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Post Sat Feb 01, 2003 12:16 am

Empty Space

I've just had another look at all those screenshots and they all look horribly .... colourful!!! Please someone tell me that those shots were taken just because they look more entertaining than black space - I actually like some quiet black space... it emphasises the loneliness of the freelancer Just look up at the sky at night: do you see that much colour up there? Space has to be black! at least in most parts.

Post Sat Feb 01, 2003 12:23 am

there is black space, you should watch some of the vids but the space is colored in nebulas etc. in the vids (TLR 2) they show the overall map from that you should be able to see what is colored and what is not

Post Sat Feb 01, 2003 12:24 am

And it's always night time on the space?

Post Sat Feb 01, 2003 12:36 am

Most everything has color. Blank space may be lonely, but it's dreadfully boring.

Post Sat Feb 01, 2003 12:38 am

I have to agree with Tachyon.

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"Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them." --Albert Einstein

Post Sat Feb 01, 2003 12:40 am

@FF yep! I'm afraid so! no athmosphere -> no blue sky even at two miles from the sun. It just wouldn't be right to fly through some technicolour nebula all the time. If there was that much stuff in space that could be lit up by suns, then nobody would be wondering about that 'dark matter' they need to make *lookup...edit* that Omega parameter for cosmological expansion work out right.

The movie does look as if there was a lot of that nebula stuff!

OK, I admit: dark space is quite dull.

Edited by - Yaztromo on 01-02-2003 00:50:13

Post Sat Feb 01, 2003 9:12 am

It's not the dark matter that causes the accelrated expansion of the universe, it's negative energy 8)

Dark matter is a way to account for the missing mass of the universe. However, since astronomers discovered that the universe is expanding rather then contracting or at steady state (done by studing class 1 supernova's) they have begun looking for the cause of said expansion. Best they can do now in theorise about "dark energy" or "negative energy", particals that only exist for very short durations in normal space, but the interaction of so meny particals is causing the expansion.

Lovely ain't it?

Also means that in the very distant future, the night sky, and indeed space will be very black, since there will be very few light sources other then our own galaxy. But i degress 8) The milky way and andromeda are heading in a collision course. No Worries mate.

Ain't the Cosmos grand?

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the darkness at Tan Hauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain. Time to die.

Post Mon Feb 03, 2003 7:11 pm

The expanding vs. contracting universe debate is interesting but on a personal level I don't worry about it too much. I think it's safe to assume the universe will be just fine for my lifetime.

Let's get those missiles ready to destroy the universe!!

Post Mon Feb 03, 2003 11:11 pm

Recent data suggests that the universe will keep expanding forever, until eventually there are no more stars in visual range. But hell, what do i care, not like i'll ever witness that

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