Tag: mars
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april 28th morning planetary conjunction
Adrian West invites readers to rise a half hour before sunrise tomorrow, in order, to get a glimpse of Venus, Mercury, Jupiter and Mars in conjunction. West urges in a Universe Today article, “Planets Party in The Morning April 28-May 1”: “Go out and with either a pair of binoculars, a small telescope, or just…
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space x ‘falcon heavy’ to lift off in 2013
Are launch costs too high and weighing down your bottom line? Elon Musk, Space X founder, pitches his Falcon Heavy booster as right for the job to lift your prospects! In a Discovery News article, Musk says, “…we can realistically start to contemplate missions like a Mars sample return, which requires a tremendous amount of…
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3/24 defcon: mobile, micro, mystery, messenger
at&t to purchase t-mobile for US$39b; as strangling of the free internet begins continues* microsoft, feds pull plug on spam network* fbook traffic mysteriously passed through chinese isp* goldman programmer gets 8yrs for code theft* tracking your wi-fi trail at the airport* first tweet & other communication firsts* nasa ‘messenger’ enters orbit around mercury* chavez…
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phobos mystery
Why does Martian Moon Phobos generate intense interest? In 1959, Russian Samuilovich Shklovsky, an astronomer, suggested Phobos may be artificial, since he concluded the moon’s orbit was decaying and could only be due to a very low density, possibly, even hollow. Buzz Aldrin, former astronaut, touted Phobos to President Obama as key to permanent space…
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Canals On Mars?
Cecil Adams wrote “Whatever Happened to the Canals of Mars?”, as a response to the popular myth. Adams believes the lines spotted on the planet were an optical illusion.
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Hundred Years Starship
NASA’s Ames Research Center directer Pete Worden presented plans for space exploration mission to Mars at a recent conference in San Francisco, CA. The mission titled “Hundred Years Starship” will be a one way trip as studies show return trip would be too costly.
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Obama Taps Food-Industry Exec for Top Ag-Research Post
The long-simmering debate about Obama’s ag policy – whether it represents a new paradigm, agribusiness as usual, or some enigmatic combination – has a new data point to consider.
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Defcon 6/9: Wikileaked, Registered & Artificials
State Dept anxious about diplomatic secrets Bradley Manning allegedly downloaded // DHS would be cyber power center under Lieberman/Collins proposal // Wireless signals to be jammed in Canada for G8 summit // Calls increase for govt to regulate net journalists & bloggers // More active sun means nasty solar storms ahead
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Stephen Hawking Warns Over Making Contact With Aliens
Aliens almost certainly exist but humans should avoid making contact, Professor Stephen Hawking has warned. In a series for the Discovery Channel the renowned astrophysicist said it was “perfectly rational” to assume intelligent life exists elsewhere.
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defcon 4/15: transhumanism, twitter, radio waves & fireballs
merging man & machine: we are the internet* youtube goes orwellian: now requires sms from every new registrant* how tweet it is!: library of congress acquires entire twitter archive* russia has no plans to deploy weapons in space* cyberwar doomsayer mcconnell lands $34m in govt cyberwar contracts for booz* cyberwar commander survives senate hearing* mysterious…
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Defcon 4/8: Hack, Talk, Listen & Panic
Uncle Scam wants you (to fight hackers) // Federal infotech pros say US at high risk for cyberattack // Security ‘guru’ Richard Clarke talks cyberwar // NASA listens for signs of life from Mars lander // April Fool’s UFO report sparks panic in Jordan
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defcon 11/19: arms race, web games, cern & biometrics
raytheon to provide cybersecurity across dod networks* obama said to be close again to naming cybersecurity chief*place your bets: is cyber czar announcement really near?*US cyber defenses full of holes* senate panel: 80% of cyber attacks preventable*web security company warns of ‘cyber arms race’* icann attendees: america, surrender the root zone file!*nasa: the moon is…
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defcon 9/24: f the cc, felonies, netflix & spacejunk
fcc to propose ‘net neutrality’ rules*fcc position may spell the end of unlimited internet*should the president have the power to turn off the internet?*presidential internet kill switch may still be alive*feds move to control the internet*cybersecurity: one step forward*cybersecurity vs cyberwarfare*obama cyberczar to regulate the information highway*will the US president have the authority to shut…
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scientists confirm water on the moon
from theregister.co.uk: Analysis of the lunar surface by three different spacecraft has provided “unambiguous evidence” of water on the Moon, Space.com reports. India’s Chandrayaan-1, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, and the agency’s Deep Impact probe have all detected the presence of either water or hydroxyl – one hydrogen atom and one oxygen atom linked by a single…
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cyber/spacewar: antisocial networking & the coming cybercom
denial-of-service attack knocks twitter offline*twitter crashes: hackers to blame?*what’s on the pentagon’s mind? facebook*marines ban twitter, myspace, facebook*skype could be cut off for good over dispute*google ceo resigns from apple board*apple & google: collusion or sleeping with the enemy?*white house cyber adviser melissa hathaway resigns*’cyber czar’ resigns;let’s not replace her*white house struggles to fill cyber…