http://www.bautforum.com/ Discuss stories posted on Universe Today. en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:16:21 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.bautforum.com/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.bautforum.com/ http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96974-astronaut-glove-challenge-winners-announced.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:50:05 GMT NASA's Astronaut Glove Centennial Challenge contest was held yesterday at the Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, Florida, and two contestants walked away with a total of $350,000 in prize money for their improved designs of space suit gloves. Peter Homer of Southwest Harbor, Maine, won $250,000 for his glove, and Ted Southern of Brooklyn, [...]

More... ]]> Universe Today Story Comments Fraser http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96974-astronaut-glove-challenge-winners-announced.html http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96970-find-answer-weeks-witu-challenge.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:10:09 GMT If you're still wondering what this very strange image is, find out by going to the original WITU challenge post for this week. Have a great weekend, and check back next week for another Where In The Universe Challenge!© nancy for Universe Today, 2009. |Permalink |No comment |Add todel.icio.usPost tags: Feed enhanced by Better [...]

More... ]]> Universe Today Story Comments Fraser http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96970-find-answer-weeks-witu-challenge.html http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96967-video-utah-fireball.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:30:05 GMT Early Nov. 18th, eyewitnesses reported an explosion in the atmosphere above Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Idaho in the western United States. Some said the fireball "turned night into day" and produced shock waves that shook the ground when it exploded just after midnight Mountain Standard Time. Infrasound recordings of the blast suggest a small asteroid [...]

More... ]]> Universe Today Story Comments Fraser http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96967-video-utah-fireball.html http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96961-cassini-ibex-data-changes-view-heliosphere-shape.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:30:03 GMT Though the Cassini mission has focused intently on scientific exploration of Saturn and it's moons, data taken by the spacecraft has significantly changed the way astronomers think about the shape of our Solar System. As the Sun and planets travel through space, the bubble in which they reside has been thought to resemble a comet, [...]

More... ]]> Universe Today Story Comments Fraser http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96961-cassini-ibex-data-changes-view-heliosphere-shape.html http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96957-what-if-earth-had-rings.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:40:03 GMT While we're on the subject of Saturn…. I came across this video, and it poses — and answers — the interesting question, what would Earth look like if it had rings like Saturn? This animation was done by Roy Prol, and it shows not only how the rings would look from space, but also [...]

More... ]]> Universe Today Story Comments Fraser http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96957-what-if-earth-had-rings.html http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96953-more-cassini-eye-candy-infrared-saturn-peek-boo-moons.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:06 GMT The "wow" factor from the Cassini mission never quits. Here's the latest image, released just today of Saturn, viewed in near-infrared. This image was taken with Cassini's wide-angle camera on Oct. 23, 2009 using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of near-infrared light, centered at 890 nanometers. The view was acquired at a [...]

More... ]]> Universe Today Story Comments Fraser http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96953-more-cassini-eye-candy-infrared-saturn-peek-boo-moons.html http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96951-want-martian.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:10:06 GMT If you've ever dreamed of exploring Mars, but are worried about all that pesky radiation exposure and being cramped in a capsule for the two-year flight – or about never coming back – then your dream may be realized with NASA's "Be a Martian" web site. In the spirit of other citizen scientist collaborations such [...]

More... ]]> Universe Today Story Comments Fraser http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96951-want-martian.html http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96950-weekend-skywatchers-forecast-november-20-22-2009-a.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:10:06 GMT Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Yep. The Moon is back, but this weekend can still present some great opportunities for enjoying astronomy. If you're up early or out late? Well, hey… The Leonid meteor shower is still producing activity! Why not take a few minutes to learn about a great variable [...]

More... ]]> Universe Today Story Comments Fraser http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96950-weekend-skywatchers-forecast-november-20-22-2009-a.html http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96931-spirit-rover-makes-progress.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:30:08 GMT A little good news for Spirit! The rover successfully moved; not very much, but its the first step of a planned two-step motion to try and get Spirit free from a sand trap on Mars. On on Sol 2090 (Nov. 19), the rover spun its wheels for the equivalent of 2.5 meters (8.2 [...]

More... ]]> Universe Today Story Comments Fraser http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96931-spirit-rover-makes-progress.html http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96914-large-hadron-collider-could-re-start-weekend.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:50:06 GMT The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) could be re-started on this Saturday morning CERN officials said. Engineers are preparing to send a beam of sub-atomic particles around the 27km-long circular tunnel, which has been shut down since an accident in September 2008. Scientists hope to create conditions similar to those present moments after the [...]

More... ]]> Universe Today Story Comments Fraser http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96914-large-hadron-collider-could-re-start-weekend.html http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96911-plasma-rocket-could-help-pick-up-space-trash.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:40:04 GMT Franklin Chang Diaz's proposed VASIMR rocket engine could create very versatile spacecraft. Not only does the plasma-fueled rocket have the potential to make a trip to Mars in just over a month, it could also help clean up space trash in Earth orbit. “Our goal is to be able to have a garbage [...]

More... ]]> Universe Today Story Comments Fraser http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96911-plasma-rocket-could-help-pick-up-space-trash.html http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96903-black-hole-drive-could-power-future-starships.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:30:05 GMT What would happen if humans could deliberately create a black hole? Well, for starters we might just unlock the ultimate energy source to create the ultimate spacecraft engine — a potential  "black hole-drive" –  to propel ships to the stars.It turns out black holes are not black at all; they give off [...] More... (http://www.universetoday.com/2009/11/19/black-hole-drive-could-power-future-starships/)]]> br clear = "all">What would happen if humans could deliberately create a black hole? Well, for starters we might just unlock the ultimate energy source to create the ultimate spacecraft engine — a potential  "black hole-drive" –  to propel ships to the stars.It turns out black holes are not black at all; they give off [...]

More... ]]> Universe Today Story Comments Fraser http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96903-black-hole-drive-could-power-future-starships.html http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96900-lightcraft-flight-handbook-lti-20-a.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:50:06 GMT The major shortcoming of current chemical powered rockets lies in the ratio of payload to fuel. The dream of rocketeers would have a spacecraft almost all payload. Leik Myrabo and John Lewis have an idea for this and they present it in the book "Lightcraft – Flight Handbook LTI-20 ". Within the [...] More... (http://www.universetoday.com/2009/11/19/lightcraft-%e2%80%93-flight-handbook-lti-20/)]]> br clear = "all">The major shortcoming of current chemical powered rockets lies in the ratio of payload to fuel. The dream of rocketeers would have a spacecraft almost all payload. Leik Myrabo and John Lewis have an idea for this and they present it in the book "Lightcraft – Flight Handbook LTI-20 ". Within the [...]

More... ]]> Universe Today Story Comments Fraser http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96900-lightcraft-flight-handbook-lti-20-a.html http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96893-spectacular-shuttle-belly-flip-atlantis-docks-iss-video.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:10:05 GMT The astronaut crews for the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Atlantis united as one team in space on Wednesday when Atlantis successfully docked with the ISS at 11:51PM EST. Preluded by some of the most spectacular footage ever of the shuttle "belly flip" or the Rendezvous Pitch Manuaever (RPM), docking occurred in orbital darkness [...]

More... ]]> Universe Today Story Comments Fraser http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96893-spectacular-shuttle-belly-flip-atlantis-docks-iss-video.html http://www.bautforum.com/universe-today-story-comments/96855-get-36-million-world-map-free.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:20:20 GMT When the first Landsat Earth-observing satellite launched in 1972, virtually every piece of technology that we think of as essential for viewing, sharing, or analyzing digital images — like the internet or DVD's — either hadn’t been invented or commercialized, like the microprocessors that run desktop computers. “It cost about $4,000 [...]

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