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I am troubled by the publishing of a composite photograph of the lunar eclipse. It seems important to me to "preserve the phenomena" - so that when beginners look for what to expect, they are not disappointed by what they see with their eyes. I don't think many people trek outside "t...

More like Tadpoles than mice The name Tadpole Galaxy is used for ARP 188, so NGC 4676 needed a different tail inspired name... :) ARP 188: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020506.html could be named "Cookie Monster" or "Anglerfish" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglerfish Alter...

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020506.html More like Tadpoles than mice, actually: http://web.uvic.ca/ail/examples/tadpole_duo.jpg . King Lear Act 3, Scene 4 . EDGAR: Poor Tom; that eats the swimming frog, the toad, . the *TADPOLE* , the wall-newt and the water; that in . the fury of his heart, ...

The research done concerning the theory that Concise and Systematic Crater Chains are positive evidence of alien interaction in our solar system in the past couple centuries was closed a few years ago. The losers of said War in the Heavens having been cast out of heaven and thrown down to the earth...

While, as Art said, "Hyperion's (250km?) chunk may have formed "Xanadu" on nearby Titan: " , and, "Epimetheus's chunk is probably Janus; " may sound possible, it is highly unlikely. Trajectories and orbits would not have permitted it. 8) FieryIce says it is a "str...

Google, X Prize Foundation Attract 10 Teams For Moon Race The contest offers $30 million in prizes to put on the moon a machine that will send video and other images and data back to Earth. By K.C. Jones : InformationWeek February 22, 2008 01:17 PM <<Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and the X Prize Foundation h...

Thomas Bulfinch : Hero Myths of the British Race : Robin Hood <<One of the best-known stories of [Robin Hood] is that given by Sir Walter Scott in “Ivanhoe,” concerning the archery contest during the rule of misrule of Prince John, in the absence of Richard from the kingdom. Robin Hood, under the a...

How about some matter/particles that the alien would think tasted good. Not our earthly mixtures that already taste like poo. Maybe they only digest liquid goo material, or maybe energy pellets because they ascended to a new form of life, or maybe they can't consume matter in a state other than pla...

I did date myself didn't I... but I happen to know that I am five years younger than neufer. 8) At least when "I" date myself I do it with astrological precision. :wink: (From someone who remembers as a kid listening to Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy on the radio.) http://upload.wiki...

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080222.html This is such a dramatic image of the trio. Is that a Titanic Saturnian Moon just below the ringplane? What appears to be a "ringplane" is some sort of optical effect which also visible around Regulus and other stars. (Only Uranus can point it...

If an alien life form from a distant solar system were to approach you what would you say to him/her/it? (just for fun we can presume communication is readily possible) 1. What the hell are you doing here? 2. Welcome to earth, can I get you a cup of coffee?... beer?... some peanuts perhaps? 3. Wher...

bystander, "I don't know" is a good answer... it way out weighs anything in my "know" category. Your point is well received. "One might be capable of making an intelligent guess" is a better answer, IMO. ------------------------------------ The Drake Equation for how m...

I believe there is only one belt star, Alnitak (eastern most), to the left of the Horsehead and above the Flame Nebula. I think the next belt star to the west, Alnilam, would be off the page to the upper left corner. Here are the belt stars: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061229.html http://ant...

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010426.html http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990519.html http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010224.html http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031007.html http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030129.html http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000827.html http://apod.nasa.g...

Snowstorm in the Washington D.C. area cleared up nicely to view the eclipse.

I do appreciate the warm red glow of a lunar eclipse much more on a crisp winter night than I would on a muggy summer evening.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080220.html Can't wait for this night's eclipse... especially if we get a nice glimpse of that rocket heading towards space. Hope people have their shutters ready. =) <<Although the military operation could be launched late Wednesday, rough seas in the Pacific Ocean west...

Satellite Shootdown As Early As Wed. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2008 Actually two are playing an RPG and one is dancing with an MP3. It's fun to live on the ISS... How's your zeroG EHC??? It all depends on what ISS is. http://www.department56mall.com/images/Department-56-Frankensteins-Laboratory-56-59345...

emc wrote:Actually two are playing an RPG and one is dancing with an MP3. It's fun to live on the ISS... How's your zeroG EHC???

It all depends on what ISS is.

Thanks Neufer for the information on the journals but they do seem like rather a long read, so as time is of the essence I will unfortunately have to put that one on hold for the present. I have come up with a NASA site instead. GROWING PLANTS IN ZERO - G There is good information on experiments ca...

The internal volume of 75 cubic meters listed is less than the overall calculated volume of approx 97 cubic meters according to the overall dimensions so either the overall length does include some external structure or it simply accounts for all the protective layers or both. http://www.esa.int/im...

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080219.html Don't tell my boss, but I'm finding it hard to concentrate today because I keep wanting to go back to this APOD and admire the view. It is not only breathtaking asthetically, it also sets my imagination running as to what might be discovered in the ISS Columb...

I would love to travel into space after it is figured out how to be done without external combustion. We have enough of that already :wink: Besides controlled explosion seems so crude compared to the movies where the machines merely flick on the "after lights" :shock: 8) :D http://antwrp....

marion ballantyne wrote:Wonderful APOD, looking forward to news from the BIO LAB, especially work on micro organisms, and how will gravity effect the growth of plants?

Have you read any "BIO LAB" type work done in centrifuges?

http://cgbr.arc.nasa.gov/all_pubs.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus#Fourth_voyage <<On his fourth voyage Columbus and his men were stranded on Jamaica for a year. A Spaniard, Diego Mendez, and some natives paddled a canoe to get help from Hispaniola. That island's governor, Nicolás de Ovando, detested Columbus and ob...

It would be absurd and egotistic to think Earth is the only inhabited planet. I would put that right up there with quoting literature for posts. Cyber space is a pretty big place. It's bigger than anything anyone has ever dreamed of before. So if it's just prose... seems like an awful waste of space.