Tag: mars
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#MediaMemes: Mad Men, Models, Mars and more
‘Mad Men’ Ring Opening Bell at NYSE // Bobbi Kristina not engaged to ‘brother’ // Kim Kardashian’s ex Ray J ‘has a ton of Whitney Houston sex tapes and erotic photographs in his possession’ // No cocaine found in Whitney Houston’s hotel room, coroner says // New Israeli law bans underweight models in ads //…
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Moon and Mars Rising Together After Sunset
The Red Planet is easy to find: On March 7th it’s right beside the full Moon. Go outside after sunset and look for the Moon and Mars rising together in the east.
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#BingeAndPurge: Authorisation, Animals, Amusement
France asks EU to suspend GM crop authorisation* Boulder works to ban GM crops on county-owned land* Lower global crop prices to ease food inflation: USDA* Environment researcher admits leaking climate docs, claims they’re genuine* Chipotle Makes Delicious Food, Fights For Animals?* Swiss food giant Nestle predicts tough year, posts stronger than expected 2011 sales*…
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12/1 binge & purge: probe, trap, addict
nestle ‘sure’ child labour occurs in supply chain, allows probe* major organic seed company owned by pro-gmo group* food production must cut fossil-fuel dependence, fao says* ‘energy smart’ agriculture needed to escape fossil fuel trap* family says in-flight meal killed flier* confessions of a former coke addict* assets of bankrupt yarnell’s ice cream co. sold…
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phobos grunt: lost in space?
The plight of Phobos Grunt spacecraft remains an interesting dilemma. ESA (European Space Agency) ground station in Perth, Australia failed in attempts to signal Phobos Grunt, reveals Spaceflight Now article. “Outfitted with a feedhorn antenna designed to attenuate the power of its radio signals…[the]…ground station heard signals from Phobos-Grunt twice last week…Perth’s 49-foot dish antenna…
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actual race to mars could begin saturday
from foxnews: It’s a grueling marathon, only this time the finish line is the Red Planet — and the race takes place at 70,000 miles per hour. NASA’s newest Mars rover is scheduled for launch Saturday; Curiosity should arrive at the Red Planet’s mineral-rich Gale Crater next August, after a 354-million-mile, 8.5-month voyage aboard an…
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phobos grunt space probe stuck in earth orbit
Russian Phobos Grunt space probe stuck in Earth orbit after engines fail to fire. “‘The engine did not fire, neither the first nor the second burn occurred. This means that the craft was unable to find its bearings by the stars,’ [Russian Space Agency Chief Vladimir] Popovkin said at Russia’s Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan,”…
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phobos: appearance artificial underneath worn surface
Russia launched Phobos-Grunt spacecraft on Nov 8, a ten minute video of event is available here. Phobos-Grunt’s mission to obtain soil samples from Martian moon’s surface, returning in 2014 to Earth. A picture taken, at left, shows expected landing site, but worn away areas where light brown turns to green certainly appears artificial! The picture…
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9/15 Defcon: Virgin, Havoc & White Space
Virgin aims for first space launch within a year // US military plane forced to land after North Korean electronic attack in March // Netflix for books? Amazon is considering // Google purchases Big Blue patents to defend Android // Twin Towers on Mars
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Martian Moon Phobos Discovered August 17, 1877
Astronomer Asaph Hall discovered a “dim star” while observing Mars through a 26 inch refractor telescope at the US Naval Observatory, the largest telescope at that time. Hall had already discovered Deimos, the smaller Martian moon on August 11th. You can read more in a Universe Today article, “Finding Phobos: Discovery of a Martian Moon”.
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Earthquake Watch: Planetary Alignment Aug 11
Physical forces exerted on our planet by gravitational waves of other heavenly bodies are very real! Planetary alignments may precipitate quakes. Newsbad.com sees a possible 7.2 earthquake on August 11th because of a Earth-Mercury-Sun-Venus alignment. It will be interesting to see if there’s bad news on that date?
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What Will Phobos Grunt Mission Uncover?
Russian space probe Phobos Grunt set to launch December 25, 2011. The probe would achieve orbit around Mars, December 2012. Mars Express probe captured images in March 2010 during a flyby at a distance of just 60 miles.
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4/28 defcon: guilt trips down the surveillance highway
obama on manning: ‘he broke the law’ – so much for fair trial* video: ‘pentagon papers’ whistleblower daniel ellsberg says bradley manning can’t get fair trial after obama’s comment* some fbi cyber agents lack adequate skills, report finds* tomtom apologies for giving customer driving data to cops* android data tied to users? some say yes*…