This weekend seems to be a big astronomy shindig. The event is called Galilean Nights. This is in honor of Galileo. Sidewalk astronomers around the world will be out letting people look through their scopes to see the Moon, Jupiter or some other bright evening object. The site above has a link to find some […]
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It has been quite a long time since I took any of my telescopes out to gaze at the night sky. I’ve had many excuses, but they were just that, excuses. I think I’m really beginning to miss that hobby of mine. The first thing I need to do is have a talk with my
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They are having more toilet problems on the International Space Station. Seems that the Russian made space toilet is not working. I realize that the water hunger, gravity fed toilets that work on earth would not work very well on the Space Station, but to break down twice in a short period of time is
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Every so often I write something to try to get some of the lurkers, who read my blog, to stop and say hi. This is another of those posts. I am a numbers person, so I am fascinated by the statistics that are generated for this blog. Some topics seem to bring more people. Books,
The private sector has been in the space race for a few years now. The prize for the first commercial, non-governmental vehicle that made it to space was awarded. And now they are getting ready to unveil the start of the next phase, paid passengers. Virgin Galactic will be unveiling the first half of their
I commented on something in another site, that got me thinking about time travel, instantaneous travel, and relativistic travel. Some heavy thinking for this late in the day, but I’m here now. Time travel has been in our collective stories for centuries. The early stories were all using magic or wishes to go back in
Well, I got a small telescope for my birthday in February. I was able to take it out for a short time soon after that, but the weather was too cold to stay out long. The other night, I was able to take it out for a longer period. It wasn’t too bad for the size
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