Skynet 9-14-19 “Is Interstellar Travel Possible?” & “Einstein’s Biggest Blunder 9PM CT

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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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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

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

Field Equation
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/70513678_3608724269153730_7328159812745691136_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_oc=AQm07dk6Ffj4f95AvQygHrJ1IptYN4d8I94TRuuQEOXm7UgOWfuXVJII9bL0DWyjI0Y&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=3e9052c26b3257f441aeb9f460c377cf&oe=5DF183E8

The Cosmological Constant
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/70822440_3608724399153717_8998816230198476800_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_oc=AQm0LBDdfkaj38vSs6hGZhEVWRNhspUkI2Bhueh12KtpiT7MhMLm0O-YWyd-KHmNHTE&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=71411d1ae0e1b03134781352d9669b2f&oe=5DFC3EDA

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.

ISS
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=25544&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST

Sept. 15
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=25544&mjd=58741.4726108758&type=V

Sept. 16
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=25544&mjd=58742.4391494512&type=V

Sept. 18
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=25544&mjd=58742.4391494512&type=V

Hubble Space Telescope

Sept. 15
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=20580&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST

Sept. 16
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=20580&mjd=58742.4863726887&type=V

Sept. 17
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=20580&mjd=58743.479024144&type=V

Sept. 18
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=20580&mjd=58744.4716653561&type=V

Envisat
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=27386&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST

Sept. 19
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=27386&mjd=58746.044648555&type=V

Sept. 22
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=27386&mjd=58749.0368305683&type=V

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

Sept. 14
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=42932&mjd=58741.083384774&type=V