Sub-Orbital Space Flights & Satellite Exploration
www.youtube.com British ufologist and cryptozoologist Nick Redfern talked about his new book Science Fiction Secrets which probes the intertwining connections between works of fiction, and governmental secrecy & experiments, conspiracies, and the paranormal. Among the items he covered: * Pres. Ronald Reagan, upon viewing Steven Spielberg’s movie ET at the White House in 1982, was said to have whispered to the director that a handful of people in the room know how true this movie really was. * Soviet leader Josef Stalin may have been inspired by reading the HG Wells’ science-fiction novel, The Island of Dr. Moreau, when he created a project that attempted (unsuccessfully) to breed humans with apes, in order to create an invincible soldier. * Another Wells novel, The Invisible Man, may have influenced the US military’s secretive attempts to perfect invisibility for its warships in WWII, in what became known as the Philadelphia Experiment. * Government documents at Fort Dietrich mention lethal alien viruses and plans of action, which are similar to the scenarios written about by Michael Crichton in his book The Andromeda Strain. * The pilot episode of The X-Files spin-off, The Lone Gunmen, featured a plot line similar to the 9-11 attacks, though the program aired seven months before the event (video clip). * The FBI secretly spied on a number of science-fiction authors, including Philip K. Dick, Aldous Huxley, and George Orwell. The US Air Force spied on 1950s filmmaker Mike …
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On March 2 at 8PM ET/PT on PBS, join astrophysicist and host of NOVA science NOW Neil degrasse Tyson as he travels across the country to explore the history of Pluto—from its discovery to its fall from “planethood” in “The Pluto Files.” to find out more go to www.pbs.org/nova/pluto
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From the acclaimed Science Screen Report DVD series, provided to schools nationwide free of charge. PLUTO, FARTHEST PLANET & COMET, VISITORS FROM SPACE (from the Space Files series from York Films of London). Since its discovery in 1930, astronomers have been debating the status of the tiny world at the farthest reaches of our solar system—Pluto. In this program, students are given a firsthand look at the scientific process that initially classified Pluto as a planet and then reclassified it …
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From the acclaimed Science Screen Report DVD series, provided to schools nationwide free of charge. PLUTO, FARTHEST PLANET & COMET, VISITORS FROM SPACE (from the Space Files series from York Films of London). Since its discovery in 1930, astronomers have been debating the status of the tiny world at the farthest reaches of our solar system—Pluto. In this program, students are given a firsthand look at the scientific process that initially classified Pluto as a planet and then reclassified it …
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INSIDE TRACK – MERCURY& VENUS HOSTILE PLANET Baked and irradiated, Mercury is a cratered world; pock-marked by impactors that rained from space during the early development of our Solar System. With double sunrises, its day is twice as long as its year. Mercurys orbit is now perpetually shadowed from the scorching Sun; scientists think there may be ice deposited by comets. In contrast, the un-Earthly Venus is a lifeless planet with a dense, choking atmosphere with temperatures that could …
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INSIDE TRACK – MERCURY& VENUS HOSTILE PLANET Baked and irradiated, Mercury is a cratered world; pock-marked by impactors that rained from space during the early development of our Solar System. With double sunrises, its day is twice as long as its year. Mercurys orbit is now perpetually shadowed from the scorching Sun; scientists think there may be ice deposited by comets. In contrast, the un-Earthly Venus is a lifeless planet with a dense, choking atmosphere with temperatures that could …
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PART 2: FAR OUT, MEASURING THE UNIVERSE & YONDER TO INFINITY, END OF THE UNIVERSE (from the acclaimed Space Files series from York Films of London). How far is a star or a galaxy? Distances are so vast they are described in light years; nearby stars are measured by trigonometry the technique of parallax. Farther out, astronomers use so-called standard candles, the Type Ia supernovae is the standard candle basis. Beyond that the electromagnetic redshift of galaxies reveals their distances …
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ZERO TO ZILLIONS, THEORY OF THE BIG BANG & BLACK HOLES, COSMIC VANISHING ACTS We view a scientific speculation about how the Universe grew from an infinitesimal speck to create matter, radiation, time and space. In the first trillion-trillion-trillionth of a second, the cosmos grew a hundred million times to less than the size of an atom. Then, in another instant, the Universe was the size of a galaxy. Now, billions of years later and strung along vast filaments, our Universe has some 50 …
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PLUTO, FARTHEST PLANET & COMET, VISITORS FROM SPACE (from the acclaimed Space Files series from York Films of London). Since its discovery in 1930, astronomers have been debating the status of the tiny world at the farthest reaches of our solar system—Pluto. In this program, students are given a firsthand look at the scientific process that initially classified Pluto as a planet and then reclassified it in 2006 as a Dwarf Planet. Also, students will also learn about comets, objects that …
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ZERO TO ZILLIONS, THEORY OF THE BIG BANG & BLACK HOLES, COSMIC VANISHING ACTS We view a scientific speculation about how the Universe grew from an infinitesimal speck to create matter, radiation, time and space. In the first trillion-trillion-trillionth of a second, the cosmos grew a hundred million times to less than the size of an atom. Then, in another instant, the Universe was the size of a galaxy. Now, billions of years later and strung along vast filaments, our Universe has some 50 …
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