Sub-Orbital Space Flights & Satellite Exploration
Hubblecast 41: Hubble’s History Told by Hubble’s Scientists Hubble’s history of scientific breakthroughs has made us think afresh about our Universe. But behind the astronomical successes is a rollercoaster ride of scientific and technical challenges going back decades. The Hubblecast caught up with some of the key players in Hubble’s history, including an astronaut, a Nobel Prize winner and one of the scientists who diagnosed Hubble’s blurred vision in 1990. In this episode, narrated by veteran ESA scientist Bob Fosbury, they tell Hubble’s story through their personal experiences. — Please subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com — Venice is just a few centimetres above sea level, about as far from space as you can get. But in 1609, Galileo Galilei brought this city a bit closer to the stars when he gave one of the very first demonstrations of his telescope. A few months after that, he discovered Jupiter’s moons, Io, Ganymede, Callisto and Europa. Four centuries later, another telescope is making history here, as scientists gather to discuss the latest results from Hubble. Hubble was launched in 1990. And that’s of course when its history of scientific discoveries starts. But Hubble’s history isn’t just about science and technology. Like Galileo’s story, it’s also one of politics, money … and extremely smart people doing very difficult things. Bob O’Dell: “I became the first project scientist for the …
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Hubblecast Episode 40: Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) – Hubble’s New Miracle Camera In early 2009, a team of astronauts visited Hubble to repair the wear and tear of twenty years of operating in a hostile environment – and to install two new instruments, the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, and Wide Field Camera 3 – better known as WFC3. — Please subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com — Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) is a combined ultraviolet, visible and infrared camera that dramatically extends Hubble’s ability to image astronomical objects. With these new capabilities, Hubble is still pushing the boundaries of science after two decades in orbit. In episode 30 of the Hubblecast, we saw some of the very first pictures to come back from Wide Field Camera 3, Hubble’s newest and most advanced instrument. Today we’re going to look at some of the science behind these pictures. We’ll find out how this remarkable new camera is helping Hubble to see the invisible, look far back in time and spot objects further away from us than ever before. WFC3 was installed on Hubble in place of WFPC2, the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, which for many years had been the main workhorse instrument on Hubble. Not only do the two instruments have very similar names, and look virtually identical, the capabilities of WFC3 are also in some respects just a tweaked version of those of its predecessor — although with sharper pictures and more …
Tags: pictures, redshift, Camera, NASA
In this movie I will explaine how you can reveal the cities and structures on Mars. There are many cities on Mars and I promise you that they are REAL !! With a simple color modification method you can reveal what is really vissible on the ESA images of Mars. Take a look and see for yourself.
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This is Part I / IV of a Powerpoint presentation that can be downloaded at sciencepowerpoint.com This video is one part of a Earth Science teaching unit for students in grades 5-10. Each few seconds represents one slide on the actual Powerpoint Presentation. The entire unit covers Earth System History and Astronomy Topics. This unit includes an interactive and engaging Powerpoint Presentation of over a 1000+ slides with built in class notes (Red Slides), lab activities, project ideas, discussion questions, assessments (Quiz Wiz), challenge questions with answers, links to great educational websites, videos, and much more. Text is in large print (32 font) and is placed at the top of each slide so it can seen and read from all angles of a classroom. A shade technique and color coding of text helps increase student focus, and allows teacher to control pace of the lesson. Also included is a 13 page assessment / bundled homework that chronologically follows the slideshow, as well as a 10 page modified assessment, and 12 pages of class notes with images are also included for students who could benefit from them. Answers keys to the bundled homework and activities are provided for support professionals, teachers, and home school parents. 39 video shorts (FLV files) are provided and a slide within the slideshow cues teacher / parent when the videos are most relevant to play. Video shorts usually range from 2-7 minutes and are included in organized folders. Two Powerpoint review …
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This is an excerpt from Disney’s Mars and Beyond science show from 1957. Its an animated spoof of all of the pulp science fiction of the day, with the most generic, yet recognizable plot points around! Its such a great job, you could put it right in with all the books and films of the day, it would stand its ground. lol If you like this, I’m adding it to my 50s Sci-Fi Trailers playlist: missing-pieces.com And it is part of Disney’s Mars and Beyond show as a playlist I use on my website: missing-pieces.com That was the 3rd in a series that Disney did with Werner von Braun in the 50′s, following ‘Man in Space’: missing-pieces.com and ‘Man and the Moon’: missing-pieces.com and before ‘Eyes in Outer Space’: missing-pieces.com Enjoy!
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Werner von Braun worked with Walt Disney to produce this section about how we might get to Mars. This was actually sent to President Eisenhower & was the current thinking at the time, which became so scaled down to what we did to get to the moon! Rare Walt Disney Space series from 1957, speculating about Mars. Remember, almost 50 years ago, only Sputnik had gone up 2 months earlier!
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This UPDATED AND EXPANDED edition has more than 17 minutes of explosive new documentation. This final cut of Terrorstorm is the definitive work exposing the history of government-sponsored terrorism. www.infowars.com This re-mastered and re-mixed edition contains: • Shocking uncovered video evidence and new interviews that reveal undeniable proof that governments plan and carry out false-flag events to manipulate the geo-political structure for their advantage. • New footage from the historic 5th Anniversary 9/11 Truth rally at Ground Zero in New York City. • Smoking gun evidence that mainstream media was staging news coverage on 9/11—including false-start reports that Building 7 had totally collapsed over an hour before it fell. • Powerful analysis of Transportation Secretary Norman Minetas testimony before Congress that VP Cheney was clearly in control of the air defense stand down on 9/11. • Learn how the mainstream media is covering up the fact that the majority of living 9/11 victims and their families believe September 11 was an inside job. • New interviews and perspectives on false-flag terror, and much more. TERRORSTORM SPECIAL EDITION SNEAK PEAK: Click here to go to the Infowars shop and order Terrorstorm: Special Edition WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT TERRORSTORM “TerrorStorm sets a new standard in documentary filmmaking. Alex Jones knocks it out of the park yet again.” -Dylan Avery, Director, “Loose Change” “TerrorStorm is the DVD of The Resistance!” – Kurt Nimmo …
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I remembered this favorite part from when I was a kid and in the ’90s on a midnight show of ‘Disney Presents’. Some of the stuff is so eerie & non-Disneyish! Rare Walt Disney Space series from 1957, speculating about Mars. Remember, almost 50 years ago, only Sputnik had gone up 2 months earlier!
Tags: astronomy, NASA, brookers, Mars
How life on Earth evolved & how it might relate to how it would evolve on the other planets. Similar to the prehistoric episode in Fantasia, yet goes beyond it, to space! Rare Walt Disney Space series from 1957, speculating about Mars. Remember, almost 50 years ago, only Sputnik had gone up 2 months earlier!
Tags: HISTORY, science, disney, planet
Mars as seen in the news and entertainment of the times. Cool little ‘generic’ Mars episode at the end. Enjoy. Rare Walt Disney Space series from 1957, speculating about Mars. Remember, almost 50 years ago, only Sputnik had gone up 2 months earlier! (more)
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