tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post117565766173642111..comments2023-06-18T10:44:57.096-05:00Comments on Bread Crusts: New SpaceChristopher C. NChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-86181250074488476142007-08-04T16:35:00.000-05:002007-08-04T16:35:00.000-05:00www.spaceweather.com just announced the "annual Ma...www.spaceweather.com just announced the "annual Mars hoax." It's early this year. <BR/><BR/>It first appeared on August 27th, 2003 and has been an annual event since.Richard Yarnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05507647991337952177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-69791411926123765882007-08-04T15:13:00.000-05:002007-08-04T15:13:00.000-05:00No, not half. The moon is about half a degree. S...No, not half. The moon is about half a degree. Sixty minutes in a degree and sixty seconds in a minute.<BR/><BR/>So compare Mars at 15" to the moon's 30x60=1800"<BR/><BR/>By the way: not a good idea to open "e-cards. They've been co-opted by spammers and worse.Richard Yarnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05507647991337952177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-41514225419288705772007-08-03T17:41:00.000-05:002007-08-03T17:41:00.000-05:00So will Mars be half the size of the moon on the 2...So will Mars be half the size of the moon on the 27th?<BR/><BR/>I just watched a very cool video with lots of Hubble pics (I'm guessing they are from Hubble). Be forwarned it takes forever for it to load on dial-up...but, I thought, worth the wait.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://dingo.care2.com/cards/flash/5409/galaxy.swf" REL="nofollow">Dingo care e-cards</A><BR/><BR/>Turn on the volume.debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659187165382944735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-24971747018478830662007-08-02T18:25:00.000-05:002007-08-02T18:25:00.000-05:00No. It will be bright but it will not even approac...No. It will be bright but it will not even approach the moon in apparent size.<BR/><BR/>A few (approximate) facts:<BR/><BR/>Mars' average distance from earth orbit = 46.5 million miles; upcoming close approach = 38 million miles. (Earth's orbit centers on the sun (more or less) while Mars' orbit is centered about 22 million miles from the sun.)<BR/><BR/>Moon's average magnitude = -12.5; Mars' brightness this month = -1.64; Venus at its brightest is about -4.4); the sun is -26. Anything greater than mag +5 you can't see without a telescope.<BR/><BR/>Mars' apparent angular size this month will be 15.88" (arc seconds - each arc degree is divided into 60 minutes and each minute into 60 seconds) compared to the moon's average of 30' or about half a degree (about the same as the sun).Richard Yarnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05507647991337952177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-32407113226912155482007-08-02T04:16:00.000-05:002007-08-02T04:16:00.000-05:00This is interesting. You can bet there will be som...This is interesting. You can bet there will be some once in a lifetime experiments going on when this happens <BR/><BR/><BR/>Two moons on August 27, 2007...<BR/> The planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky<BR/> starting in August.<BR/> It will look as large as the full moon to the naked<BR/> eye and will culminate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes<BR/> within 34.65M miles of earth. Be sure to watch the sky<BR/> on Aug. 27 12:30 am . It will look like the earth has<BR/> 2 moons. The next time Mars may come this close is in<BR/> 2287.John G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01721197680102675024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-29090777891934123872007-07-20T05:05:00.000-05:002007-07-20T05:05:00.000-05:00Sigbritt, 75, has world's fastest broadbandLBT at ...<A HREF="http://www.thelocal.se/7869/" REL="nofollow">Sigbritt, 75, has world's fastest broadband</A><BR/><BR/>LBT at work;-)debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659187165382944735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-44664664989040315562007-07-16T12:53:00.000-05:002007-07-16T12:53:00.000-05:00Amelia Earhardt?Here's a stretch of the imaginatio...Amelia Earhardt?<BR/>Here's a stretch of the imagination...What if there were an undersea volcanic eruption during the time they were to land and refuel? The latest discover has an article about a fisherman which recently came across an island from an undersea eruption and the island only lasted a few days before slipping back below the waves. This was in the approximate area of her refueling location.<BR/>This would fit with the skills of both the pilot and aviators being on course and may also explain the disruptions in their radio transmissions and subsequent transmissions heard around the world. We could check that area for volcanic history which may have been active at that time...<BR/><BR/>P.S. told u it was a stretch:-)John G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01721197680102675024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-60037918374854549842007-07-13T07:39:00.000-05:002007-07-13T07:39:00.000-05:00Scientists seek help sorting galaxiesAstronomers s...<A HREF="http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2007/07/11/4331800-ap.html" REL="nofollow">Scientists seek help sorting galaxies</A><BR/><BR/>Astronomers say computer programs have been unable to reliably classify the star systems. Without volunteers, it would take researchers years to wade through the photographs, which were taken automatically by a massive digital camera mounted onto a telescope at the Apache Point Observatory near Sunspot, New Mexico, Nichol said. With 10,000 to 20,000 people working to classify the galaxies, the process could take as little as a month.debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659187165382944735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-82915204245266651422007-07-07T06:52:00.000-05:002007-07-07T06:52:00.000-05:00Capturing gamma rays and using them for electricit...Capturing gamma rays and using them for electricity is being looked into. The processes are way beyond my comprehension, though. I did a search on "gamma ray capture" and found some articles which indicate that the technology is in it's early stages. So, maybe, one day a bright nuclear physicist will figure out how to gather unlimited energy from space...but my guess would be that the current energy corporations would "buy and bury" the technology.debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659187165382944735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-11826815864913354142007-07-06T10:41:00.000-05:002007-07-06T10:41:00.000-05:00Exactly. If we can make the connection between the...Exactly. If we can make the connection between the "Pioneer Anomoly" and the increase in Gamma rays reaching our solar system/planet we can find a way to get energy from them, possibly more efficently than we do the sun.<BR/>Considering the scientist which was published in the last dicover series can show an unpopular correlation between the sun, gamma rays and cloud cover with global climate change and the most recent article about an increase in childhood skin cancer rates being on the rise it is a very real possibility gamma rays are on the rise too, with galactical events being the culprit.<BR/>All we have to do is take all we know of prehistoric mass extinctions and put them into a "what if" scenario based on what is happening today and possibly seize an opportunity which was not available to life 65 million or 250 million years ago.<BR/>That would help the global community. Right?John G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01721197680102675024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-66785214588890031602007-07-05T05:04:00.000-05:002007-07-05T05:04:00.000-05:00JG, you might be onto something with the "gravity ...JG, you might be onto something with the "gravity warps space" and therefore the space ships are responding to this phenomenon. It might also be measurable...which is the only way we could know.<BR/><BR/>As far as the 65 million year pattern thing, I don't see any possible way we could know. If there are mass extinctions in my lifetime or the next few generations I think it is going to be due to our depletion of oxygen because we use energy and destroy forests, i.e., plant trees and convince your community to start using greener power sources.debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659187165382944735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-15812745784144369452007-07-04T11:38:00.000-05:002007-07-04T11:38:00.000-05:00Considering scientists like to compare gravity to ...Considering scientists like to compare gravity to suns, galaxies and planets as a sheet with a softball or bowling ball on it which sags around the ball from the gravity. it would be easy to imagine the pioneer crafts are slowing because they are almost out of our galaxy and going uphill. Right?<BR/>Also, considering our galaxy is traveling through space at supersonic speeds resulting in a shockwave or protective cacoon around it which sheilds us from gamma rays the pioneer crafts could be caught up in the drag. Compare it too what happens to your car when you pass a semi truck on the interstate.<BR/>Speaking of the cacoon, what if every 65 million years or so our galaxy slows for whatever reason, would the cacoon weaken? and if so would more gamma rays be able to pass through causing mass extinctions? would the extinctions come all at once? or would it be a slower domino type effect?John G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01721197680102675024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-81822589721430322362007-07-04T11:25:00.000-05:002007-07-04T11:25:00.000-05:00Goldmine! Thanx Deb!Goldmine! <BR/>Thanx Deb!John G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01721197680102675024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-86115579939056899532007-07-03T19:45:00.000-05:002007-07-03T19:45:00.000-05:00And all this time I've been thinking of using the ...And all this time I've been thinking of using the vortex in a created wind situation. Somebody is doing it with water, and since it flows downhill it works:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Zotloterer_Gravitational_Vortex_Power_Plant" REL="nofollow">Zotloterer Gravitational Vortex Power Plant</A><BR/><BR/>By the way this is the first time I found PESwiki. I can't believe that It hasn't turned up in searches before since I tend to scour the net for energy solutions. I don't have the time for it now, but I think I might be spending quite a bit of time reading the energy solutions posted there...much of it is fascinating stuff.debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659187165382944735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-74925729348331446802007-07-02T20:44:00.000-05:002007-07-02T20:44:00.000-05:00Exotic cause of 'Pioneer anomaly' in doubt<A HREF="http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn12070-exotic-cause-of-pioneer-anomaly-in-doubt.html" REL="nofollow">Exotic cause of 'Pioneer anomaly' in doubt</A>debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659187165382944735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-74640946509710925442007-07-01T17:21:00.000-05:002007-07-01T17:21:00.000-05:00I don't think there's enough info yet. I'll bet t...I don't think there's enough info yet. I'll bet they find a continuous slowing of the craft due to the mass of the solar system. But they'll have to have the whole voyage(s) decoded to find out.<BR/><BR/>Maybe they've already picked up hitchhikers!Richard Yarnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05507647991337952177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-55006442474107446152007-07-01T12:24:00.000-05:002007-07-01T12:24:00.000-05:00Richard,Any insight on the pioneer crafts?Why are ...Richard,<BR/>Any insight on the pioneer crafts?<BR/>Why are they slowing?John G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01721197680102675024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-50995983267238156832007-07-01T12:23:00.000-05:002007-07-01T12:23:00.000-05:00Yup,Did you happen to notice the way it interacted...Yup,<BR/>Did you happen to notice the way it interacted with the power lines?<BR/>I still think there is something there, maybe not causing the twister but it certainly responds to them especially if the power is on...weird.John G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01721197680102675024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-79153043813935579602007-06-29T02:58:00.000-05:002007-06-29T02:58:00.000-05:00Fascinating stuff...I love Hubble!Hubble Catches J...Fascinating stuff...I love Hubble!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/25/image/a/" REL="nofollow">Hubble Catches Jupiter Changing Its Stripes</A>debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659187165382944735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-50867562811752333892007-06-25T20:31:00.000-05:002007-06-25T20:31:00.000-05:00Wow, JG, awsome power. The video is 5 1/2 minutes...Wow, JG, awsome power. The video is 5 1/2 minutes:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEUXr6FMtWk&NR=1" REL="nofollow">HUGE MANITOBA TORNADO! June 23, 2007 </A>debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659187165382944735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-20081598423283015082007-06-25T08:01:00.000-05:002007-06-25T08:01:00.000-05:00anyone happen to see the tornado video from manito...anyone happen to see the tornado video from manitoba canada? Great footage of a twister hovering over an open feild and power lines. There is one part in particular where the base of the vortex spawns three suction vortices right above and along the lines. That is what it looked like...<BR/>check it out on any of the national news sites.John G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01721197680102675024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-66613668602003018002007-06-19T05:42:00.000-05:002007-06-19T05:42:00.000-05:00Interesting: Jets of matter clocked at near-light ...Interesting: <A HREF="http://space.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn12051&feedId=online-news_rss20" REL="nofollow">Jets of matter clocked at near-light speed</A><BR/><BR/>Thsnks JG...I'll check it out.debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659187165382944735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-30508744648682133242007-06-10T06:20:00.000-05:002007-06-10T06:20:00.000-05:00politically incorrect: Is the sun causing global w...politically incorrect: Is the sun causing global warming<BR/><BR/>by Marion Long<BR/><BR/>It is about Dr.Henrik SvensmarkJohn G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01721197680102675024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-82128229350721942442007-06-09T03:55:00.000-05:002007-06-09T03:55:00.000-05:00JG, I looked for that article on the Discover Maga...JG, I looked for that article on the Discover Magazine website and didn't find it. What is the title/author?debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659187165382944735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20837874.post-47788680761386128302007-06-02T04:48:00.000-05:002007-06-02T04:48:00.000-05:00Interesting article in discover magazine this mont...Interesting article in discover magazine this month about the relation between the sun and global warming. The scientist profiled makes an interesting case and is conducting some unique tests on LBT. If he by chance proves to be correct, which he probably will to some degree, it could make an interesting conversation in reference to old structures such as the pyramids...like maybe they were built to make clouds? He does not have a large following at this point, he does however have the science. check it out...John G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01721197680102675024noreply@blogger.com