| СЛАВА ВОЖДЯМ ... |
[12 Apr 2012|10:41am] |
Оригинал взят у ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1) gagarin_50 в СЛАВА ВОЖДЯМ ..."... Минувший год, объявленный годом космонавтики, "Роскомос" с треском отметил чередой неудачных запусков. Сначала три навигационных спутника "Глонасс-М" упали в океан, за этим последовали потеря спутника "Экспресс-АМ4" и падение грузового корабля "Прогресс М-12М", ну а совсем недавно Россия наблюдала феноменальную утрату космической станции "Фобос-Грунт", название которой оправдало себя лишь во второй своей части. Прежде всего, как отмечают эксперты, проблема в нехватке квалифицированных специалистов. Новое поколение не стремится за 20 тыс. руб. разработать новый корабль XXI века, а опытные специалисты уходят на пенсию. "С нашими перестройками мы вырастили поколение, которое ничего о своей стране не знает. К великому сожалению, это не только касается космонавтики, это касается полярных станций, ледоколов, самолетов и т.д. Поколение, которое сегодня приходит к управлению на разных уровнях - это люди, которые очень слабо представляют, что было сделано и на чем мы сейчас вообще держимся. В космонавтике мы держимся на заделе 70-80-х годов, до сих пор", - отмечает космонавт П.Виноградов. И если раньше космонавты и работники ракетно-космической отрасли жили своей работой, мечтали о великих достижениях и полетах в просторах Вселенной, то сейчас, увы, все иначе. ..."
http://top.rbc.ru/economics/12/04/2012/645976.shtml
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| “Man Conquers Space” |
[27 Mar 2012|03:56am] |
“July 20, 1948 - the National Council on Astronautics, or NCA, has been brought into being.
Promo Video
“For the eyes of the entire world now look into space - to the realms of low and high Earth orbit, to the Moon, to Mars and the other planets - and to the stars beyond.
“And we have determined that we shall not see any of it governed by the hostile flag of a repressive regime, but by a flag of freedom, peace, and of boundless enterprise born of exploration for the sake of all mankind…”
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| A reflection |
[21 Jul 2011|06:09am] |
I watched the space shuttle Columbia launch on a TV in my second grade classroom, in 1981.
I watched the final landing just now, in 2011, at work on my "smartphone".
Posted via LjBeetle
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| Dancing on the Moon |
[17 May 2011|10:50am] |
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Can someone tell me why NASA is not exploring the possibility of telepresence on the Moon? They're going through all this fol-de-rol of “Returning to the Moon,” with scarcely any better reason than the first time, and it's probably never going to happen - not by NASA - but look at this.
( Video )
I don't think even the Russians have a pressure suit this flexible. It sure beats anything ol' Neil & Buzz could do! And you're standing in your motion-sensor harness back on Earth. So what if there's a 2.5 second delay between initiating a motion and seeing the result? What would you do fast? There could be 'walk' subroutines in the droid, where you indicate where you want to go and it walks you there.
Wouldn't you like to see even a stereo periscope view of actually standing on the Moon? Look around, walk around, do things. No life support requirements, your equipment size-reduced and thus cheaper to send, and if you fall off a cliff somewhere - oh, well, activate another droid.
It is technically feasible, and I don't understand why NASA isn't exploring the concept.
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| A musing on the shuttle delay. |
[08 May 2011|02:16pm] |
I'm as bummed as anyone about the delay in the launch of the shuttle, but in a way it's verifying exactly why the program needs to be scrapped. The shuttle is a finicky vehicle, prone to trouble. I can't find any statistics on it, but how many launches ended up delayed for one reason or another due to mechanical issues? Mark my words - the final shuttle flight will probably be delayed too.
I hate losing the ability for NASA to get astronauts into orbit - but the method we have been using has been spotty and expensive - and we've lost 14 astronauts in the process. I'm anxious for this whole shuttle program to be over so NASA can finally concentrate all those resources elsewhere. We are being held back in our exploration of the universe by the first 100 miles.
I'm impressed with Virgin Galactic's system. Yes, it's only for tourists and only goes up so far - but it's promising. I hope NASA is paying attention.
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| Back On Track |
[04 Apr 2011|10:43am] |
Dear Space enthusiasts!
Despite the setbacks, Kiev Space Night will indeed take place!
Stay tuned for venue info and other details!
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| Sergei Korolev: the rocket genius behind Yuri Gagarin |
[16 Mar 2011|09:55pm] |
Originally posted by gagarin_50 at Sergei Korolev: the rocket genius behind Yuri Gagarinhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/mar/13/yuri-gagarin-first-space-korolev
50 years ago, Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. But the unsung hero of the Soviet Union's triumph was a brilliant scientist who survived Stalin's purgesRobin McKie
A girl presents Gagarin with flowers during his visit to London in July 1961.
Photograph: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis
It remains the one untarnished triumph of Soviet science. On 12 April 1961, a peasant farmer's son with a winsome smile crammed himself into a capsule eight feet in diameter and was blasted into space on top of a rocket 20 storeys high. One hundred and eight minutes later, after making a single orbit of our world, the young pilot parachuted back to Earth. In doing so, Yuri Gagarin became the first human being to journey into space.
The flight of Vostok 1 – whose 50th anniversary will be celebrated next month – was a defining moment of the 20th century and opened up the prospect of interplanetary travel for our species. It also made Gagarin an international star while his mission was hailed as clear proof of the superiority of communist technology. The 27-year-old cosmonaut became a figurehead for the Soviet Union and toured the world. He lunched with the Queen; was kissed by Gina Lollobrigida; and holidayed with the privileged in Crimea.
Gagarin also received more than a million letters from fans across the world, an astonishing outpouring of global admiration – for he was not obvious star material. He was short and slightly built. Yet Gagarin possessed a smile "that lit up the darkness of the cold war", as one writer put it, and had a natural grace that made him the best ambassador that the USSR ever had. Even his flaws seem oddly endearing by modern standards, his worst moment occurring when he gashed his head after leaping from a window to avoid his wife who had discovered a girl in his hotel room.
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| See, if you're not COOL |
[14 Mar 2011|01:10pm] |
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- then Congress tapers your budget down to zip by the mid-1970s.
Whereas, if THIS was how America had gone to the Moon -
Y' know? Dang.
Yet there's hope; this appears to be The Shape of Things to Come, when in the coming centuries the frozen-over, airless Earth has become a new moon of Saturn!
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| MESSENGER to Mercury |
[26 Feb 2011|09:15pm] |
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We read you loud and clear, although it's not what was expected.
Hey, when it comes to space, and stuff humankind thinks it knows...when isn't it?
( read article )
There is another interesting article in this month's Scientific America, that includes detailed images of the craft and phenominas. I suspect great interest in Mercury based on the numerous discoveries of solar systems with planets as close, or closer, to the sun than our own fire child (despite the new oddities often being as big, or biiger, than Jupiter) -- as these worlds are the easiest to spot with current techniques and from such vast distances.
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| Lava oceans, ahoy! |
[20 Feb 2011|03:30am] |
Scientists pleasantly surprised by number of Earth-size, distant planets
I have a gripe.
"The planet Kepler-10b, shown in the photo above, is a particularly interesting find because it likely has no atmosphere, but does have liquid oceans that are essentially lava lakes, she said."
Um. Got pictures of those lava lakes? Proof of volcanic activity? I mean - if they can tell this about a planet 1000 light years away, we don't really need to send any more probes out in our own solar system. Pluto's only 5 light hours away, after all!
Not to say that there aren't any lava oceans there, but we don't really have any lava oceans in our own solar system, either. Heck, people thought there would be rivers of molten metal on Mercury, and there weren't. With all the data we have and can get from 1000 light years away you could say a planet has cotton candy trees and who'd know the difference! (May free up more funding for the space program, though! We'd get the carnival lobby and the circus lobby to help!)
I'll give you that maybe the scientist is being quoted out of context, though. I sure hope so.
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| Teaching From Space Seeks Educators to Defy Gravity |
[10 Feb 2011|09:17am] |
Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, in partnership with the Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program announces the opportunity for educators across the country to conduct research in a unique reduced-gravity environment. For the first time, this incredible opportunity is open to any current K-12 classroom teacher in the U.S. Participants must also be U.S. citizens.
This experience will enable selected educator teams to propose, design and fabricate an experiment and subsequently test and evaluate the experiment onboard the reduced gravity aircraft.
For more information, including deadlines and proposal information, please visit http://microgravityuniversity.jsc.nasa.gov/tfs or send an e-mail to jsc-rgeducator@mail.nasa.gov.
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| Every year... |
[27 Jan 2011|06:10pm] |
I like to post this every year on this day of remembrance.
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