Archives for May 2007
A Blue(ish) Moon
Published on 31 May 2007 at 12:02 pm.
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Filed under astronomy, moon, sky lore, skywatching.
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Some people will regard tonight’s Full Moon as a Blue Moon. Others will think of the Full Moon of June 30 as the next Blue Moon. And, some won’t regard either as a Blue Moon. So, just what is going on? And, for that matter, just what is a blue moon?Â
According to popular sky lore here […]
Space Tourism Safety
Published on 30 May 2007 at 11:48 pm.
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Filed under conference blogging, space businesses.
Outer space is a dangerous place. Humans are not designed to live in space. When in space, you are subjected to radiation exposure far greater than you get on Earth, the lack of gravity causes bloating and loss of bone mass, and many people become disoriented. There is no air in space, so you need […]
Going straight to Mars?
Published on 29 May 2007 at 3:34 pm.
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Filed under Mars, conference blogging, space exploration.
Dr. Robert Zubrin was at the conference this weekend. For those of you who don’t know him, he is an aerospace engineer who has been a driving force behind a movement promoting a direct Mars mission. By a direct Mars mission, I mean that he proposes that we set a goal to go to Mars […]
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Blogging about space blogging
Published on 26 May 2007 at 11:48 pm.
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Filed under blogging, conference blogging.
We had and interesting Space Bloggers Summit earlier today at the conference. I got to meet Flying Singer there. Jeff Foust was also there, though I didn’t get to speak much with him.
So, why was there a session on space blogging? That’s a good question. The blogosphere has become something pretty well […]
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A virtual presentation
Published on 26 May 2007 at 10:52 am.
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Filed under conference blogging.
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Well, we had a session this morning like none other that I’ve ever seen at a conference. The speaker, instead of standing in front of the audience, sat a computer, and gave a presentation via Second Life. Dr. Simon “Pete†Worden gave a presentation via his Second Life avatar Simon Pete Raymaker. The talk was […]
Suborbital Space Tourism
Published on 25 May 2007 at 11:50 pm.
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Filed under conference blogging, space businesses.
One of the presentations this morning was from Alex Tai of Virgin Galactic. For those that don’t know, Virgin Galactic is part of Richard Branson’s Virgin group of companies, and it’s goal is to provide private suborbital trips into space for anyone who can pay. The two hour trip, which includes five minutes of weightlessness, will cost […]
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2007 International Space Development Conference
Published on 24 May 2007 at 1:56 pm.
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Filed under conference blogging.
Tomorrow and the next few days, I’ll be at the 2007 International Space Development Conference. As I did with the American Astronomical Society Meeting in January, I’ll try to post some things that I see and hear while there, so stay tuned. Normally, I got to astronomical conferences, which are more closely related […]
