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1969 Moon Landing
Hi Tim,
Here is AN AUDIO of that 1969 moon landing. I hate to admit that I did view that landing on TV. What is worse is that my oldest son remembers it too.
I have no trouble getting this audio, so maybe most people can get it over the rabbit ears and listen to it. A little bit of video there also.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Cyphers1011
Thanks,
fjgiie
Here is AN AUDIO of that 1969 moon landing. I hate to admit that I did view that landing on TV. What is worse is that my oldest son remembers it too.
I have no trouble getting this audio, so maybe most people can get it over the rabbit ears and listen to it. A little bit of video there also.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Cyphers1011
Thanks,
fjgiie
Clock of the Long Now
This is not directly "Space" related, although it does use the sun to insure accuracy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock_of_t ... Now#Design
Besides, what else do we have to do with our time?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock_of_t ... Now#Design
Besides, what else do we have to do with our time?
99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
Pluto and the new planets
Okay, I can understand that if IAU wants to keep Pluto as a planet that a new or amended definition will have to be made. What I don't understand is that if the proposed definition stands - orbits a star and is not a star, and is massive enough to have a spherical shape - why should the asteroid Ceres be included. Yes it orbits our Sun but it is not a spherical shape. Also why would Pluto's moon Charon be considered a planet and not our own Moon.
I like the idea that our solar system is not just the eight/nine planets that we've grown up with, and I don't mind the new "pluton" category that may be added, but I don't agree with some of the "planets" being proposed.
Does anyone else have any say about this?
I like the idea that our solar system is not just the eight/nine planets that we've grown up with, and I don't mind the new "pluton" category that may be added, but I don't agree with some of the "planets" being proposed.
Does anyone else have any say about this?
I believe the term that is being used in the definition is something like "near spherical." Additionally, Charon isn't actually considered a moon of Pluto, but rather the two are now considered a double planet.
Honestly, I really don't like the idea of a possible few dozen planets eventually being added to the list (which could very easily happen with this new definition). Guess I'm just lazy and don't want to have to learn that many new names As with anything though, we'll get used to it, and eventually grow to like our new friends, the "plutons."
Honestly, I really don't like the idea of a possible few dozen planets eventually being added to the list (which could very easily happen with this new definition). Guess I'm just lazy and don't want to have to learn that many new names As with anything though, we'll get used to it, and eventually grow to like our new friends, the "plutons."
The integral sec y dy
From zero to one-sixth of pi
Is the log to base e
Of the square root of three.
Um...times the square root of the fourth power of i.
From zero to one-sixth of pi
Is the log to base e
Of the square root of three.
Um...times the square root of the fourth power of i.
NASA Announces Dark Matter Discovery
Astronomers who used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 21, to announce how dark and normal matter have been forced apart in an extraordinarily energetic collision.
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/au ... atter.html
A video file about the discovery will air on NASA TV at noon, Aug. 21. Audio of the event will be streamed live on the Web at:
http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio
For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/au ... atter.html
A video file about the discovery will air on NASA TV at noon, Aug. 21. Audio of the event will be streamed live on the Web at:
http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio
For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
Re: NASA Announces Dark Matter Discovery
Y'know...icebike wrote:Astronomers who used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 21, to announce how dark and normal matter have been forced apart in an extraordinarily energetic collision.
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/au ... atter.html
A video file about the discovery will air on NASA TV at noon, Aug. 21. Audio of the event will be streamed live on the Web at:
http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio
For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
I never in a million years thought they'd FIND dark matter. I was of the opinion that the TeVeS gravity theory (Tenser-vector-scalar) was going to be proven correct. It's a numbers game anyway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor-vec ... ar_gravity
It'll be interesting to see where this new observation sends us.
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Hey, on the upside of the addition of planets, we may soon have a planet Xena! WOOT, awesome (ya know, except the awesome part).
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What the public needs to understand is that strapping yourself to a rocket and launching yourself out of the atmosphere is never routine, and should never be taken lightly. These astronauts are risking their lives to advance scientific knowledge of space, and they should get the proper amount of respect and appreciation for participating in that dangerous and noble task.I;m afraid that as soon as it appears to be a routine job once again the public will be more interested in brittnay spears once again.
You rang?
Poor Pluto, kicked out of the plantary club...
http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics ... ystem.html
http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics ... ystem.html
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Here, too, is an article on it: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14489259/
So Pluto is now a "Dwarf Planet". What's next, Elf Planets, Orc Planets and Hobbit Planets?
So Pluto is now a "Dwarf Planet". What's next, Elf Planets, Orc Planets and Hobbit Planets?