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Posts Made By: Maurice Clark

September 7, 2008 04:06 PM Forum: N.A.S.A.

Rosetta visits Steins

Posted By Maurice Clark
Hi all,

The first of the images from Rosetta's flyby of the asteroid Steins are in. the animation is fascinating. Looks like a giant diamond!

Cheers,

Maurice

http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMNMYO4KKF_index_0.html

September 19, 2008 04:33 PM Forum: N.A.S.A.

ESA asteroid mission

Posted By Maurice Clark
Hi all,

ESA has released details of a proposed asteroid sample return mission.

Sounds like an interesting mission. I hope it gets launched.

Details here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7623411.stm

Maurice

September 22, 2008 04:53 PM Forum: Politics

Pelosi for President?

Posted By Maurice Clark
Came across this interesting piece of speculation on the BBC news website today. What could happen in a 269-269 tie in the election. Seems it is a possibility that the USA could yet get its first female president..... even if only temporary! :-)

Cheers,

Maurice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7626471.stm

September 30, 2008 08:48 PM Forum: N.A.S.A.

baikonur

Posted By Maurice Clark
Hi all,

Some interesting piccies of the Baikonur Cosmodrome at the Boston globe website.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/the_baikonur_cosmodrome.html

Cheers,

Maurice

October 9, 2008 02:10 PM Forum: Investment Discussions

Sign of the times?

Posted By Maurice Clark
Hi all,

Just seen this little item on the ABC website.

"US debt clock runs out of digits"

They should not call big numbers "astronomical" any more. We cannot keep up with the economists! cwy Trouble is... "economical" does not have quite the same ring!!!!! 8O

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/10/2387104.htm?section=justin

Cheers,

Maurice

October 10, 2008 04:18 PM Forum: N.A.S.A.

Space-X video

Posted By Maurice Clark
Hi all,

Space-X, the first private American corporation to successfully orbit a rocket, has just released a video of the launch set to music.

Well worth watching.

http://spacex.com/multimedia/videos.php?id=31

If all goes well with their "Falcon 5" development, NASA might not need the Russians to get to the ISS!

Cheers,

Maurice

October 15, 2008 09:02 PM Forum: Politics

John Cleese on Palin

Posted By Maurice Clark
Hi all,

Not sure if this has been posted before, but I found it quite interesting and funny.

Cheers,

Maurice

http://www.videosift.com/video/John-Cleese-on-Sarah-Palin


October 22, 2008 02:04 PM Forum: Politics

Just an ordinary hockey mum????

Posted By Maurice Clark
Sometimes you just have to wonder................

After all the campaigning about joe the plumber and how Palin was just an ordinary hockey mum, comes this story from Politico.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14805.html

""The Republican National Committee has spent more than $150,000 to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family since her surprise pick by John McCain in late August.

This expenditure included one shopping spree in Minneapolis of over $75,000 and almost $5000 on makeup and hair in September!

Considering how the republicans so severely condemned Edwards for a $400 haircut, I wonder what they will say about this one!!!!!!! (not holding my breath!!!)

Somehow I have difficulty in imagining joe the plumber being thrilled if his wife went on such a shopping spree!

Talk about being out of touch with ordinary people.............

Maurice

October 22, 2008 02:41 PM Forum: N.A.S.A.

Its alive!

Posted By Maurice Clark
Interesting piece on Emily Lakdawalla's planetary society blog about the ICE spacecraft.

If you do not remember, that was originally the ISEE-3 spacecraft launched in 1978 to study the interaction between the Earth's magnetic field and the solar wind, then in 1983, was sent on to study comet Giacobini-Zinner.

Apparently last month JPL were in contact with it for the first time since 1999. The spacecraft is still healthy with only one of its 11 instruments not working.

It seems like they are now considering getting funding to send it on to another comet!

One amusing bit from the blog....

"it was revealed that the fellow who was supposed to have instructed ICE to turn off its radio transmitters during the last communications session maybe had not done so"

Maybe had not done so......... One way to beat the bureaucrats and bean counters! grin

http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001673/

Cheers,

Maurice

November 5, 2008 08:44 PM Forum: Politics

Re: Congratulations Democrats!

Posted By Maurice Clark
Hi Jim,

Good to hear from you and that you are slowly recovering. I lost my father to a stroke late September, so I am really pleased that you are healing.

I hope that one day you can return in person to the forum.

Regards,

Maurice

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