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My dinner with a meteorite
Last night I found myself sitting at a restaurant with astronomers for the occasion of viewing a meteorite. Customarily, a few observatory folk have dinner with the speaker and then we go to the ob… more »
Lamentations on Chemistry
My dinner with a meteorite
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gaussling wrote 2 weeks ago: Last night I found myself sitting at a restaurant with astronomers for the occasion of viewing a m … more »
Thursday's Sturm und Drang
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gaussling wrote 1 month ago: Actor Sharon Stone has managed to piss-off China. I gotta hand it to her, I’ve never been abl … more »
Chemistry on Mars
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gaussling wrote 1 month ago: As I live and breath. The space community has gotten serious again about chemical analysis of Marti … more »
Vatican Astronomer Approves Belief in Aliens
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gaussling wrote 1 month ago: Vatican Astronomer, Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, stated in an interview that, essentially, belief in al … more »
Aviation Deathmatch- Boeing vs Airbus vs PR of China
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gaussling wrote 1 month ago: China has announced that it will enter into the passenger jet manufacturing business. China Commer … more »
A Fly in the Ointment. A Chemist Among the Astronomers.
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gaussling wrote 2 months ago: 28 April, 2008. University of Colorado at Boulder. Dr. Carolyn Porco of the Space Science Institu … more »
Porco talk on Cassini
gaussling wrote 2 months ago: I’m off to Boulder-town tonight to hear Carolyn Porco lecture on the Saturn Cassini mission i … more »
Rocket Racing League
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gaussling wrote 2 months ago: It has finally happened. The Aerospace crowd has formed a NASCAR-like racing league to promote an am … more »
By Jove, the Receiver is Nearly Done!
gaussling wrote 2 months ago: After a long latent period, I found inspiration and managed to nearly complete the assembly of the … more »
Solar Warming
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gaussling wrote 3 months ago: Here is an interesting analysis of solar min/max data. I can’t vouch for the kind of analysis … more »
Sukhoi Be 103
gaussling wrote 3 months ago: Check out the new amphibian from Sukhoi- the Be 103. This twin engine airplane has a useful load o … more »
Dark Sky
gaussling wrote 3 months ago: One year ago a couple of us from the observatory gave a presentation before our town board in sup … more »
Lunar Eclipse 2008
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gaussling wrote 4 months ago: The eclipsed moon finally made itself visible only minutes from totality this evening. Through the g … more »
USA 193
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gaussling wrote 4 months ago: There has been considerable buzz lately that the launch and deployment of USA 193 has somehow gone … more »
Beatles in Space
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gaussling wrote 5 months ago: NASA has announced that it will broadcast a 4 minute digital data stream toward the direction of Po … more »
A View of Mars
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gaussling wrote 6 months ago: 2040 MST. Just back from a short evening volunteering under the telescope at the observatory. It h … more »
Image of Comet Holmes
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gaussling wrote 7 months ago: Here is a recent image of Comet Holmes as captured by friend and astrophotographer Tom Muzydla (Copy … more »
JAXA
gaussling wrote 7 months ago: JAXA, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, is progressing very well in their exploration of th … more »
Hissy Whistlers
gaussling wrote 7 months ago: This Minnesota Planetarium Video on planetary radio frequency (RF) emissions is well done. Of cou … more »
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