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03/27/2013 09:51:54 PM · #51
Collision Course? A Comet Heads for Mars
03/27/2013 09:58:38 PM · #52
Originally posted by GeneralE:

Collision Course? A Comet Heads for Mars


yeah, I saw it too -- but it's only a 1 in 2000 chance. It sounded so much more interesting than that. :)
03/27/2013 10:01:56 PM · #53
Martian auroras sounded pretty interesting ... don't forget to vote in the photo of the year contest (see previous link) -- it's down to the final four ...
04/19/2013 07:47:33 PM · #54
(Possible) Comet ISON Meteor Shower ...
05/10/2013 07:32:14 PM · #55
Triple Planetary Conjuction coming up in a couple of weeks.
05/22/2013 01:35:28 PM · #56
Come Fly With the Newest Landsat

//earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/LDCMLongSwath/?src=eoa-features

Satellites don't take videos; they capture still images. But in a new mosaic, 56 stills have been stitched together to present a seamless video flyover of what LDCM saw one day in April 2013.
05/22/2013 01:49:07 PM · #57
NASA just gave a grant to an inventor that has invented a food replicator. (a 3d printer that can print food)
05/22/2013 02:03:28 PM · #58
Originally posted by cowboy221977:

NASA just gave a grant to an inventor that has invented a food replicator. (a 3d printer that can print food)

For some reason I've always had trouble making a decent pie crust -- maybe this is the answer!

I'm guessing (if it's real) it has to do with a potential Mars mission, with a goal of assembling shelf-stable ingredients into something resembling a food item more appetizing than paste ... and anyway, it seems like a tastier use for a printer than making a handgun ... ;-)

What's more impressive (to me) is the progress being made in getting those printers to use cells to print transplantable organs.

Message edited by author 2013-05-30 19:32:06.
05/30/2013 07:31:21 PM · #59
Asteroid flyby May 31 - June 7 ... supposed to be visible (with telescope) in Northern Hemisphere.
05/30/2013 08:28:59 PM · #60
Originally posted by cowboy221977:

NASA just gave a grant to an inventor that has invented a food replicator. (a 3d printer that can print food)


Can it print a hot fudge sundae? Just wondering...
05/30/2013 09:45:38 PM · #61
Originally posted by ambaker:

Originally posted by cowboy221977:

NASA just gave a grant to an inventor that has invented a food replicator. (a 3d printer that can print food)


Can it print a hot fudge sundae? Just wondering...

Or a glass of cold beer ...

I think I heard that pizza (an almost 2-D food anyway) might be the first target ...
06/11/2013 11:26:32 PM · #62
30-Year time-lapse of El Paso/Ciudad Juarez region
06/12/2013 12:46:01 PM · #63
"Snowboards" on Mars ...
06/18/2013 02:46:18 PM · #64
Strange Flames on the ISS
06/19/2013 01:54:05 PM · #65
In about 2-1/2 hours, everybody get ready to smile and Wave at Saturn!
06/19/2013 02:43:07 PM · #66
Originally posted by GeneralE:

In about 2-1/2 hours, everybody get ready to smile and Wave at Saturn!


The ultimate self portrait.
07/01/2013 07:51:18 PM · #67
Opportunity's Improbable Anniversary
07/01/2013 07:57:12 PM · #68
Originally posted by GeneralE:

In about 2-1/2 hours one month, everybody get ready to smile and Wave at Saturn!

Oops, mis-read the date -- according to the Wave at Saturn site the event is July 19 ...
07/01/2013 08:08:21 PM · #69
Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by GeneralE:

In about 2-1/2 hours one month, everybody get ready to smile and Wave at Saturn!

Oops, mis-read the date -- according to the Wave at Saturn site the event is July 19 ...


coool! I thought I missed it!
07/03/2013 12:07:12 AM · #70
150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg
07/15/2013 04:22:30 PM · #71
The Zero-Gravity Coffee Cup
07/17/2013 07:36:53 PM · #72
Wave at Saturn is coming up on Friday!
07/17/2013 08:14:12 PM · #73
Originally posted by GeneralE:

Wave at Saturn is coming up on Friday!


Oooh!! Thanks for the reminder! I have to go look up the time. I think I put it on my calendar...

Ok -- 5:40PM eastern time.

It should be a speed challenge!! 24 hour speed challenge, and your camera time must fall in the 15 minute window where Cassini will be photographing you!

Message edited by author 2013-07-17 20:20:21.
07/17/2013 09:25:44 PM · #74
Thanks for keeping this thread current, Gen. Do you think ordinary binoculars will be enough to see Saturn?
07/17/2013 10:11:32 PM · #75
Originally posted by bvy:

Thanks for keeping this thread current, Gen. Do you think ordinary binoculars will be enough to see Saturn?

If you can hold them steady enough, binoculars may resolve Saturn to a small (flattened) disk, but I don't think you can see the ring structure without a small telescope. At the time of the photo-op, Saturn will still be lost in daylight (near the eastern horizon) from North America, and so not visible at all for several more hours.
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