SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “The Universe is Flat!” & “Isaac Asimov at 100: Life and Times”
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Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
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Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
Discussion Topic of the Evening.
The Universe is Flat!
Flat or Round – They Decide
https://d2r55xnwy6nx47.cloudfront.net/uploads/2019/11/ClosedUniverse_Lede.jpg
Sphere, Saddle, or Plane?
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KnaPvdak4KyfEFp8iUtQ97-970-80.jpg
Space Exploration and Space History
TOI 1338b Discovered by TESS as First Circumbinary Planet
TESS: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nightingale_0.png
TOI 1338b Eclipsing Simulation
Eleven Astronaut Candidates Graduated from Johnson Space Center
NASA Astronaut Graduation: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jsc2020e000607.jpg
Space/NASA History:
In space history this week…
January 5, 1917
Robert Goddard Granted $5,000 to Study Rocketry
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Goddard_and_Rocket.jpg/800px-Goddard_and_Rocket.jpg
January 5, 1972
President Nixon Announces Approval to Develop Space Shuttle
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Space_Shuttle_concepts.jpg
January 6, 1998
Lunar Prospector Launched
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Lunar_Prospector_in_Clean_Room_-_GPN-2000-001543.jpg/800px-Lunar_Prospector_in_Clean_Room_-_GPN-2000-001543.jpg
January 7, 1968
Surveyor 7 Launched
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Surveyor_NASA_lunar_lander.jpg
January 8, 1942
Stephen Hawking Born in Oxford, England
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Physicist_Stephen_Hawking_in_Zero_Gravity_NASA.jpg/1920px-Physicist_Stephen_Hawking_in_Zero_Gravity_NASA.jpg
January 10, 1946
DeWitt Bounces Radio Signal off Moon
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Project_Diana_antenna.jpg
January 11, 1962
John F. Kennedy State of the Union Address: The New Frontier
https://spacecoastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/NASA-History-1962-John-F.-Kennedy-580-2.jpg
Waz Up?
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Month/Topic of the Week
“The Life and Times of Isaac Asimov”
Isaac Asimov
https://miro.medium.com/max/2000/1*dLpB4GzhTe794DSdW451EQ.jpeg
Radio Shack Promotional
https://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2013/12/azimiov.jpg
Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction
https://i.pinimg.com/474x/3d/9f/8b/3d9f8b78f0590153b53bc93f923899fc.jpg
Foundation Trilogy
https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1316412178l/46654.jpg
The Gods Themselves
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51XFsyxJHwL._SX299_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
Personal Collection of IA Books
https://www.blackgate.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Isaac-Asimov-collection-small.jpg
Space Launches For This Week
Space Coast Launches
Space Flight Now Launch Schedule
Recent Astronomical Discoveries
Astronomers find wandering massive black holes in dwarf galaxies
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200106103440.htm?fbclid=IwAR0XlMgQmphdcNR174b6weYvpXPROaga77xrSFMpWSOt8-ef6XBNSLit2VU
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
All times are “local” (Dallas) time.
North Korean Satellite
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=39026&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST
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