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will they put a 'no trespassing' sign on the moon and the stars
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Hubble reveals unavoidable collision between our galaxy and Andromeda
The Hubble team over at NASA has confirmed what it's suspected for a while: that our galaxy is destined for a direct collision / love fest with Andromeda, culminating in the birth of "Milkomeda." But don't go lobbying Virgin Galactic for ring-side tickets just yet because the fireworks won't go off for another four billion years -- and last another two billion after that.... |
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NASA's MODIS / Rapid Response Earth monitoring satellite (wild fires and other natural disasters e.g.) continues to operate optimally. Here a mosaic of the Arctic region [a hobby of mine to watch closer]. Click and drill in, to resolutions of down to 250 meters:
http://lance-modis.eosdis.nasa.gov/imagery/su...=Arctic.2012169.terra.4km This later summer you might even be able to make out ships and their plumes of exhaust transiting from Europe to the Far East via the North Siberian passage. --//-- |
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Historic Chinese space mission docks successfully.
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7 Minutes of terror, for the controllers of Curiosity: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=146903741
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Curiosity has landed: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19144464 Some amazing feats how they resolved landing a mid size sedan softly and on autopilot.
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Curiosity, the latest Mars buggy has already send more data back than all previous rolling stock missions combined: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19396270
Wondered what data speeds they're achieving... first this Q&A: Q: I wonder if the Mars Curiosity mission will transmit real-time data to the Internet so the public can have access to it. It would really spark a lot of interest. [Click to view content] Answer: As with other Mars missions, you can access data from Curiosity. Visit http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl. Additionally, a new way of following the day-to-day discoveries on Mars is available through an online virtual experience called Curiosity's Journey. Learn more about the way communications are handled between Earth and Mars at MSL: Communication With Earth. For a more detailed look at how this will work during Curiosity's surface operations, see the Mars Science Laboratory Landing Press Kit available for download at the MSL Newsroom. and then this Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiosity_rover suggesting 2Mb data rates... Hey WCG, that's over give or take 2AU distance... not getting 32Kb very often from Italy ;O) |
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But can you ski on it?
---------------------------------------- Dry Ice snow on Mars.http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/news/mro20120911.html |
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