Deep Space
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ironsides, The question in my mind is why did this creation did not allow interaction with other worlds. The physical impossibility of travel in this vast planetary system is a taxing thought for the human mind.:smile:
Yup, we can only travel in our minds and in our stories. Who knows, maybe just keeping us all apart to arouse our courisoty. 
Yup, we can only travel in our minds and in our stories. Who knows, maybe just keeping us all apart to arouse our courisoty.
makes sense, with one exception, the project of this creation is not finished, ie the creator is either late on purpose to provide the allowable means to travel to the edge 47B Lys, or that was the philosophy at time of creation, curiosity is the mother of invention, also necessity is the mother of invention. Very necessary for mankind to find a world similar to ours or far more advanced and a way to make contact outside from our solar system. Truth is, if we find a world more advanced then ours, chances are we have been already visited …….and earth is only a pit stop, to long travels in Deep Space….
the search for spock
Here is my local Telescope just a 30min drive up the mountain. It has a large big sceen
projection screen of what they are looking at when you arrive.
The Hale Telescope at Mt. Palomar in California was the largest telescope in the world from 1948 to 1974. Today, each of the twin 10-meter Keck telescopes atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii are twice its size.
Discovery's of at Palomar Mountain include:
1985 – 2000 Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey
POSS II encompasses 897 survey quality plates in each of 3 colors.
Forms the basis for the digital survey (DPOSS), the second HST GSC, and the USNO astrometric and photometric catalogs, all of which contain over 1 billion stars and over 50 million galaxies
More than hundred supernovae discovered.
Dozens of comets and asteroids discovered.
The digitized version of the sky survey has been used in many fields of astronomical research including finding over 100 high red shift (very distant) quasars (a record number until very recently) and about 20,000 clusters of galaxies - the largest such catalog ever.
1986 Telescope Renamed as Samuel Oschin Telescope
Samuel Oschin Family Foundation awards grant to Caltech’s Palomar Observatory
Funds used for POSS II, adaptive optics on the 200-inch telescope, new CCD cameras, and more
2001 Samuel Oschin Telescope Automation
Original photographic camera replaced with a new 3-CCD electronic camera.
Telescope control system automated to enable automatic operation.
Upgrades enable continuous, automatic survey of sky for moving objects (asteroids, comets), variable stars and transient objects (supernovae, gamma-ray bursts).
2001- 2003 Near Earth Asteroid Tracker (NEAT) Survey
JPL’s NEAT survey discovered 189 near-earth asteroids and 20 comets 2002 Quaoar Discovered
Quaoar is a frozen world located in what is known as the Kuiper Belt
At 800 miles in diameter Quaoar is the largest object found in our solar system since the planet Pluto was discovered in 1930.
Gamma-Ray Burst Observations
Yale University’s 112-CCD, 161-megapixel camera, one of the world’s largest.
JPL’s NEAT Survey continues with QUEST camera.
Additional survey work continues with searches for variable stars, quasars, gravitational lenses and distant supernovae. February, 2004 Orcus (2004 DW)
Discovered
2004 DW is another Kuiper Belt object.
It is even larger than Quaoar, possibly 1,000 miles across.
It orbits the Sun at a distance 42 times greater than Earth’s, about every 250 years.
November, 2003 Sedna (2003 VB12) Discovered
Most distant known object to orbit the Sun (10,500 year orbit)
Possibly as large as 1,100 miles in diameter July, 2005 Dwarf Planet Eris (2003
UB313)
Discovery Announced
Orbits the Sun with a 560 year period
Larger than Pluto, ~2,400 km in diameter November, 2006 The Big Picture
Unveiled at Griffith Observatory
Largest astronomical photograph ever produced
152 feet wide and 20 feet high
Courtesy: Caltech Website
projection screen of what they are looking at when you arrive.
The Hale Telescope at Mt. Palomar in California was the largest telescope in the world from 1948 to 1974. Today, each of the twin 10-meter Keck telescopes atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii are twice its size.
Discovery's of at Palomar Mountain include:
1985 – 2000 Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey
POSS II encompasses 897 survey quality plates in each of 3 colors.
Forms the basis for the digital survey (DPOSS), the second HST GSC, and the USNO astrometric and photometric catalogs, all of which contain over 1 billion stars and over 50 million galaxies
More than hundred supernovae discovered.
Dozens of comets and asteroids discovered.
The digitized version of the sky survey has been used in many fields of astronomical research including finding over 100 high red shift (very distant) quasars (a record number until very recently) and about 20,000 clusters of galaxies - the largest such catalog ever.
1986 Telescope Renamed as Samuel Oschin Telescope
Samuel Oschin Family Foundation awards grant to Caltech’s Palomar Observatory
Funds used for POSS II, adaptive optics on the 200-inch telescope, new CCD cameras, and more
2001 Samuel Oschin Telescope Automation
Original photographic camera replaced with a new 3-CCD electronic camera.
Telescope control system automated to enable automatic operation.
Upgrades enable continuous, automatic survey of sky for moving objects (asteroids, comets), variable stars and transient objects (supernovae, gamma-ray bursts).
2001- 2003 Near Earth Asteroid Tracker (NEAT) Survey
JPL’s NEAT survey discovered 189 near-earth asteroids and 20 comets 2002 Quaoar Discovered
Quaoar is a frozen world located in what is known as the Kuiper Belt
At 800 miles in diameter Quaoar is the largest object found in our solar system since the planet Pluto was discovered in 1930.
Gamma-Ray Burst Observations
- October 4, 2002
- An image was obtained by the Samuel Oschin Telescope with the NEAT camera just 9 minutes after the burst was detected by satellite.
- Astronomers world-wide were notified of the event within 3 hours.
- The most interesting science was the slow early-time decay, which may be due to on-going activity of a black hole central engine. December 11, 2002
- Image of a gamma-ray burst 20 minutes after the burst. Announcement to the world less than an hour after the burst.
- The most interesting science was the demonstration that the burst, although faint, was not "dark" -- that is, the faintness of the burst was not due to absorption by gas and dust in its host galaxy.
Yale University’s 112-CCD, 161-megapixel camera, one of the world’s largest.
JPL’s NEAT Survey continues with QUEST camera.
Additional survey work continues with searches for variable stars, quasars, gravitational lenses and distant supernovae. February, 2004 Orcus (2004 DW)
Discovered
2004 DW is another Kuiper Belt object.
It is even larger than Quaoar, possibly 1,000 miles across.
It orbits the Sun at a distance 42 times greater than Earth’s, about every 250 years.
November, 2003 Sedna (2003 VB12) Discovered
Most distant known object to orbit the Sun (10,500 year orbit)
Possibly as large as 1,100 miles in diameter July, 2005 Dwarf Planet Eris (2003
UB313)
Discovery Announced
Orbits the Sun with a 560 year period
Larger than Pluto, ~2,400 km in diameter November, 2006 The Big Picture
Unveiled at Griffith Observatory
Largest astronomical photograph ever produced
152 feet wide and 20 feet high
Courtesy: Caltech Website
General Motors sends a robot to space - The Passing Lane
Eerie Silence: author wants to expand search for E.T. - CTV News - Eerie Silence : Author wants to expand search for E.T.
http://www.galaxyzoo.org/ - where you can help astronomers explore the Universe
. . : : Lonely Planets : David Grinspoon : : . . - re- reading David Grinspoon " Lonely Planets" cool book , Astro Biology is a great/fascinating field of study ...
It is amazing just to look up and ask the big questions ..Why are we here? ...What's out there...We live on such a small planet , yet it has so much life...From the micro to the macro ...Infinite to infinitesimal ..Truly awe inspiring ..
Gotta keep lookin up , reaching for the stars...Do all we humanly can to sustain this tiny, but mighty , living planet /all it's earthly aliens.....
Eerie Silence: author wants to expand search for E.T. - CTV News - Eerie Silence : Author wants to expand search for E.T.
http://www.galaxyzoo.org/ - where you can help astronomers explore the Universe
. . : : Lonely Planets : David Grinspoon : : . . - re- reading David Grinspoon " Lonely Planets" cool book , Astro Biology is a great/fascinating field of study ...
It is amazing just to look up and ask the big questions ..Why are we here? ...What's out there...We live on such a small planet , yet it has so much life...From the micro to the macro ...Infinite to infinitesimal ..Truly awe inspiring ..
Gotta keep lookin up , reaching for the stars...Do all we humanly can to sustain this tiny, but mighty , living planet /all it's earthly aliens.....
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"All we can", I wonder if you really mean that in its fullest context? There are established schools of thought that are very serious about the extermination of most of earths human population, all to save our beloved planet from us we are assured. Are you by chance one of those human haters Mr Greenfish?Gotta keep lookin up , reaching for the stars...Do all we humanly can to sustain this tiny, but mighty , living planet /all it's earthly aliens.....
I thought it was pretty obvious where I stand ...Green/Clean Tech ....
You..Dark Beaver :?:..
Peace or pieces? ....
Peace ...
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1004/ngc602_hst_large.jpg
So what is your opinion about jumping right to the Orion Project?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Orion_lunar_orbit_(Sept_2006).jpg
We should be checkin Saturn ...Perhaps the rings are space junk from a past civilization ..:smile:;-). ..(sort of thing to look for when looking for Life...The odd waste "THEY" would leave behind .. ) ..
YouTube - Meteor Madness: Space fireball lights up night sky in Wisconsin
TODAY- April 15, 2010
Soaring meteor lights up skies across the Midwest:
MILWAUKEE — A large meteor streaked across the Midwestern sky momentarily turning night into day, rattling houses and causing trees and the ground to shake, authorities said Thursday. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
Witnesses say the meteor lit up the sky Wednesday about 10:10 p.m. National Weather Service offices across the Midwest said it was visible from southwestern Wisconsin and northern Iowa to central Missouri.
The Associated Press: Soaring meteor lights up skies across the Midwest
TODAY- April 15, 2010
Soaring meteor lights up skies across the Midwest:
MILWAUKEE — A large meteor streaked across the Midwestern sky momentarily turning night into day, rattling houses and causing trees and the ground to shake, authorities said Thursday. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
Witnesses say the meteor lit up the sky Wednesday about 10:10 p.m. National Weather Service offices across the Midwest said it was visible from southwestern Wisconsin and northern Iowa to central Missouri.
The Associated Press: Soaring meteor lights up skies across the Midwest
Hi Irosides, we should get involved and genuinely support,
"technological progress in the areas of advanced physics and electromagnetic systems, if appropriately supported, will enable humanity to live on the Earth with a minimal footprint with genuine long-term sustainability."
The Orion Project - Our Vision and Purpose
I agree, I know we have the technology to at least get us started in the right direction, but I don't think we have a leader like Kennedy who can motivate or lead us to do it at this time. (plus I think the world is broke)