Posts tagged NASA

Concerning the JWST, NASA and the Future of Science

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July 9, 2011 10:33 AM
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Yesterday I learned that the US House of Representatives would be voting on another budget cut for NASA. The project most affected would be the James Webb Space Telescope. Feel free to peruse the NASA website about it, or read a decent article here. This caused me great concern, because this telescope will provide discoveries that will make the Hubble Telescope green with envy. As well as re-revolutionize what we know about the universe we inhabit. So I decided to write to Jason Chaffetz, my representative.
The most perfect sphere and gyroscope you ever did see.

Einstein is still right

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May 4, 2011 8:12 PM
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Apparently, there’s no proving that guy wrong.  Even when he wanted himself to be wrong, he wasn’t.  Today, NASA and some guys at Stanford and Washington University, announced the results from the Gravity Probe-B.  What is Gravity Probe-B?  It’s easily the most precise and perfect piece of [...]
 

The Sun As You’ve Never Seen It

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April 27, 2010 6:00 AM
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After My Sci-Fi moved to its new host, the e-mail client had never been set up.  If anyone tried sending anything, sorry for the bounce back.  E-mailing me at jonulf@myscifi.org will now work.  Sorry for any inconvenience. Over three months ago NASAs Solar Dynamic Observatory was launched into [...]
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