Posts Made By: Maurice Clark

Hi all,

Just came across this video of a demolition that wasn't. It was supposed to be the demolition of the largest building in Souix Falls SD, only things did not quite go according to plan.

A great laugh!

http://www.argusleader.com/assets/mov/DF13214123.MOV

Cheers,

Maurice

Hi all,

Here is an interesting item. A Chinese court has decleared it illegal for a company to sell land on the Moon.

http://www.spacedaily.com/news/lunar-05zzzb.html

Now if only we could get something done about the ISR! :C

Cheers,

Maurice

Check out this SOHO image.

http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/javagif/gifs_small/20051206_1245_c3.gif

Anyone wanna pick a fight!!!

Cheers,

Maurice

Hi all,

Recently I found this NASA site that gives live video feed to the preparations for the launch of the New Horizons mission to Pluto.

Fun to watch. One thing I find it shows very well is just how BIG these things really are! 8O

http://countdown.ksc.nasa.gov/elv/public/

Enjoy,

Maurice

Hi all,

Stardust is returning next month!

What has this to do with religion? Well, not a lot, but I thought that this would be the best thread to post this warning that NASA is trying to destroy us all!!!!!

Check out this woo-woo site. It is amazing what some people would try and have you believe.

http://www.clydelewis.com/invest/warning/warning.html

Incidently, it is often claimed that fundamentalist christians are the ones whoi make the most outlandish scientific claims. Well, not necessarily so. Check out this islamic site.

http://pub32.bravenet.com/forum/show.php?usernum=2729018393&cpv=1

How did the old song go...???? Tis the season to be crazy fa la la la la la la la la!!!

Cheers,

Maurice

Hi all,

Here is something that I found on the BBC this morning that I find deeply disturbing.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4563452.stm

In a nutshell, it is a story about the leader of the first Malaysian expedition to climb Mt Everest who died recently and the plans for his burial.

State Islamic officials have won the right to have him buried as a Muslim, even though according to his family he was a Hindu.

What so I find disturbing about this? The decision was made by Islamic courts where the family was denued access since they were not Muslim. The Malaysian High Court has refused to intervien, claiming that they had no authority over Islamic courts. So it would appear that if you are in Malaysia, an Islamic court could do anything it wanted to you and the civil courts will do nothing against it. If that is not scary, then I do not know what is!

Some of my closest friends are Malaysian, and I have spent quite an amount of time in that country. However descrimination is widespread against non-muslims and those who are not Malays. Those of you in the USA should be glad that you at least make some effort to practice freedom of religion. Take care that you do not let it be eroded.

Regards

Maurice

Hi all,

I see that lobbyist Jack Abramoff has pleaded guilty to fraud after being found bribing lawmakers.

Any thoughts on what might happen next? Any chance that the people whom he bribed will be charged? I notice that there does not seem to be any list of whom he dealt. Now that he has done a deal, do you expect him to start talking?

Cheers,

Maurice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4578628.stm

Hi Jarno,

Could be interesting tonight in the Hopman Cup. Netherlands vs USA in the final. Are you listening?

Cheers,

Maurice

It appears that someone has put up a billboard in Times Square counting the cost of the war in Iraq at $175M per day.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politic...ar-clock_x.htm

It is interesting to compare this with the cost of some space missions.

Mars rovers: 2 days and 6 hours (0.4 B)
Cassini orbiter: 17 days (3 B)
James Webb Space Telescope: 20 days (3.5 B)
Man on the Moon: estimated by NASA at roughly 594 days... (105 B)

And some people claim that space exploration is too expensive! :C

Regards,

Maurice

Hi all,

I thought I would post this here in case some of the non-astronomers who frequent here might not check out other fora. It is the latest HST image of the Orion Nebula. What makes this one so spectacular is that it is a mosaic and covers the entire M42 region. A truly spectacular image! 8O

Enjoy. (we can argue the religious implications later! )

Maurice

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2006/01/image/a