a weirdo, but you do make me laugh.

[Étouffée]

I was half listening towards the end of RCH's live Pluto special the other night while falling asleep. Suddenly RCH's voice woke me up when he asked one of his co-panelists, "Remember when we were bowling and you had that idea?"  At first I thought I must be dreaming; surely RCH hadn't said he and his buddy bowl together!?!  It wasn't a dream.  He went on to describe how the other guy started writing this idea down on, I think it was a napkin, at the bowling alley.  A bowling RCH is slightly more endearing and crazy-uncle-in-the-atticish than even regular recipe RCH.  I keep picturing him in fine hand-crafted Italian bowling shoes, custom designed to match his outfit.  When he leans forward to throw the ball, the strings of his bolo tie keep hitting him in the face as a shock of his perfectly sprayed quiff falls overi his forehead.  Damn, Richard, you're a weirdo, but you do make me laugh.

"Fuck it, Dude, let's go bowling"

[North_Star]

[ItsOver]

I was half listening towards the end of RCH's live Pluto special the other night while falling asleep. Suddenly RCH's voice woke me up when he asked one of his co-panelists, "Remember when we were bowling and you had that idea?"  At first I thought I must be dreaming; surely RCH hadn't said he and his buddy bowl together!?!  It wasn't a dream.  He went on to describe how the other guy started writing this idea down on, I think it was a napkin, at the bowling alley.  A bowling RCH is slightly more endearing and crazy-uncle-in-the-atticish than even regular recipe RCH.  I keep picturing him in fine hand-crafted Italian bowling shoes, custom designed to match his outfit.  When he leans forward to throw the ball, the strings of his bolo tie keep hitting him in the face as a shock of his perfectly sprayed quiff falls over his forehead.  Damn, Richard, you're a weirdo, but you do make me laugh.

Beautiful, LV.  Just beautiful.  RCH with a strike!  Followed by RCH "striking a pose."  Yes, I can now see it clearly.

[bateman]

I was half listening towards the end of RCH's live Pluto special the other night while falling asleep. Suddenly RCH's voice woke me up when he asked one of his co-panelists, "Remember when we were bowling and you had that idea?"  At first I thought I must be dreaming; surely RCH hadn't said he and his buddy bowl together!?!  It wasn't a dream.  He went on to describe how the other guy started writing this idea down on, I think it was a napkin, at the bowling alley.  A bowling RCH is slightly more endearing and crazy-uncle-in-the-atticish than even regular recipe RCH.  I keep picturing him in fine hand-crafted Italian bowling shoes, custom designed to match his outfit.  When he leans forward to throw the ball, the strings of his bolo tie keep hitting him in the face as a shock of his perfectly sprayed quiff falls over his forehead.  Damn, Richard, you're a weirdo, but you do make me laugh.

"I'm on a rolllllllllll!!!"

[Lunger]

Color me shocked that Hoaggie has discovered mega structures on Pluto.

[Yorkshire pud]

Color me shocked that Hoaggie has discovered mega structures on Pluto.

Well he wouldn't be a science advisor if he didn't discover strutures on distant planets/ comets/ meteors/ floating garbage bins.

[Lunger]

Well he wouldn't be a science advisor if he didn't discover strutures on distant planets/ comets/ meteors/ floating garbage bins.

What always gets me is what practical purpose does a building have that is 60 miles long and 40 miles tall?  Why would you build a glass structure on the moon 60 miles tall?  I can't think of anything more impractical.  Why would you need windows in a glass building?

The way I see it, as Hoagland describes, there is a group of space-faring retards designing the stupidest structures in the galaxy and moving on to the next project.

If there are mega-structures on seemingly every planet, asteroid, and comet that can support them why isn't there on on Earth?

There is nothing on Pluto except geology.

[Jackstar]

What always gets me is what practical purpose does a building have that is 60 miles long and 40 miles tall?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider

It lies in a tunnel 27 kilometres (17 mi) in circumference,

Why would you build a glass structure on the moon 60 miles tall?  I can't think of anything more impractical.  Why would you need windows in a glass building?

What if that's what it took to turn lead into gold and radioactivity into pure, sweet oxygen? You'd be out there in a pressure suit on a ladder before you could say "peanut butter & jelly," courtesy of Alcoa, Boeing, and General Mills.

If there are mega-structures on seemingly every planet, asteroid, and comet that can support them why isn't there on on Earth?

... aren't there?

There is nothing on Pluto except geology.

Settled science! Settled science!

[Lilith]

Well he wouldn't be a science advisor if he didn't discover strutures on distant planets/ comets/ meteors/ floating garbage bins.

As much as Hoagie likes to theorize, it never ceases to amaze me that he seems to like to project human tendencies (like the urge/need to build structures) on "other world", and perhaps even "other dimensional" beings.  It is yet again a case of man projecting his own image on other beings, and being unable to comprehend any other beings, being other than "human-like"  IMO.

[Lunger]

...

Settled science! Settled science!

The LHC is less than 5 1/2 miles in diameter.  Hardly worth your space-tard's second glance.  Where are the structures that shoot up through the stratosphere?

What if that's what it took to turn lead into gold and radioactivity into pure, sweet oxygen? You'd be out there in a pressure suit on a ladder before you could say "peanut butter & jelly," courtesy of Alcoa, Boeing, and General Mills.

It wouldn't be worth the cost.

... aren't there?

No. There are not!

[Jackstar]

It wouldn't be worth the cost.

No. There are not!

Now you're just making things up.

[aldousburbank]

What always gets me is what practical purpose does a building have that is 60 miles long and 40 miles tall?  Why would you build a glass structure on the moon 60 miles tall?  I can't think of anything more impractical.  Why would you need windows in a glass building?

The way I see it, as Hoagland describes, there is a group of space-faring retards designing the stupidest structures in the galaxy and moving on to the next project.

If there are mega-structures on seemingly every planet, asteroid, and comet that can support them why isn't there on on Earth?

There is nothing on Pluto except geology.

Why do you hate ancient extra-terrestrial civilizations?

[K_Dubb]

Loved the bowling story, my vision wasn't as vivid as yours so thank you!

Was listening to him last night talking about the possibility that aliens visited humans in the past to share technology.  So we asked them to pile rocks on top of each other (Stonehenge, pyramids, etc).

Don't believe any of it but it does make you think, aliens being modern mythology and all that.

[Lunger]

Why do you hate ancient extra-terrestrial civilizations?

Because, apparently, they are retarded.