Space
- NASA's to-do list is a decade long
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And I thought my to-do list was long... For those not suffering from feline-induced insomnia and trolling the InterGoogles for news, 1 NASA has its marching orders thanks to a new report, "Vision and Voyages for Planetary Science in the Decade 2013-20 ...
Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Mar 8 2011 - 8:59am
- Spiral Galaxy NGC 4151- The Eye Of Sauron
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A new composite image from NASA shows the central region of the spiral galaxy NGC 4151...and, well...if you have seen the film versions of "The Lord of the Rings" you know what it looks like. So do astronomers and, so, "Eye of Sauron" ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 10 2011 - 4:09pm
- Tyche- Is The Sun's Dead Binary At The Edge Of The Solar System?
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Last month, an article that had caused something of a buzz in science circles since November was published in the journal Icarus. John Matese and Daniel Whitmire, physicists at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, wrote a paper (1) speculating abou ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 23 2011 - 1:59pm
- Revisiting Sonification
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Last year, the NPR sound engineer said I was the first scientist to really nail what sonification is. In my 365DOA podcast, I am joined by Matt and Hai-Ting of ScopesMonkeyChoir.com in the continuing saga of just why the heck I am launching a musical sate ...
Blog Post - Project Calliope - Mar 15 2011 - 8:53pm
- Advances in Astronomy
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This is a short note to draw your attention to Jim Kaler’s recent page covering ADVANCES IN ASTRONOMY for 2009 – 2010. It’s not very long, but the latest in everything from the Moon to the whole observed Universe is summarized neatly by a master of the sub ...
Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Mar 18 2011 - 2:36pm
- Boring project writeup
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Not all satellite building involves blowing things up, frying circuits, and desperately hacking hardware. Sometimes you get regulatory-related requests such as "provide a brief abstract of your mission (include key milestones or events)". So, f ...
Blog Post - Project Calliope - Mar 29 2011 - 1:33pm
- The Gravity Potato
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Earth's gravity revealed in unprecedented detail This latest news release from ESA, the European Space Agency, gives us the most accurate picture yet of the geoid, which is the surface of an ideal global ocean in the absence of tides and currents, sh ...
Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Mar 31 2011 - 9:32am
- Everything – And Nothing
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“Auntie”, better known as the BBC, has just treated us to a two-parter, Everything and Nothing, by Jim Al-Khalili. He thoroughly knows his history of science, rather than treating it as an add-on, and delivers the significance of what he says without ...
Article - Robert H Olley - Apr 3 2011 - 12:26am
- Satellite Radio Requirements, FCC, IARU
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Upon launch, there will be 32 picosatellites, all desperately trying to beam their messages to Earth. FCC frequency coordination and requirements are the next hurdle to solve for Project Calliope. Calliope is an amateur mission so we play by amateur radio ...
Article - Project Calliope - Apr 5 2011 - 2:00am
- Fundraising For Science
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There's a joke "what if schools got fully funded and the military had to run a bake sale to buy their next aircraft carrier?" I'm here to tell you how to run your own Bake Sale for Science! Except, without the baking part. Curious how t ...
Article - Project Calliope - Apr 12 2011 - 8:04pm
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