Sub-Orbital Space Flights & Satellite Exploration
Doug Ellison, a space exploration addict talking at the 2008 Milton Keynes Science Festival. Doug explains what Mars is, why it is so difficult to land there and how to prevent a multi-million pound space craft from a crash landing. Doug talks about the NASA Mars Pathfinder mission and its most recent discoveries. Find out why landing on Mars is as hard to do as throwing a coin from the UK and making it land on top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris… and other interesting facts. Visit the …
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years until we’ll get the first photos of Pluto? Get the latest science on where water has been found and where we might look next for signs of life. Understand the conditions needed for the next big growth in star births. Jonti also shows some amazing photographs from space missions. Jonti is a Research Fellow in Astronomy at The Open University. www.open.ac.uk www.open.ac.uk — … “The Open University” “Science Festival” “Milton Keynes” space Sun Moon Venus Jupiter Uranus Neptune …
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Jonti Horner talks about the history of comets and why things hitting the Earth aren’t always bad. He asks if Jupiter is the big bully of the solar system and whether it may have protected the Earth from impact. Jonti is a Research Fellow in Astronomy at The Open University. www.open.ac.uk www.open.ac.uk –
Tags: astronomy, The Open University, Science Festival, Milton Keynes
