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Better news
by Patrick Wiggins 22 Jan '04

22 Jan '04

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2004/28.cfm

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Hubble repair mission cancelled?
by Dale Hooper 22 Jan '04

22 Jan '04

My understanding is that one of the major reasons is that the Columbia Accident Review Board added a requirement that any mission other than to ISS - required that a backup shuttle be ready for launch. Still, this is a major letdown. -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Wiggins [mailto:paw@trilobyte.net] Sent: Fri 1/16/2004 10:28 PM To: Utah Astronomy Cc: Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Hubble repair mission cancelled? Deorbit a functioning telescope at least 4 years before its replacement is launched. I guess I don't understand the reasoning. But then they do have to come up with 11 billion dollars somewhere to pay for the return to the Moon and on to Mars. Patrick William Biesele wrote: > > http://www.nasawatch.com/misc/01.16.04.hst.html > http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/01/16/hubble.telescope.ap/index.html > > > WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Hubble Space Telescope will be allowed to > > degrade and eventually become useless, as NASA changes focus to > > President Bush's plans to send humans to the moon, Mars and beyond, > > officials said Friday. > > Above says it all. No mission to Hubble before the space shuttle is > retired. > > Sadly > > Bill B.. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com

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Pictures
by Patrick Wiggins 21 Jan '04

21 Jan '04

Passing these on. Not strictly astronomy but stunning images none-the-less. Patrick Meteorology http://blogs.biasecurities.com/images/2003/cloud.jpg http://blogs.biasecurities.com/images/2003/cyclonegraham02.jpg http://blogs.biasecurities.com/images/2003/fire_starter.jpg Solar Astronomy http://blogs.biasecurities.com/images/2003/melhorfotov2003.JPG Ichthyology http://blogs.biasecurities.com/images/2003/dolphin.jpg Miscellaneous http://www.fifth-essence.com/archive/bestpix2003

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Mars Colors
by Paul Witte 21 Jan '04

21 Jan '04

Apparently some popular sites recently added a link to that page causing an overload on their servers. Try again in a couple days and you shouldn't have a problem. Here is the link again in case you deleted it: http://www.atsnn.com/story/30048.html ---------- From: Chuck Hards Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 9:36 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Mars Colors --- Josephine Grahn <bsi(a)xmission.com> wrote: >> Thank you for posting that link! It took a few trys > to get through, but > was well worth the wait. Neither my home computer nor my office machine can open that link, I have to give up and get on with life. C. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com

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Aurora watch tonight (Wednesday)
by Patrick Wiggins 21 Jan '04

21 Jan '04

(from Sky & Telescope's on line site) A coronal mass ejection (CME) is en route to the Earth. The impact of this disturbance is expected to occur during the early evening hours of January 21st (Wednesday night). Auroral activity could intensify to moderately strong levels, and North America is well positioned to observe much of the activity. This aurora alert will remain in place for about 48 hours, so the possibility is good that auroras may also be visible Thursday night. Updates may be posted on the Solar Terrestrial Dispatch Web site under the heading "Astro Alert News." http://www.spacew.com Patrick

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Empty nest on Mars
by Kim Hyatt 21 Jan '04

21 Jan '04

The lighting looks like an earth sunset/twilight. Any idea of the time? Or is this a processing artifact? -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Wiggins [mailto:paw@trilobyte.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 2:43 PM To: utah astronomy listserve Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Empty nest on Mars Great new picture from MER-A showing the empty lander. http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20040121a.html Patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com

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Empty nest on Mars
by Patrick Wiggins 21 Jan '04

21 Jan '04

Great new picture from MER-A showing the empty lander. http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20040121a.html Patrick

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URL correction
by Patrick Wiggins 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

Oops, left the first letter off the URL. He's the whole thing. http://www.harktheherald.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&… Patrick

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Pro NASa article
by Patrick Wiggins 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

ttp://www.harktheherald.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&s… Patrick

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Robot belly-dancer
by Patrick Wiggins 19 Jan '04

19 Jan '04

I don't think this fits in News, but it is science (or a sort) and amusing. Presented for your approval: http://www.nature.com/nsu/040119/040119-1.html Patrick :-)

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