New Discoveries - Extraplanetary, deep space, etc.

Josh Cryer · 2003-01-16 16:43:11

Look at the size of that thing!

Palomar · 2003-01-17 11:04:28

http://dsc.discovery.com/tuneins/planetstorm.html

*My husband and I watched this program last evening. It was wonderful! Learned (in some cases a reminder) that the top wind speed for clouds has been clocked on Saturn -- over 1000 mph; the borders of Jupiter's Great Red Spot are surrounded by a thin band of "clear sky"; the Prometheus volcano on Io is continually active and it may be that Io will grow an atmosphere, thanks to its volcanic activity; a scientist in a lab has recreated conditions allowing for the formation and continuation of a "Great Red Spot"...and has used his findings to assess how the GRS formed and is maintained; solar flares and eruptions are discussed, etc. Apparently the Apollo 17 astronauts were in acute danger of getting caught in a solar storm while on the moon; just 4 months prior there'd been excessive solar flares and activity, and at one point Houston commanded them to protect some equipment -- but they could not be protected, and if the anticipated solar flare had occurred (it only takes 10 minutes for the energy to travel from the sun to Earth), the astronauts would have died on the moon. Of course, that didn't happen; but we're reminded of the dangers.

View this program, if you're able. Lots of really interesting stuff.

--Cindy

Adrian · 2003-01-17 17:32:46

Wow, that rover is pretty #### big! I'd always imagined it being on the same scale as the Pathfinder, but clearly the Athena is in a completely different class. Hopefully they'll be able to do some serious exploration.

Palomar · 2003-01-21 09:13:30

*Sprites & Elves & Lightning Bolts: Oh my!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=....Shuttle

Palomar · 2003-01-21 09:27:18

*Sad news about Australian observatory:

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993281

--Cindy

Palomar · 2003-01-21 09:42:40

*Touching; Holocaust victim's art of moonscape:

http://www.yad-vashem.org.il/about_y....on.html

--Cindy

nirgal · 2003-01-21 16:33:24

The new rovers are pretty big, I agree...

Palomar · 2003-01-22 14:15:04

*Calling all teachers!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm....space_4

--Cindy

P.S.: I remember all the teachers I would've liked to have sent into orbit when I was a kid... :angry: :laugh:

Josh Cryer · 2003-01-22 15:46:37

Thanks for that photo nirgal, very good comparasion. The bigger rover is a lot more complicated, it looks. Lots of wires and pipes and stuff sticking about. I hope those are contained, and I hope the overall redundancy is a lot higher. Wouldn't want a rock catching on one of those things and causing some major damage.

And I love how those scientists are just chillin'.

Echus_Chasma · 2003-01-22 17:29:12

The new rovers are pretty big, I agree...

Whoa! Its a beast!

Josh Cryer · 2003-01-23 00:06:47

One thing I love about these new rovers is the, well, utter clarity of the images that we're going to be getting. It's been a long damn time since we've had really high res images from the surface of Mars (Viking being the last mission with really high res cameras). It'll be a nice change of pace.

Go here: http://athena.cornell.edu/the_mission/ins_pancam.html

and click on the sample panorama link. It really does show off how utterly clear the images are. It will blow your mind.

Palomar · 2003-01-28 19:58:14

*You won't need binoculars or a telescope to keep tabs on this star which may be going nova soon:

http://skyandtelescope.com/observi....3_1.asp

--Cindy

Shaun Barrett · 2003-01-29 06:48:42

Wow!!
Pretty amazing stuff.

Makes you grateful for our well-mannered star!

Palomar · 2003-02-07 11:42:43

*Doesn't -quite- fit with this folder's subject material, but I don't want to create a new topic for it. This is really cool; I found it accidentally, while searching for something else. Check out the Sun Clock feature; it shows the day and night regions of the Earth. I enjoy referring to it throughout the day, just to see who's getting sunrise, noon and sunset currently.

http://www.worldtimezone.com/

--Cindy :laugh:

Josh Cryer · 2003-02-07 12:16:24

Woo, and it doesn't need Java. :laugh:

Good site. Thanks for the link.

Shaun Barrett · 2003-02-07 18:11:19

Thanks Cindy!
I've never seen this type of thing on the net before, but you can buy something almost identical which hangs on the wall. At least, you can buy them here in Australia - though I don't know where they're manufactured.
One of these days, I might get one.
They're not just informative, but quite decorative too.

Palomar · 2003-02-10 12:31:57

*Chinese space program plans...and interesting tidbit about a 16th century Chinaman named Wan Hu:

http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet....18

--Cindy

Palomar · 2003-02-10 12:35:30

Thanks Cindy!
I've never seen this type of thing on the net before, but you can buy something almost identical which hangs on the wall. At least, you can buy them here in Australia - though I don't know where they're manufactured.
One of these days, I might get one.
They're not just informative, but quite decorative too.

*I'd never seen a sun clock before, so it caught my interest of course. Strange thing is, I came across the web site while searching for information on 18th century Prague...hmmm, how'd that happen?! I love happy accidents like that. Would definitely like to have one in my home!

--Cindy

Josh Cryer · 2003-02-10 12:57:05

Heh, I like this part:

The Chinese media recalled how a much earlier disaster had failed to prevent China from developing a space program. In the 16th century, Confucian scholar Wan Hu strapped himself into a wooden chair with 47 rockets attached. When he ignited the rockets, he perished in a massive explosion. Today, he is honoured with monuments in China, and is regarded as the pioneer of the Chinese space program.

Palomar · 2003-02-10 16:38:12

Heh, I like this part:
The Chinese media recalled how a much earlier disaster had failed to prevent China from developing a space program. In the 16th century, Confucian scholar Wan Hu strapped himself into a wooden chair with 47 rockets attached. When he ignited the rockets, he perished in a massive explosion. Today, he is honoured with monuments in China, and is regarded as the pioneer of the Chinese space program.

*Um, yeah. I wonder if he had something along the line of a parachute attached to him? I presume he would have planned for coming down...

Talk about going out with a bang.

Fa on hot air balloons, I guess.

--Cindy

Palomar · 2003-02-11 07:36:26

*Unusual Gullies & Channels on Mars:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030205.html

More of same:

http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/june2000/index.html

--Cindy

Josh Cryer · 2003-02-11 12:03:40

Heheh, aliens made them.

Oh, I wanted to point out, that I just surpassed your postcount! Mwuah!

Palomar · 2003-02-11 12:33:42

Heheh, aliens made them.
Oh, I wanted to point out, that I just surpassed your postcount! Mwuah!

*No, no Josh...not aliens. NASA is covering up again; you know, that humans are already there, and the water is run-off from plumbing in underground facilities!

Yep...you're in the lead.

--Cindy

Palomar · 2003-02-12 14:36:06

*Very interesting...!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm....verse_3

--Cindy

soph · 2003-02-12 15:36:52

Space.com on water gullies

Spacedaily.com on DNA crystals for processing

Good stuff.

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