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Monthly Archives: January 2008
Explorer 1 at 50
50 years ago today, at 10:48 pm Eastern Standard Time on January 31, 1958, the U.S.’ first satellite was launched. Some items seem to escape mention in many discussions of the event, so let’s talk a bit about the “forgotten history” of Explorer 1…
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Posted in Biology, Carnivalia, Communicating science, Math
Tagged Biology, Communicating science
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The scientific tourist #5 — our first Explorer
This week’s “sciencey” tourism picture is of a model of Explorer I, at the New Mexico Museum of Space History, in Alamagordo…
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Space, Technology
Tagged cold war, History, Space, space race, Technology
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Heads up!
I’m coming to the conclusion that there must be a law somewhere stating the following (or similar) thought: some form of “the sky is falling” must be in play in the media at all times…
Excellent article on Neatorama
If you’re at all interested in the history of computing and / or computers, you owe it to yourself to go check out an excellent article on Neatorama titled “The Wonderful World of Early Computing”…
Casual Friday — Ares V launches a telescope
NASA seems to be having its share of problems developing the Ares I launch vehicle, but with any luck it’s big brother the Ares V should still be marching forward. Here’s an animation of what an Ares V mission would look like for the launch of an 8 meter telescope…
Posted in Astronomy, Space, Technology
Tagged Astronomy, constellation, launch vehicle, Space, video
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Carnivalia
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Critical thinking, Space
Tagged Astronomy, Biology, Space
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The scientific tourist #4 — what you *can* tell from a hole in the ground
Quite a bit, actually, if you pick the right hole. This week’s “sciencey” tourism picture is from Barringer Crater (a.k.a., Meteor Crater) in Arizona, about 35 miles east of Flagstaff…
Posted in Astronomy, Foundations of science, Geology, History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Space
Tagged Astronomy, Geology, History, impact crater, meteor, science, Space
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The Future of Ideas — it's free, presently!
If you’ve never read Lawrence Lessig’s great book “The Future of Ideas,” you now have a cheap way to do it — as a free download!…
Posted in Communicating science, Critical thinking, Odds and ends, Technology
Tagged book, Communicating science, Technology
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