John Browning, part 3
An evening pause: Part 3 of 4 of “The Guns of John Browning” from Tales of the Gun.
Category: Behind The Black
Hubble and Swift show that asteroid debris came from collision
Space telescopes Hubble and Swift have proven that the debris that suddenly surrounded asteroid Scheila last year was caused by a collision.
Budget Crisis Forces Detroit to Cancel Half Its Murders
If only this was true: Budget crisis forces Detroit to cancel half its murders.
Fed chairman Bernanke goes on record: US deficit “not sustainable”
Gee, you’d think he would have noticed this a long time ago: The Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke went on record today to warn that the US deficit “is not sustainable.”
John Browning, part 2
An evening pause: Part 2 of “The Guns of John Browning” from Tales of the Gun.
Are astronomers finally going to push for a replacement for Hubble?
Astronomers are considering the merger two space missions to create a new optical/ultraviolet space telescope. The mission would be designed to do both deep cosmology and exoplanet observations.
The two communities would both like to see a 4–8-metre telescope in space that would cost in excess of $5 billion. “Our interests are basically aligned,” says [Jim Kasting, a planetary scientist at Pennsylvania State University]. Such a mission would compete for top billing in the next decadal survey of astronomy by the US National Academy of Sciences, due in 2020.
This story is big news, as it indicates two things. First, the 2010 Decadal Survey, released in August 2010, is almost certainly a bust. The budget problems at NASA as well as a general lack of enthusiasm among astronomers and the public for its recommendations mean that the big space missions it proposed will almost certainly not be built.
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Nazi bomb found near North Sea oil pipeline
Sixty years late: A North Sea oil pipeline is threatened by a World War II Nazi bomb.
Muslim actress poses for Playboy and is threatened with death
Islam tolerance: A Muslim actress posed for Playboy and is now threatened with death.
The little solar sail that could!
The $23-Million Textbook
More details, including images, of China’s proposed space station.
More details, including images, of China’s proposed space station.
The countdown for Endeavour’s last launch has begun
The countdown for Endeavour’s last launch has begun.