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Post by auntym on Jul 18, 2014 13:46:37 GMT -6
www.digitaljournal.com/technology/humans-will-find-soon-that-we-re-not-alone-in-the-universe/article/390433 Humans will find soon that 'we're not alone in the universe' By Ryan Hite Jul 16, 2014 in Technology NASA said in a recent press conference that they are closer than ever to finding alien life on other planets that that it may happen in the next 20 years. NASA predicted that 100 million worlds in our own Milky Way galaxy may host alien life and scientists estimate that humans will be able to find life on those planets within two decades. Speaking at NASA’s headquarters on Monday, the space agency outlined a plan to search for alien life using telescopes and announced the launch of the Transiting Exoplanet Surveying Satellite in 2017. The NASA administrators and scientists estimate that humans will be able to find alien life within the next couple decades. “Just imagine the moment, when we find potential signatures of life. Imagine the moment when the world wakes up and the human race realizes that its long loneliness in time and space may be over — the possibility we’re no longer alone in the universe,” said Matt Mountain, the director and Webb telescope scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, which plans to launch the James Webb Space Telescope in 2018 to further the search for alien life. “What we didn’t know five years ago is that perhaps 10 to 20 per cent of stars around us have Earth-size planets in the habitable zone,” he said. “It’s within our grasp to pull off a discovery that will change the world forever.” Describing their estimates as “conservative,” the planet hunters calculate that 100 million worlds within the galaxy are able to sustain complex life forms. The estimate accounts for the 17 billion Earth-sized worlds scientists believe to be orbiting the 100 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy. CONTINUE READING: www.digitaljournal.com/technology/humans-will-find-soon-that-we-re-not-alone-in-the-universe/article/390433#ixzz37qr0OKtP
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Jul 19, 2014 9:55:48 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2014 9:55:48 GMT -6
All that's needed..is proof. Makes everything ok then. No more speculation...abduction stories...channeling...remote viewing...encounter stories...NASA will be the ones to discover and find the proof. We will still be the wacko's who believe in little green men. Jo...peers into the future and see's yet another discovery by the government 'you heard it here first folks..there IS life on other planets and they might have visited planet earth. Scientists working with NASA have begun the first stages of communication with our new space friends'. shaking my head.
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Jul 19, 2014 13:45:38 GMT -6
Post by lois on Jul 19, 2014 13:45:38 GMT -6
It is no big deal. Nasa will say we found some bugs on Mars which proves life is out there. . They would never say visitors are here and they abduct people. . That is what I would like to hear. That would be earthshaking.. hopeless.
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Jul 19, 2014 19:09:28 GMT -6
Post by skywalker on Jul 19, 2014 19:09:28 GMT -6
If they ever do find evidence of simple life-forms (like microorganisms, bacteria, fungus, etc...) on Mars or the other planets in our solar system they will probably say that it was carried there from Earth by a contaminated probe or something. They will go out of their way to continue saying that there is no life in our solar system. And if they ever do find evidence of complex life-forms (animals, plants, little grey space pirates, etc...) and they actually admit it I'm going to make fun of them and call them names and accuse them of putting too much swamp gas in their weather balloons.
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Jul 20, 2014 20:11:33 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2014 20:11:33 GMT -6
You know..I think about it and yes, I would like to know..IF the government does know about the abductions. But I don't want others to be afraid..to feel that same thing I've felt. I don't want others feeling hopeless or being forced into a realty they can't handle or do a darn thing about. We know they're here and do these things..not a thing we could do to stop it. Feeling powerless..terrified..sick. Maybe no one else will ever have to deal with it. I can hope.
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Jul 20, 2014 21:19:16 GMT -6
Post by skywalker on Jul 20, 2014 21:19:16 GMT -6
How could the government possibly not know about the abductions? They can't possibly all be that stupid. Well...hold on for a second....we are talking about the government here.
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Jul 20, 2014 23:19:40 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2014 23:19:40 GMT -6
they ARE that dense
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Post by auntym on Jul 21, 2014 14:18:44 GMT -6
www.supernaturalufo.com/a-salute-to-michael-collins-the-guy-who-didnt-walk-on-the-moon-45-years-ago-today/
A salute to Michael Collins: the guy who didn’t walk on the Moon 45 years ago today July 21, 2014 by Sean Munger As I’m sure you’re aware with all the commemorations, today is the 45th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 11 on the Moon, arguably one of the finest achievements in human history. I’m sure everyone reading this now has seen the proud photos of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin standing on the lunar surface, setting up the flag and such. Armstrong, who died in 2012, and Aldrin, who is still alive (and on Twitter!), are justifiably famous for this achievement. But Apollo 11 was a three-man mission, and the guy who had to stay behind up in the Command Module–and who did not get to walk on the Moon–deserves just as much recognition. His name is Michael Collins. He’s now 83, and was living in North Carolina at least up until a few months ago. Collins was born in Rome, Italy–an American citizen, but one of the few foreign-born astronauts–and went to West Point in 1948. Although he served during the Korean War era he was never stationed in Korea, unlike many of the Apollo astronauts who were fighter pilots in that conflict. After serving as a test pilot he was chosen as an astronaut in 1963. Five years later he was slated to be the Command Module Pilot on Apollo 8, the first mission to orbit the Moon, but a medical problem caused him to switch assignments with Jim Lovell (later of Apollo 13 fame). Thus in late 1968 he was scheduled to be the third man on what would be the first manned landing flight…… CONTINUE READING: seanmunger.com/2014/07/20/a-salute-to-michael-collins-the-guy-who-didnt-walk-on-the-moon-45-years-ago-today/
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Jul 21, 2014 17:34:37 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2014 17:34:37 GMT -6
I'm sorry he never got the chance.
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Jul 31, 2014 10:47:17 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Jul 31, 2014 10:47:17 GMT -6
www.davidreneke.com/happy-56th-birthday-nasa/ Happy 56th Birthday, NASA! by Dave Reneke Jul 31st, 2014 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is such a part of our lives that it’s hard to image it not existing. But on July 29, 1958, Congress and the President moved to make NASA a reality. It’s also hard to imagine in today’s world of partisan gridlock that the executive and legislative branches created by the Founders could create a major government agency in little less than one year’s time. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the act to “provide for research into the problems of flight within and outside the Earth’s atmosphere, and for other purposes.” Congress had already passed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which became a priority after one shocking event in 1957. “The enactment of this legislation is a historic step,” Eisenhower said. “I want to commend the Congress for the promptness with which it has created the organization.” On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite. The launch and subsequent Soviet successes started the “Space Race,” a battle of will and technology between the United States and the U.S.S.R. Congress immediately addressed the issue when Senate Majority Leader (and future President) Lyndon Johnson chaired hearings on American space and missile activities. The United States had been involved in serious research and development activities about rocket technology for some time. The Department of Defense had been involved in rocketry and upper atmospheric sciences since World War II. And a separate agency, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), had considerable resources. The NACA had about 8,000 employees, a $100 million budget and three research labs. About half of the NACA’s work involved aeronautics. President Eisenhower spearheaded the legislation effort on the executive side. Nelson Rockefeller was also involved in an advisory role. An important decision was the creation of a new civilian agency, instead of revamping the NACA or leaving space decisions solely in military hands. By April 1958, Congress was already holding final hearings about the act. Johnson was credited as the driving force behind the legislation within Congress, working with John McCormick. CONTINUE READING: www.davidreneke.com/happy-56th-birthday-nasa/
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Aug 13, 2014 11:04:19 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Aug 13, 2014 11:04:19 GMT -6
seanmunger.com/2014/08/12/the-spaceship-that-stayed-home-the-storied-career-of-the-shuttle-enterprise/The spaceship that stayed home: the storied career of the shuttle “Enterprise.”by Sean Munger www.seanmunger.comAugust 12, 2014 Thirty-seven years ago today, on August 12, 1977, a flight of an experimental aircraft occurred over the California desert near Edwards Air Force Base. The pilot’s name was Joe Engle, the flight lasted 5 minutes and 21 seconds, and the craft wound up on a dry lake bed. Though not very long in duration, this flight was pretty historic: it was the first free flight of a spaceship, the space shuttle Enterprise. After Apollo and Skylab, the space shuttle program was to be America’s next bold venture in space, and this flight was a crucial test that would help make it happen. The novelty of the space shuttle program was that it wasn’t a capsule, which all previous human space missions had been. The shuttle, or “orbiter” as NASA called it, was designed to be launched like a rocket from a launch pad, orbit the Earth, then re-enter and land on a runway like a terrestrial airplane. That’s easier to do on paper or in a laboratory mockup, though, than in real life, chiefly because the space shuttle weighs far more than a normal plane, and its engines only work in space–when it’s in the Earth’s atmosphere, it’s a glider. Actually landing it is a tricky business. But on that August day, Joe Engle managed to pull it off, and demonstrated the viability of the spaceship that, at least in 1977, was supposed to revolutionize human spaceflight. What’s interesting is that, although built as a spaceship, the Enterprise never actually flew in space. It was intended to. Construction on the ship started in the summer of 1974, shortly after the space shuttle was approved during the Nixon administration. Originally to be called Constitution, a famous letter-writing campaign by fans of the TV show Star Trek persuaded President Gerald Ford to tell NASA to change the name to Enterprise. In fact, Gene Roddenberry, creator of the show, and most of the Star Trek cast were on hand when the finished ship rolled out of the plant on September 17, 1976. Then it was off to the races for a grueling series of tests, including the Approach and Landing Tests, of which the August 1977 flight was a part. Veteran astronauts Joe Engle and Fred Haise, who flew on Apollo 13, were chosen to command the ship during their respective tests. All went pretty much according to plan. The tests were successful, and NASA made preparations to launch Enterprise on its first space mission in July 1981, after the newer and slightly different orbiter, Columbia, made the maiden shuttle flight a few months earlier. CONTINUE READING: seanmunger.com/2014/08/12/the-spaceship-that-stayed-home-the-storied-career-of-the-shuttle-enterprise/
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Aug 17, 2014 11:39:12 GMT -6
Post by swamprat on Aug 17, 2014 11:39:12 GMT -6
Image overload: Help us sort it all out, NASA requestsBy Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Sun August 17, 2014
(CNN) -- NASA is asking for your help.
No, you do not get to go to space.
You do, however, get to view hundreds of thousands of images taken from space. Via The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth, NASA is making available images ranging from the Mercury missions of the 1960s to photos recently snapped from the International Space Station.
The hope, NASA says, is that the images "could help save energy, contribute to better human health and safety and improve our understanding of atmospheric chemistry. But scientists need your help to make that happen."
The catalog contains more than 1.8 million photos, about 1.3 million of them from the space station and roughly 30% of them taken at night.
Before 2003, night images from the space station could be blurry, even with high-speed film and manual tracking, because the station moves at about 17,500 mph. In 2003, enterprising astronaut Don Pettit used a drill and assorted parts he found on the station to cobble together a "barn-door tracker," a lower-tech predecessor to the European Space Agency's NightPod, which was installed at the space station nine years later. NightPod's motorized tripod compensates for the space station's speed, providing what NASA scientist William Stefanov says are the highest-resolution night images from orbit. Satellites collect data more regularly, but the photos tend to be lower resolution.
"Now the pictures are clear, but their location may not be, which limits their usefulness. That's where citizen science comes in," the NASA news release says.
The Complutense University of Madrid is spearheading efforts to catalog the photos and corral citizen input. It's broken the images into three components requiring different levels of participation:
1. Dark skies. This is the easiest project, as it requires no scientific expertise. "Anyone can help" by sorting the images into the categories: cities, stars or other objects, said Alejandro Sanchez, doctoral student at Complutense.
"Without the help of citizens, it is almost impossible to use these images scientifically. Algorithms cannot distinguish between stars, cities and other objects, such as the moon. Humans are much more efficient for complex image analysis," he said.
2. Night cities. Looking at night images, citizen scientists can tap their knowledge of local geography to match photos with positions on maps. Residents of a city can more easily identify a city's features than those who don't live there, Sanchez said. The data will be used to generate light maps of cities.
3. Lost at night. This is the trickiest, as it aims to identify cities in photos with 310-mile circumferences.
"We don't know which direction the astronaut pointed the camera, only where the station was at the time the image was taken," Sanchez said. "Some images are bright cities, but others are small towns. It is like a puzzle with 300,000 pieces."
Hundreds of volunteers have stepped up so far, classifying almost 20,000 photos, but NASA says multiple individuals should review each image to ensure accuracy.
The "open atlas of nighttime images" can be used to assess economic conditions, Sanchez said. One photo of the Korean Peninsula shows how North Korea is a barely lit swath of land between the heavily illuminated nations of South Korea and China. Sanchez also cited the examples of Madrid and Berlin.
"Madrid is the capital of Spain, a country facing a major economic crisis. It is much brighter in astronaut images than Berlin, the capital of Germany, the country with the healthiest economy in Europe. Perhaps that is an indication that Germany more efficiently manages its resources. The images can provide evidence and data to verify that."
Other aims of the project include evaluating street lighting for safety purposes as well as to analyze light pollution and its effects on human health.
www.cnn.com/2014/08/17/tech/nasa-earth-images-help-needed/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
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Aug 17, 2014 12:41:27 GMT -6
Post by skywalker on Aug 17, 2014 12:41:27 GMT -6
That sounds kind of cool. I wouldn't mind taking part in that. Maybe I could spot some UFOs before NASA deletes them.
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Oct 10, 2014 10:48:12 GMT -6
Post by swamprat on Oct 10, 2014 10:48:12 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Oct 10, 2014 14:00:35 GMT -6
www.space.com/27214-skintight-spacesuit-biosuit-photos.html?cmpid=514648_20141010_32723996 Futuristic Skintight Spacesuits May Shrink-Wrap AstronautsBy Miriam Kramer, Staff Writer | October 02, 2014 MIT Skintight Spacesuit [Pin It] This artist illustration shows a new kind of skintight spacesuit that could help astronauts leave the bulky suits of today behind for more mobility with exploration. Credit: Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT The spacesuits of the future might be totally alien-looking. Instead of the bulky-looking spacesuits that astronauts wear today, a group of MIT researchers want to "shrink-wrap" the spaceflyers of tomorrow. Current spacesuits could be replaced by a pressurized but skintight suit that would allow for a much better range of motion during exploration, according to scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "With conventional spacesuits, you're essentially in a balloon of gas that's providing you with the necessary one-third of an atmosphere [of pressure] to keep you alive in the vacuum of space," MIT professor Dava Newman said in a statement. [See more images of MIT's Biosuit design] www.space.com/27210-biosuit-skintight-spacesuit-concept-images.html"We want to achieve that same pressurization, but through mechanical counterpressure — applying the pressure directly to the skin, thus avoiding the gas pressure altogether," she added. "We combine passive elastics with active materials. … Ultimately, the big advantage is mobility, and a very lightweight suit for planetary exploration." Newman and her colleagues have designed garments, which can use coils that respond to heat, contracting to a "remembered" state when exposed to the right temperatures. According to the MIT research (which was funded in part by NASA), the coils, when incorporated into a "tourniquet-like cuff," produced the same amount of pressure needed for astronauts to safely work in space. A key technology in MIT's skintight Biosuit spacesuit is the original active tourniquet design seen here. Now the question is how to incorporate the coils into a spacesuit's design. The suit needs to be skintight in order to produce enough pressure, but how does an astronaut get in and out of an extremely tight garment? CONTINUE READING: www.space.com/27214-skintight-spacesuit-biosuit-photos.html?cmpid=514648_20141010_32723996
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Oct 13, 2014 12:41:51 GMT -6
Post by lois on Oct 13, 2014 12:41:51 GMT -6
Wow. That video was amazing Paul. I enjoyed it. One step closer.
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Post by auntym on Oct 17, 2014 16:58:18 GMT -6
www.universetoday.com/115265/nasa-investigating-deep-space-hibernation-technology/ NASA Investigating Deep-Space Hibernation Technologyby Matt Williams October 16, 2014 Image Credit: 20th Century Fox Manned missions to deep space present numerous challenges. In addition to the sheer amount of food, water and air necessary to keep a crew alive for months (or years) at a time, there’s also the question of keeping them busy for the entirety of a long-duration flight. Exercise is certainly an option, but the necessary equipment will take up space and be a drain on power. In addition, they’ll need room to move around, places to sleep, eat, work, and relax during their down time. Otherwise, they will be at risk of succumbing to feelings of claustrophobia, anxiety, insomnia, and depression – among other things. NASA has been looking at a few options and one proposed solution is to put these crews into an induced state of hypothermia resulting in torpor – a kind of hibernation. Rather than being awake for months or years on end, astronauts could enter a state of deep sleep at the beginning of their mission and then wake up near the end. This way, they would arrive refreshed and ready to work, rather than haggard and maybe even insane. If this is starting to sound familiar, it’s probably because the concept has been explored extensively by science fiction. Though it goes by different names – cryosleep, reefersleep, cryostasis, etc. – the notion of space explorers preserving their bodies through cryogenic suspension has been touched upon by numerous sci-fi authors, movies and franchises. But NASA’s plan is a little different than what you might remember from 2001: A Space Odyssey or Aliens. Instead of astronauts stepping into a tube and having their temperature lowered, torpor would be induced via the RhinoChill – a device that uses invasive tubes to shoot cooling liquid up the nose and into the base of the brain. CONTINUE: www.universetoday.com/115265/nasa-investigating-deep-space-hibernation-technology/
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Dec 1, 2014 15:23:14 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Dec 3, 2014 14:30:21 GMT -6
www.space.com/27902-orion-spacecraft-star-trek-marvel-mementos.html Star Trek, Marvel and Apollo Mementos Launching on NASA's Orion This Weekby Robert Z. Pearlman, collectSPACE.com Editor December 02, 2014 Pop culture collectibles, artwork and historic artifacts have been packed aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft for its first test flight, launching Dec. 4 from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Credit: collectSPACE.com Captain Kirk, Iron Man, Sesame Street's Slimey the Worm, and a Tyrannosaurus Rex are set to lift off to space later this week on the first test flight of Orion, NASA's next-generation spacecraft. This eclectic 'crew' flying aboard NASA's unmanned Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) are among the souvenirs and mementos packed for the four-hour, two-orbit mission. The Orion capsule with its cargo of sensors, instruments, and memorabilia is scheduled to launch Thursday (Dec. 4) at 7:05 a.m. EST (1205 GMT) on board a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta 4 Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The mementos, which include a Star Trek action figure, a Marvel challenge coin, a Muppet, a dinosaur fossil, and an Apollo lunar spacesuit part, were collected for the flight by Lockheed Martin, NASA's prime contractor for Orion and the company responsible for the EFT-1 mission. [NASA's Orion Spacecraft Test Flight: Full Coverage] The toys and artifacts packed aboard the Orion continue a long tradition dating back to the early days of U.S. human spaceflight, when astronauts carried small trinkets for their families, friends, and organizations that helped make their mission possible. CONTINUE READING: www.space.com/27902-orion-spacecraft-star-trek-marvel-mementos.html
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Dec 10, 2014 13:09:52 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Dec 10, 2014 13:09:52 GMT -6
www.nasa.gov/content/printing-challenges-for-first-3d-printer-aboard-international-space-station/index.html#.VIek7THF-Ah
SPACE TOOL CHALLENGE
Printing Challenges For First 3D Printer Aboard International Space Station / K-12 GRADEDecember 9, 2014 The 3D Print Design Challenge submission deadline is Dec. 15!America has always been a nation of tinkerers, inventors, and entrepreneurs. In recent years, a growing number of Americans have gained access to technologies such as 3D printers, laser cutters, easy-to-use design software, and desktop machinery. These tools are enabling more Americans to design and make almost anything, and the applications to space exploration will help our astronauts to be less reliant on materials from Earth as they explore farther out into the solar system. NASA in conjunction with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Foundation, has issued a series of "Future Engineers" 3D Space Challenges for students focused on solving real-world space exploration problems. Students will become the creators and innovators of tomorrow by using 3D modeling software to submit their designs and have the opportunity for their design to be printed on the first 3D printer aboard the International Space Station. The winning student will watch from NASA’s Payload Operations Center with the mission control team as the item is printed in space. The Design a Space Tool Challenge is the first in series of challenges where students in grades K-12 will create and submit a digital 3D model of a tool that they think astronauts need in space. Future Engineers is a multi-year education initiative that consists of 3D Space Challenges and curriculum videos on the site that parents and educators can use to get kids designing today. NASA’s 3D Printing in Zero-G ISS Technology Demonstration will demonstrate the capability of utilizing a Made In Space 3D printer for in-space additive manufacturing technology. This is the first step toward realizing an additive manufacturing, print-on-demand “machine shop” for long-duration missions and sustaining human exploration of other planets, where there is extremely limited ability and availability of Earth-based logistics support. If an astronaut tool breaks, future space pioneers won’t be able to go to the local hardware store to purchase a replacement, but with 3D printing they will be able to create their own replacement or create tools we’ve never seen before. For NASA as well as the Maker community, 3D printing provides end-to-end product development. NASA and the ASME Foundation will work together to inspire the next generation of space enthusiasts by highlighting student’s 3D designs submissions in Maker Community Challenge Showcases and in on online open hardware design repository. To sign up for more information on the challenge, visit:www.futureengineers.orgwww.nasa.gov/content/printing-challenges-for-first-3d-printer-aboard-international-space-station/index.html#.VIek7THF-Ah
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Post by auntym on Jan 19, 2015 13:16:21 GMT -6
www.popsci.com/nasa-about-blast-some-rockets-through-alaskas-northern-lights NASA is About To Blast Some Rockets Through Alaska’s Northern Lights
Unraveling the mysterious electrical currents of the aurora borealisBy Sarah Fecht Posted January 16, 2015 The lights of the aurora borealis are often described as “dancing,” since they fluctuate in shape and brightness. Inside, the charged particles that generate the aurora dance too, and scientists are still trying to figure out exactly how that movement is structured. "Is the light dancing around in a pattern that’s different from the electrical currents?” asks Charles Swenson, a space weather researcher at Utah State University in Logan. "The visible aurora is very dynamic, and beautiful—you can see changes that happen in fractions of seconds, and in a few minutes it can explode across the sky or disappear. We think the underlying voltages and currents, the 'invisible aurora,' are equally dynamic, but we do not know." Swenson is the lead scientist on the Auroral Spatial Structures Probe (ASSP)—one of five suborbital rockets that are being launched into an active aurora over the next few weeks. The researchers behind ASSP hope the project will help them gain a clearer understanding of how solar radiation, weather, and the Earth’s magnetosphere mix together to influence climate and global communications. "Is the light dancing around in a pattern that’s different from the electrical currents?” The aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, are caused when charged particles from the sun crash into oxygen and nitrogen molecules in the Earth’s atmosphere. The energy from the solar particles excites the molecules, making them give off colored light. (Earth's magnetic field drags the solar particles to the magnetic north and south poles, which is why auroras are typically only seen near those areas.) NASA has been cruising rockets through auroras for 30 years or so, and those missions have raised a fundamental question, says Swenson. As the rockets fly through the aurora in a straight line, the instruments record rapidly changing voltages and currents, but scientists aren't sure whether those changes are occurring across space or time, or both. It’s a question that can’t be answered by taking just one measurement. Ideally, scientists would send up a bunch of instruments that could hover, stationary, inside the aurora, to measure its changes over time. But since anti-gravity technology has yet to be invented, researchers have had to get creative. That’s where ASSP comes in. CONTINUE READING: www.popsci.com/nasa-about-blast-some-rockets-through-alaskas-northern-lights
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Feb 16, 2015 20:17:59 GMT -6
Post by lois on Feb 16, 2015 20:17:59 GMT -6
Now I know NASA is in cahoots with the aliens . Here is a fly wheel like I been saying for 43 years. I seen it with my own eyes looking at the ship. The blue wheel . what I saw was white yellow. Their wheel looks nothing like what I seen worldtruth.tv/nasas-new-warp-drive-project/
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Mar 12, 2015 14:55:50 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Mar 12, 2015 14:55:50 GMT -6
www.universetoday.com/62339/13-things-that-saved-apollo-13/13 Things that Saved Apollo 13by Nancy Atkinson April 8, 2010 The crew of Apollo 13 -- Fred Haise, Jack Swigert and Jim Lovell -- after they splashed down safely. Credit: NASA On the night of April 13th, 1970, when the oxygen tank in Apollo 13’s command module exploded, a 27-year-old engineer named Jerry Woodfill sat at his console in the Mission Evaluation Room at Johnson Space Center, monitoring the caution and warning system he helped create for the Apollo spacecraft. “It was 9:08 pm, and I looked at the console because it flickered a few times and then I saw a master alarm come on,” Woodfill said, talking from his office at JSC where he has worked for almost 45 years. “Initially I thought something was wrong with the alarm system or the instrumentation, but then I heard Jack Swigert in my headset: “Houston, we’ve had a problem,” and then a few moments later, Jim Lovell said the same thing.” And so began the most perilous but eventually triumphant situation ever encountered in human spaceflight. 2010 is the 40th anniversary of Apollo 13, and Universe Today had the chance to talk with Woodfill about his role in Apollo 13, a mission which many believe should have ended fatally for astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert. But it didn’t, and the mission has come to be called a “successful failure.” What things were responsible for that success – the overcoming of odds – to rescue of the crew? Since Woodfill was there in the thick of the action, he has some ideas on how to answer that question. But also, for the past 40 years he has studied the Apollo13 mission in intricate detail, examining all the various facets of the rescue by going through flight transcripts, debriefs, and other documents, plus he’s talked to many other people who worked during the mission. Fascinated by the turn of events and individuals involved who turned failure into success, Woodfill has come up with what he calls “13 Things That Saved Apollo 13.” Over the next few weeks, we’ll share Woodfill’s insights and discuss each of those 13 turning points. What better way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 13! CONTINUE READING: www.universetoday.com/62339/13-things-that-saved-apollo-13/
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Apr 8, 2015 12:59:43 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Apr 8, 2015 12:59:43 GMT -6
www.aol.com/article/2015/04/08/nasa-scientist-predicts-alien-life-will-be-discovered-within-10/21162629/?icid=maing-grid7|maing11|dl7|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D1748737674 NASA scientist predicts alien life will be discovered in the near futureApr 8th 2015 Is there life beyond Earth? The answer is almost certainly yes, and scientists will probably find proof within most of our lifetimes, according to a top official at NASA. "I'm gonna say I think we're going to have strong indications of life beyond earth within a decade and I think we're going to have definitive evidence within 20 to 30 years," Chief Scientist Dr. Ellen Stofan said during a panel event Tuesday. The claim may seem ... (pardon the pun) ... out of this world, but given the scientific advances expected in the coming years and decades, it may not be so far off. NASA's Kepler Mission has already discovered more than 1,000 exoplanets -- those are planets outside of our solar system -- and keeps turning up more potentially habitable ones. Other research suggests billions of exoplanets in our Milky Way galaxy alone could have liquid water. Most scientists think liquid water is one of the most important factors for supporting life as we know it, and further reason that if billions of planets may have liquid water then there are many opportunities for life to have developed somewhere in our galaxy. Scientists have even begun looking for signs of life in our celestial backyard on Jupiter's moon Europa, which is thought to house an enormous sub-surface ocean. That ocean probably doesn't have little green men swimming around or other "intelligent" creatures, but it could have very basic forms of life. NASA is planning a mission to Europa, which would launch sometime after 2020 if funded. Financial backing is a key part of that equation, and capturing the public's imagination would help the agency secure it. That's why it's not surprising that Stofan ended Tuesday's discussion with an invitation. "Don't just listen to us, don't just read about it. Come help us discover whether there's life in the solar system and beyond," she said. WATCH VIDEO: www.aol.com/article/2015/04/08/nasa-scientist-predicts-alien-life-will-be-discovered-within-10/21162629/?icid=maing-grid7|maing11|dl7|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D1748737674
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Jun 2, 2015 12:47:55 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Jun 2, 2015 12:47:55 GMT -6
NASA/ Suit Up - 50 Years of Spacewalks
Published on Jun 1, 2015
This NASA documentary celebrates 50 years of extravehicular activity (EVA) or spacewalks that began with the first two EVAs conducted by Russian Alexey Leonov in March 1965 and American astronaut Edward White in June 1965 . The documentary features interviews with NASA Administrator and astronaut, Charles Bolden, NASA Deputy Administrator and spacesuit designer, Dava Newman, as well as other astronauts, engineers, technicians, managers and luminaries of spacewalk history. They share their personal stories and thoughts that cover the full EVA experience-- from the early spacewalking experiences, to spacesuit manufacturing, to modern day spacewalks aboard the International Space Station as well as what the future holds for humans working on a tether in space. "Suit Up," is narrated by actor and fan of space exploration Jon Cryer. Cryer recently traveled to Star City, NASA Headquarters and the Johnson Space Center to film an upcoming Travel Channel documentary series.
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Jul 20, 2015 14:05:36 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Jul 20, 2015 14:05:36 GMT -6
www.history.com/this-day-in-history/armstrong-walks-on-moon?cmpid=Social_TWITTER_HISTORY_20150720_208871482&linkId=15556679 Neil Armstrong walks on moon July 20, 1969At 10:56 p.m. EDT, American astronaut Neil Armstrong, 240,000 miles from Earth, speaks these words to more than a billion people listening at home: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Stepping off the lunar landing module Eagle, Armstrong became the first human to walk on the surface of the moon. The American effort to send astronauts to the moon has its origins in a famous appeal President John F. Kennedy made to a special joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961: “I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth.” At the time, the United States was still trailing the Soviet Union in space developments, and Cold War-era America welcomed Kennedy’s bold proposal. In 1966, after five years of work by an international team of scientists and engineers, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) conducted the first unmanned Apollo mission, testing the structural integrity of the proposed launch vehicle and spacecraft combination. Then, on January 27, 1967, tragedy struck at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, when a fire broke out during a manned launch-pad test of the Apollo spacecraft and Saturn rocket. Three astronauts were killed in the fire. Despite the setback, NASA and its thousands of employees forged ahead, and in October 1968, Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission, orbited Earth and successfully tested many of the sophisticated systems needed to conduct a moon journey and landing. In December of the same year, Apollo 8 took three astronauts to the dark side of the moon and back, and in March 1969 Apollo 9 tested the lunar module for the first time while in Earth orbit. Then in May, the three astronauts of Apollo 10 took the first complete Apollo spacecraft around the moon in a dry run for the scheduled July landing mission. CONTINUE READING: www.history.com/this-day-in-history/armstrong-walks-on-moon?cmpid=Social_TWITTER_HISTORY_20150720_208871482&linkId=15556679 APOLLO 11: MISSION OVERVIEW: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html
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Aug 27, 2015 13:45:00 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Aug 27, 2015 13:45:00 GMT -6
www.educatinghumanity.com/2015/08/et-is-real-government-cover-up.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EducatingHumanity+%28Educating+Humanity%29Thursday, August 27, 2015 NASA Brings Scientists & Theologians Together To Prepare World For Extraterrestrial ContactA couple of months ago top US astronomers gathered in front of congress to let them know that extraterrestrial life exists without question. Their main argument was the size of the universe, emphasizing that there are trillions of stars out there, with one in every five most likely harboring an Earth-like planet. It’s also important to keep in mind that planets do not have to be “Earth-like” in order to harbor life. You can read more about that story here. “The number of habitable worlds in our galaxy is certainly in the tens of billions, minimum, and we haven’t even talked about the moons. And the number of galaxies we can see, other than our own, is about 100 billion.” – Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer at California’s SETI Institute This time, NASA and the Library of Congress have teamed up bringing together scientists, theologians, philosophers and historians from around the globe for a two day symposium in order to discuss how to prepare the world for extraterrestrial contact, whether it be microbial organisms or intelligent beings. “We’re looking at all scenarios about finding life. If you find microbes, that’s one thing. If you find intelligence, it’s another. And if they communicate, it’s something else, and depending on what they say, it’s something else! The idea is not to wait until we make a discovery, but to try and prepare the public for what the implications might be when such a discovery is made. I think the reason that NASA is backing this is because of all the recent activity in the discovery of exoplanets and the advances in astrobiology in general. People just consider it much more likely now that we’re going to find something — probably microbes first and maybe intelligence later. The driving force behind this is from a scientific point of view that it seems much more likely now that we are going to find life at some point in the future.” – Astronomer, symposium organizer and former chief NASA historian, Steven J. Dick. One of the theologians present was Brother Guy Consolmagno, who is the new president of the Vatican Observatory Foundation. This is what he had to say: “I Believe [alien life exists], but I have no evidence. I would be really excited and it would make my understanding of my religion deeper and richer in ways that I can’t even predict yet, which is why it would be so exciting.” He is urging the public not to be so surprised when extraterrestrial life is discovered, because it will be discovered. He even said that he would be happy to baptize them, if it’s intelligent extraterrestrial life that’s discovered. The Vatican has been very open to the idea of intelligent extraterrestrial life, and they’ve expressed these views for a very long time. Earth is not the center of the universe, it’s not flat, and it’s looking very likely that the next major paradigm shifting revelation will be the fact that we are not alone in the universe. It’s great to see the mainstream world gather, discuss and prepare for this possibility and ultimate reality, and it’s a great seg-way to create more awareness about the world of secrecy, the world’s within our world that deal with projects the human race knows nothing about. The Other Probability – Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life Is Already HereAll of the information I’ve provided below is probably old information for CE fans that regularly visit our site. This information is from a previous article I wrote earlier in the year, I thought it would be fitting to cut and paste it here for our new readers. You can find more CE articles on the UFO/Extraterrestrial topic by visiting our exopolitics section HERE. In the United States alone, at least half of all Americans say that we’re not alone in the universe. Fifty percent of Americans already believe that there is some form of life on other planets, while only seventeen percent think that there isn’t. A quarter of Americans believe that intelligent extraterrestrial visitors have already come to Earth and have been doing so for a long time. Here’s one of them: “Yes there have been crashed craft, and bodies recovered. We are not alone in the universe, they have been coming here for a long time.” – Apollo 14 Astronaut, Air Force Captain and Founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, Dr. Edgar Mitchell There are multiple reasons why the extraterrestrial question continues to gain popularity. People are starting to ask questions about the world around them, utilizing critical thinking and investigation. After thoroughly investigating this topic your conclusions will be similar to the conclusions of the majority, we are not alone, and we are being visited. WATCH VIDEOS & CONTINUE READING: www.educatinghumanity.com/2015/08/et-is-real-government-cover-up.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EducatingHumanity+%28Educating+Humanity%29
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Aug 30, 2015 13:06:05 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Aug 30, 2015 13:06:05 GMT -6
worldufophotosandnews.org/?p=11095 MAGNIFICENT PHOTO OF AN ALIEN CRAFT BY NASAby KEN PFEIFER MAGNIFICENT PHOTO OF AN ALIEN CRAFT FROM NASA AUGUST 2015 UFO Sightings Daily reported an apparent UFO that flew close to the Gemini 5 mission apparently seen over NASA archives. The website is own by Scott C. Waring, a businessman in Taiwan and a man formerly affiliated with the U.S. Air Force at SAC base. In this particular report, Waring included the original image of the alleged alien UFO together with a video from YouTube. The website claims that the image was taken from the official NASA archives. The report mentions the shape of the UFO and talks about how it flew close to the Gemini module. According to Waring, the ring UFO appears to be very near to the Gemini, which is located in Earth’s orbit. Waring says that it’s clear enough to determine that the mysterious UFO was flying close to the Gemini Mission because of the detailed image. However, it’s a challenge to determine the edges of the object because the UFO appeared to be surrounded by an aura. Scott Waring believes that the unusual object is made of white ceramic, which is one of three things consistent with alien structures. KEN PFEIFER WORLD UFO PHOTOS AND NEWS WWW.WORLDUFOPHOTOSANDNEWS.ORGWWW.WORLDUFOPHOTOS.ORG
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Oct 25, 2015 12:36:07 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Oct 25, 2015 12:36:07 GMT -6
www.ancient-code.com/nasa-gathers-scientists-historians-philosophers-and-theologians-to-prepare-mankind-for-extraterrestrial-contact/NASA gathers Scientists, historians, philosophers and theologians to prepare mankind for Extraterrestrial contactby Ivan Petricevic October 24, 2015 With the numerous discoveries made in the last couple of months, the possibility of life elsewhere in the cosmos is something being considered not only by space agencies around the world but by numerous governments as well. Not long ago astronomers gathered in front of Congress (US) and discuss extraterrestrial life. Citing the sheer size of the universe, astronomers emphasized that there are trillions of stars out there in the cosmos and it is very likely that one out of five stars harbors an Earth-like planet, for life to exist as we know it. But that doesn’t meant that life elsewhere needs the same conditions as life on Earth needs in order to survive. Maybe somewhere out there life needs magma and nitrogen to survive. “The number of habitable worlds in our galaxy is certainly in the tens of billions, minimum, and we haven’t even talked about the moons. And the number of galaxies we can see, other than our own, is about 100 billion.” – Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer at California’s SETI Institute. IT is very interesting to learn that NASA decided to team up with the Library of Congress and gather scientists, historians, philosophers and theologians from all around the world top discuss how to prepare mankind for contact with beings not from Earth. The idea that life exists elsewhere in the universe could be both exciting and dangerous for society. Imagine waking up one day, turning on the news and hearing that NASA has just found irrefutable proof of Aliens on another planet and that they have already made contact. What would that mean for you, your family, your community, city country and the entire planet? How much would things change? Lets not forget the latest news about potential alien life from NASA. As you are reading through this article, astronomers from SETI are looking for confirmation about Alien life near the star where NASA spotted Giant ‘Alien-like’ Megastructures. Tabetha Boyajian, a postdoc at Yale, told The Atlantic: “We’d never seen anything like this star. It was really weird. We thought it might be bad data or movement on the spacecraft, but everything checked out.” According to Jason Wright, an astronomer at the Pennsylvania State University: “These structures, or better said mega-structures, could be the product of a highly advanced alien civilization.” “We’re looking at all scenarios about finding life. If you find microbes, that’s one thing. If you find intelligence, it’s another. And if they communicate, it’s something else, and depending on what they say, it’s something else! The idea is not to wait until we make a discovery, but to try and prepare the public for what the implications might be when such a discovery is made. I think the reason that NASA is backing this is because of all the recent activity in the discovery of exoplanets and the advances in astrobiology in general. People just consider it much more likely now that we’re going to find something — probably microbes first and maybe intelligence later. The driving force behind this is from a scientific point of view that it seems much more likely now that we are going to find life at some point in the future.” – Astronomer, symposium organizer and former chief NASA historian, Steven J. Dick. (source) We found it particularly interesting the commentary of Brother Guy Consolamgo, president of the Vatican Observatory Foundation who stated: “I believe [alien life exists], but I have no evidence. I would be really excited and it would make my understanding of my religion deeper and richer in ways that I can’t even predict yet, which is why it would be so exciting.” (source) Finding life elsewhere in the cosmos isn’t a questions of possibility but rather a question of time and Brother Guy Consolmagno shares this view as he urges the public not to be surprised when scientists confirm the existence of Alien life elsewhere in the cosmos as this is something that is going to happen inevitably. But is religion, faith and alien life something compatible? According to Brother Consolmagno, he wouldn’t mind baptizing alien beings in the future. In the last couple of years the Vatican has changed their views about Alien life drastically. Just imagine if someone would have said something like “Aliens’ 100 years ago? Things have changed and religion has become much more flexible. WE know that the universe is huge, Earth isn’t at its center and our planet isn’t flat, the next big discovery? Alien life. But it seems that a lot of people from around the world, Astronauts and government officials already know that life exists elsewhere in the universe and it isn’t a surprise. For example… “Yes there have been crashed craft, and bodies recovered. We are not alone in the universe, they have been coming here for a long time.” (source) (source) – Apollo 14 Astronaut, Air Force Captain, and Founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, Dr. Edgar Mitchell CONTINUE READING: www.ancient-code.com/nasa-gathers-scientists-historians-philosophers-and-theologians-to-prepare-mankind-for-extraterrestrial-contact/ UFO Cover-up Fmr. Sen. Mike Gravel speaks out
Clinton White House Chief John Podesta on UFO disclosure
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