Buzz Aldrin at minute 4 in this video
Last eight minute broadcast from Apollo 11
The Ride Report (1987)
LEADERSHIP and America’s Future in Space (1987) The Ride Report Excerpts: “LEADERSHIP IN SPACE “For two decades, the United States was the undisputed leader in nearly all civilian space endeavors… “The National Space Policy of 1982, which “establishes the basic goals of United States policy,” includes the directive to “maintain United States space leadership.” It further specifies …
A Call for An All-Woman Crew and The First Woman Astronaut to set foot on the Moon will be American!
Inspired by the COO of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell’s revelations in her TEDx talk published here), we have initiated a series of articles and links to articles by other publications. This is last in the series... Blue Origin, NASA, SpaceX say with voices the World can understand, “Humans will return to the Moon by 2024” Richard …
Dateline Nome, Alaska
Nome, Alaska this morning near the pizza place. It's 40-42F in Nome today with chance of showers (42%). Nome is 102 miles south of the Arctic Circle. Nome, home of clean streets and sidewalks. Amen! While I cannot visit everywhere I'd like - there is no beaming device for humans yet - I can …
Lowest Arctic Sea-Ice Extent On Record
Full Report 02May19 Arctic sea ice extent for April 2019 averaged 13.45 million square kilometers (5.19 million square miles). This was 1.24 million square kilometers (479,000 square miles) below the 1981 to 2010 long-term average extent and 230,000 square kilometers (89,000 square miles) below the previous record low set in April 2016. Rapid ice loss …
The Gravity Signature at LIGO/VIRGO at Quarter Century
PHYSICS Gravitational-Wave Hunt Restarts—with a Quantum Boost “Detailed data on space-time ripples are set to pour in from LIGO and Virgo’s upgraded detectors” Inside the LIGO gravitational-wave detector in Hanford, Washington, engineers install hardware upgrades necessary for the facilities latest observing run. Credit: Jeff Kissel, LIGO, Caltech and MIT The hunt for gravitational waves is on again—this …
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“The Moon is a Harsh Mistress”: A Call for An All-Woman Crew and The first Woman Astronaut to set foot on The Moon will be American…
Inspired by the COO of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell’s revelations in her TEDx talk published previously (and here), IReallyAppreciateScience has initiated a series of articles and links to articles by other publications on a singular question... “Why America is in 4th Place in Advanced Tech, when in the last Century it was in 1st?" Blue Origin, …
TOLKIEN – The Movie
Lt. J.R.R. Tolkien, Lancaster Fusiliers, later Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE, FRSL) For some curious reason, I was ask/abducted to go see Tolkien, at a "pre-event showing", as the advert goes, broadcast live from a film festival. Nothing could be further from the truth. If I and another patron had not …
“Human-caused climate change played limited role in Beijing’s 2013 airpocalypse
Researchers suggest that cutting emissions is key to improving air quality April 25, 2019 | By Amanda Morris “In January 2013, a suffocating, poisonous haze hung over Beijing for four days. The record high levels of fine particulate matter in the air caused airports to close and thousands of coughing, choking citizens to seek hospital …
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Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)…for the next generation
Inspired by the COO of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell’s revelations in her TEDx talk published previously, IReallyAppreciateScience has initiated a series of articles and links to articles by other publications on a singular question... “Why America is in 4th Place in Advanced Tech, when in the last Century it was in 1st?" NGSS seems like they came …
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