Posts Made By: Maurice Clark

February 19, 2021 05:29 AM Forum: N.A.S.A.

Perseverance rover Posted By Maurice Clark

The Perseverance rover has successfully landed!!!!

April 22, 2021 10:20 PM Forum: Politics

Covid-19 data and graphs Posted By Maurice Clark

Hi Rod,

I am sorry but I have to agree with Jim on this one. Small dips are always bound to happen for a variety of reasons, profit-taking, international factors, etc. i think it would take a much bigger and more sustained drop before you could really blame it on some particular factor.

That said, my own $0.02 worth, (not that it is really worth that much ) is that sooner or later the market will drop quite a bit. I base this on the market being overheated because of a lot of money chasing a decent return in an ultra-low interest rate economy. A some point the economy will be back to more normal and interest rates will begin to climb. At that point I expect money to flow out of the stock market.

One thing I don't see discussed much is the exchange rate. The US$ has been dropping steadily over the past year. For example, a year ago, US$1 would buy A$1.68. Today it would only purchase A$1.28. While part of that change is due to commodities such as iron ore being near record highs, it also indicates that the US$ is becoming less wanted.

Cheers,

Maurice

April 29, 2021 03:23 AM Forum: N.A.S.A.

Another one gone. Posted By Maurice Clark

Astronaut Michael Collins, one of the three members of the successful Apollo 11 mission to the moon in 1969, died Wednesday after battling cancer, his family said in a statement posted to Twitter. He was 90. 

May 11, 2021 08:32 AM Forum: Politics

Shameless Posted By Maurice Clark

Hi James,

Sorry, but I have to side with Rod on this one. I could never consider a dead carcass as "food"! I will stick to vegies thanks.

Liked your S&G reference. I still enjoy their music.

At the risk of mentioning astronomy here (gasp!), now that the semester is over I finally had some time to drag out the scope to image a couple of nice comets the other night. In the process I saw my first chain of StarLink satellites passing over. Was fascinating to watch, All around mag 3.

I well remember back in the late 60's being excited to see a satellite going over and if we managed to photograph one that was cause for celebration! Mostly it was one of the Echo's. These days they are more of a pain ruining our images.

Cheers

Maurice

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