Sciences on Moon

[Rick and Roll]

Sometimes in the interests of condensing the meaning is lost. A while ago I tried to introduce the element of medicine in science. Check out the following quote. A little background - Barbaro is a horse that broke down during a race in Baltimore. Since then (April), everyone seems to be interested in the horse's well being. Here's an excerpt from the main doctor's take on how the horse is doing...

"Dean Richardson of the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center also is positive about the colt's recovery. The chief surgeon just doesn't see it as anything more than good medicine.

'It's not a miracle. It's anything but that' he said. 'Some of the Barbaro fans aren't going to like that, perhaps. I'm a scientist. I'm a doctor. I'm not a faith healer or a religious person. I believe in the application of science, and I think nothing that's happened to him is particularly miraculous.'"

For all of the pragmatic, b/w thinkers like myself, that's a perfect quote.

[VAXman(Admin)]

Originally Posted by Rick and Roll

'It's not a miracle. It's anything but that' he said. 'Some of the Barbaro fans aren't going to like that, perhaps. I'm a scientist. I'm a doctor. I'm not a faith healer or a religious person. I believe in the application of science, and I think nothing that's happened to him is particularly miraculous.'"

The scientist who yields anything to theology, however slight, is yielding to ignorance and false pretenses, and as certainly as if he granted that a horse-hair put into a bottle of water will turn into a snake. -- H. L. Mencken

A great quote which tied into Rick's post about religion and science ... and a horse.

[Rick and Roll]

A horse....where's Dekhands when you need him?

Mencken - from Baltimore . From what I gather he sat around making up quotes. What a life.....

[VAXman(Admin)]

Originally Posted by Rick and Roll

A horse....where's Dekhands when you need him?

Horsing around somewhere in Freehold I'd wager!

I have to ask him if he wants to buy my lil' sister's horse farm in Aiken, SC.
It's modestly priced at $1.2M.

Originally Posted by Rick and Roll

Mencken - from Baltimore . From what I gather he sat around making up quotes. What a life.....

It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it!

[QuantumJo]

McNaught Comet

http://www.spaceweather.com/

[QuantumJo]

On January 26, join us for a rare conversation between two people on the
edges of human exploration, as the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
and NASA hold the first call from the deep ocean to the edge of space.

Students, educators, and science lovers can learn more and participate
by visiting
http://www.whoi.edu/sites/SeafloorToStation.

He is two miles under water; she is 200 miles up in the atmosphere. He
works in a small, confined space, looking out onto a vast, unpopulated
expanse--and so does she. He is out of the reach of sunlight, buried in
a blanket of constant darkness, she sees the Sun rise 15 times a
day...if she has any time to look for it. Both are explorers of the last
frontiers.

Marine biologist Tim Shank, diving in the Alvin submersible, will
compare notes on life, science, and exploration with astronaut Sunita
“Suni” Williams as she orbits on the International Space Station.

You can be a part of that conversation: Students, educators, and science
lovers can submit questions for Tim and Suni to answer on the air. Visit
the “Ask a question” page at
http://www.whoi.edu/sites/SeafloorToStation

[QuantumJo]

Hubble: The most amazing space photographs in the universe

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/gal...n_page_id=1055

[QuantumJo]

Where will you be in 2036?

http://www.space.com/news/051103_asteroid_apophis.html

[VAXman(Admin)]

Originally Posted by QuantumJo

Where will you be in 2036?

http://www.space.com/news/051103_asteroid_apophis.html

Wow! Visible in 2029 as it passes. That would be something to observe but I doubt I'll still be kicking when it happens.

[jtmckinley]

Here's a link to a BBC documentary on M-Theory (it's a "Theory Of Everything", but obviously still a work in progress). A friend sent me this link about a month ago and I thought it was pretty interesting so I figured I'd pass it along in this thread, enjoy if you're so inclined...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...q=BBC+M-theory

[jtmckinley]

And just in case the link to the documentary on M-theory in my previous post isn't mind-blowing enough to some of you and you want something more related to your everyday existence to elate/worry you, I offer:

http://www.kurzweilai.net

Plenty of articles on there to make yer head spin , I read one tonight which touched on Guth's idea that we might be able to create universes and hence I figured I'd post this also as sort of a "ok how 'bout this!". I've read RK's "The Singularity Is Near" as well as Drexler's "Engines of Creation" some of whose ideas RK uses (although I read EOC about 15-20 years ago) and I think they are essentially correct about what will eventually happen with our technology provided we don't destroy ourselves first (but as I've said before, I'm an optimist). I'm less sanguine about their time-lines due to our seemingly less prolific ability to create reliable software (although RK does present some interesting historical graphs to demonstrate the doubly exponential rate of our technology development). IIRC Drexler's EOC has already been shown by time to be overly optimistic time-wise in some instances, but it's still an interesting read IMHO, and can be read here for free if one is so inclined:

http://www.e-drexler.com/d/06/00/EOC/EOC_Cover.html

Drexler has also written a recent letter reproduced on Kurzweil's site where he talks about the scientific/political ramifications of EOC that have occurred since its publication. This futuristic stuff is obviously less science and more speculation, but it is based on the science we know now (and more scientific evaluations of the ideas in EOC can be found in Drexler's Nanosystems, but it is a much harder read) and perhaps even less far out than M-theory believe it or not, and I found it interesting, perhaps you will as well. Although I imagine many will find it incredulous .

[lotus]

If you would like to learn, where science on earth begun, have a look to this fantastic documentary

http://throwawayyourtv.com/2006/11/story-of-one.html

learning us in a wonderful way, how numbers originated in the different cultures on earth. But take you time, it is a 1 hour documentary presented by Terry Jones from Monty Python's

[jtmckinley]

I won't comment on this since I know nothing about it, in fact this article is the first I ever heard of it, and this article is from 2001. But the first few pages about "artificial atoms" I found interesting, maybe you will as well...

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.10/atoms.html

[QuantumJo]

Here is a link to an article in this month Scientific American.

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?art...sa006&colID=13

[podakayne]

thanks Qjo,
i luv that mag...i should subscribe thanks for the link.
poda

[VAXman(Admin)]

Here's some science we can all lift a glass and toast to:

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?cha...F67D6&colID=15

[QuantumJo]

RELEASE: 07-212

DAWN SPACECRAFT SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Dawn spacecraft began its
1.7-billion-mile journey through the inner solar system to study a
pair of asteroids Thursday at 7:34 a.m. EDT.

The Delta 2 rocket, fitted with nine strap-on solid-fuel boosters,
safely climbed away from the Florida coastline and Launch Pad 17B at
the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. "We have our time machine up
and flying," said Dawn Principal Investigator Christopher Russell of
the University of California, Los Angeles.

Dawn is scheduled to begin its exploration of Vesta in 2011 and Ceres
in 2015. The two icons of the asteroid belt are located in orbit
between Mars and Jupiter and have been witness to so much of our
solar system's history.

By using the same set of instruments at two separate destinations,
scientists can more accurately formulate comparisons and contrasts.
Dawn's science instrument suite will measure shape, surface
topography and tectonic history, elemental and mineral composition,
as well as seek out water-bearing minerals.

A critical milestone for the spacecraft comes in acquiring its signal.
The launch team expects that to occur in approximately two to three
hours.

For the latest information about Dawn and its mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/dawn

[QuantumJo]

Dangerous Science?

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience...s+Science.html

[jtmckinley]

Originally Posted by QuantumJo

Dangerous Science?

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience...s+Science.html

Huh, I just saw that episode on PBS. I feel sorry for all the geeky kids nowadays, I had a chemistry set as a kid, complete with all kinds of noxious chemicals that could make things go boom and nasty smells and corrosives and such, my geologist neighbor down the street even had a bunch of sodium we used to play with, it was great fun, but then I made it through with my eyes and all my fingers intact, so perhaps I have a biased view...

[QuantumJo]

Space Race Part Two?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=15604095

Who will be mining Helium-3 on the moon?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium-3