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What does a rocket launch have in common with a football game? George Diller, the voice of NASA explains why
by Tony on Oct.19, 2011, under astronomy, commentary, manned spaceflight, nasa
I sat down last week with George Diller, NASA spokesperson for the Public Affairs Office at the Kennedy Space Center. George is best known for his launch commentary on shuttle missions going all the way back to STS-26. The 10 minutes of the interview are featured on today’s (October 19, 2011) edition of the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast. The continuation is available below. Or via my new podcast
The Importance of Science by @neiltyson
by Tony on Sep.21, 2011, under commentary, outreach ideas
the Moon hasn’t gotten this much attention in 40+ years
by Tony on Sep.06, 2011, under commentary, manned spaceflight, nasa
I’ll be on the WRAL News on Fox 50 at 7:40 am Thursday September 8, 2011 talking with Kelcey Carlson and Bill Lesley about the upcoming GRAIL mission scheduled to launch to the Moon less than an hour after that. We’ll also hopefully have time to talk about the incredible pictures release today from LRO showing even better detail of the Apollo landing sites:
top 10 coolest “How It’s Made” segments
by Tony on Aug.17, 2011, under commentary
Aired in the US on the Science Channel and the Discovery Channel in Canada (and produced in Canada with all sorts of bilingual goodness)
- hatchery chicks
- ballons
- phyllo dough
- decorative candles
- trombones
- bandaids
- marbles
- erasers
- crayons*
- hockey gloves
I link the original how-they-do-it video I remember from Mr Rogers rather than the How It’s Made version. The process hasn’t changed much and Mr Rogers has better music.
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Launching Balloons to Study Space Weather
In Antarctica in January, 2013 – the summer at the South Pole – scientists released 20 balloons, each eight stories tall, into the air to help answer an enduring space weather question: when the giant radiation belts surrounding Earth lose material, where do the extra particles actually go? This NASA-funded mission is called BARREL, for Balloon Array for Radiation belt Relativistic Electron Losses. Each balloon launched by the BARREL team floated for anywhere from three to 40 days, measuring X-rays produced by fast-moving electrons high up in the atmosphere.BARREL works hand in hand with another NASA mission called the Van Allen Probes, which travels directly through the Van Allen radiation belts. The belts wax and wane over time in response to incoming energy and material from the sun, sometimes intensifying the radiation through which satellites orbiting Earth must travel. Scientists need to understand this process better, and even provide forecasts of such space weather, in order to protect our spacecraft.› Read MoreImage Credit: NASA
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