Sun's next 11-year cycle could be 50 pct stronger

STEED · 03-07-06, 02:25 PM

http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...SUN.xml&rpc=22

Looks like time to stock up on tin food and candles not forgetting the matches. :hmm:

tycho102 · 03-08-06, 09:29 AM

I've been wondering about this issue for awhile. The GPS satellites are hardened, but there's a bunch of commsats that are lightly. It's only a matter of time before we get a really wicked solar storm that starts knocking things out (or out of orbit

).

All the more reason we should be deploying blimps for comms.

Oberon · 03-08-06, 10:56 AM

The Auroras would be pretty...and let's face it...there wouldn't be much in the way of light pollution to obscure the view

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Sun's next 11-year cycle could be 50 pct stronger http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...SUN.xml&rpc=22 Looks like time to stock up on tin food and candles not forgetting the matches. :hmm: __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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tycho102 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,100 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I've been wondering about this issue for awhile. The GPS satellites are hardened, but there's a bunch of commsats that are lightly. It's only a matter of time before we get a really wicked solar storm that starts knocking things out (or out of orbit ). All the more reason we should be deploying blimps for comms. __________________ My little Silent Hunter 4 repository

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	The Auroras would be pretty...and let's face it...there wouldn't be much in the way of light pollution to obscure the view