Archives for February 2006
Observations
Published on 24 Feb 2006 at 11:57 am.
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Filed under True Stories, Astronomy.
Last night we went to the Schommer Astronomical Observatory at Rutgers University. On the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month the observatory is open to the public.
The telescope there is a 20-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector. Unfortunately, according to the guy running the session (a grad student named Libby), someone broke the focusing controls a week […]
Mars Recon Mission Briefing Friday
Published on 22 Feb 2006 at 9:04 am.
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Filed under Astronomy.
From NASA news:
NASA Announces Mars Mission Briefing
NASA will brief news media about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission at 1 p.m. EST, Friday. The event is in NASA’s auditorium, 300 E Street SW, Washington.
The NASA spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at Mars on March 10, 2006. It will provide more information about the planet than all […]
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Go SuitSat Go!
Published on 15 Feb 2006 at 8:47 am.
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Filed under Tech, Astronomy.
On February 4th, a spacesuit stuffed with ham radio equipment was shoved out of the International Space Station. The idea was for it to orbit the Earth, broadcasting on 145.990 MHz FM for a few weeks before burning up in the atmosphere. There are also awards given to classes who receive and decode the […]
Burning Interests Log
Published on 9 Feb 2006 at 8:57 am.
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Filed under Random.
As I’ve written before, my hobbies and interests change often. I decided to start to write them down to see how they change over time. This is just for my own curiousity about myself and probably pretty boring for the rest of you but here it is anyway.
The Burning Interests of the moment are (in […]