Klow's Kollection

Birth of Blackholes

NPR's Morning Edition had an interesting story shining new light (so to speak) on the early stages of a black hole in SN 1979C.

Our first Holo-Net

Ahh! In a few decades, we'll have our first Holo-Net broadcasts not unlike those from CNN: Coruscant News Network http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11685582

Blinding me with science!

Scientists achieve a mini big bang? Ohh this is fascinating: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11711228

We choose to go to Mars

So we are scrapping the aging shuttle program and abandoning NASA pet project to go back to the Moon.

GOOD!!!!

I found the shuttle program (a technological marvel for its time) to be three steps back in our already fledgling space program. I think former astronaut Buzz Aldrin was right. If we need to land on the moon, it should be Phobos orbiting Mars. What would we gain by landing back on the Moon at this time: more dust and moon rocks and possibly trace amounts of water that may or may not exist?

We should have already scrapped the shuttle program a decade ago for more advanced space vehicles and loftier goals. Honestly, I believe we have the technology and even the money. What is missing is the will and the backbone to convince others this can be done.

Oh and to those who are protesting the end of the shuttle program and claiming this threatens our national security: ADAPT OR SHUT UP!

Pluto in the news

I found an interesting article about Pluto. The recently demoted planetoid will soon be at it's closest point to the sun.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8498455.stm

It's good that there is still an interest in space after the end of the Cold War, even with increasing troubles back at Mothership Earth.