SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Is Interstellar Travel Possible” & “Einstein’s Biggest Blunder”
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Afterglow Movie 10:30PM:
“Knowing” (2009)
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Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
Tonight’s Topic: “Is Interstellar Travel Possible?” & Einstein’s Biggest Blunder
Discussion Topic of the Evening.
From Paul Sutter at Space.com
Is Interstellar Travel Really Possible?
Bussard Ramjet
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Bussard_Interstellar_Ramjet_Engine.jpg/1920px-Bussard_Interstellar_Ramjet_Engine.jpg
Voyager Spacecraft
https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3253776.1512420154!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_620_330/image.jpg
Laser and Particle Beams for Interstellar Travel
https://tees.tamu.edu/media/656044/niac2017_image-for-newsletter.jpg
Light Sail
https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/iylCcdNKC4BfJgf75ipvGTaKTrk=/170×0:1217×698/1200×800/filters:focal(170×0:1217×698)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/46428160/Screen_Shot_2015-05-29_at_1.24.38_PM.0.0.png
Space Exploration and Space History
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Water Vapor Signatures found in Super Earth Exoplanet Atmosphere
Hubble: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/heic1916a.jpg
Space/NASA History:
In space history this week…
September 8:
“Star Trek” Airs First Episode (1966)
http://www.galaxyphoto.com/ent_g_imag/jw_ent_side15.jpg
September 10:
GRAIL Sent to the Moon (2011)
https://www.nasa.gov/images/content/550324main_pia14157-43_946-710.jpg
September 12:
Kennedy’s “We Choose to go to the Moon” Speech at Rice University (1962)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/John_F._Kennedy_speaks_at_Rice_University.jpg/800px-John_F._Kennedy_speaks_at_Rice_University.jpg
Space Shuttle Endeavor (STS-47) Launched from Kennedy Space Center (1992)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/STS-47_crew.jpg/956px-STS-47_crew.jpg
September 13:
NACA/NASA Engineer John Stack was Born (1906)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/John_Stack_-_GPN-2000-001257.jpg/1280px-John_Stack_-_GPN-2000-001257.jpg
Luna 2 Becomes First Human Made Object to Reach the Surface of a Heavenly Body (1959)
https://m.eet.com/media/1170457/luna_2_soviet_moon_probe.jpg
Neil Armstron Accepted into Astronaut Corps (1962)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Armstrong#/media/File:Neil_Armstrong_pose.jpg
Waz Up?
Chaz, KF5JHA will give us a low-down on what’s up, as in “Waz Up?”
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Month/Mike’s Topic of the Week
Einstein’s Biggest Blunder
Einstein’s Quote and Portrait
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/69980414_3608724142487076_4118473229947895808_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_oc=AQnq492MD0_VHBz3zykRB9Km_crB4TjOs1rMBX59O4aQvSD8iKGPOpjGwJLMhayA8sw&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=77979299e12fab450fe65528e191fe92&oe=5E08CFAD
Space Launches For This Week
No scheduled launches for this week.
Recent Astronomical Discoveries
One Quasar, Two Quasar, Red Quasar, Blue Quasar: A Seuss-Like Space Color Mystery Explained
https://www.space.com/red-quasar-blue-quasar-science-behind-quasar-colors.html?fbclid=IwAR3D5RQhC6SX989BsoLXcWMzRS3vpEHCnnvob9mrUQMo8nT4llY2EQfraXQ
From Space.com
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
Hubble Space Telescope
OTV 5 (USA 277)
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=42932&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST
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