October 2004 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

beautiful meteor
by Thomas Sevcik 03 Apr '06

03 Apr '06

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Incoming!
by diveboss＠xmission.com 27 Oct '05

27 Oct '05

NASA Science News for September 3, 2004 On September 8th, a daylight fireball will streak across the western United States. It's Genesis, returning samples of the Sun to Earth. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/03sep_genesisreentry.htm?list1153573

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Observing Report from the Gravel Pit
by UTAHDEB＠aol.com 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

Are there any good hiking trails up there? I need to take advantage of that fresh air. Debbie

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Today's NASA Briefing
by Patrick Wiggins 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

Two things of note out of today's briefing. 1) The briefer noted they have received 132 reports of found debris in CA, 130 in AZ and 9 in NM but that none had been confirmed. He made no mention of Utah. 2) The picture mentioned in the Aviation Week article was shown. Some of the media has been playing it up as being "hi resolution". Don't know that I'd call it hi-res but it does show the shape of the orbiter and maybe there's "something" with the left wing but the image is so pixcelated it's hard to say for sure. No doubt the picture will be all over the TV tonight.

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Surveyor Tripod Adapter
by Naz_David 02 Nov '04

02 Nov '04

Can anyone point me in the direction of a local machinest who would be able to turn an adapter for me for a reasonable price (~$30) - I have one drawn up in SolidWorks for my GP-DX mount. I purchased an adapter from Universal Astronomics but it doesn't fit the tripod I have. My new bit "adapts the adapter" and is would be fixed to the tripod base. Cheers David

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Red Sox, Red Eclipse 2004
by astrodeb＠charter.net 29 Oct '04

29 Oct '04

I found this on the digital-astro group. http://www.lecza.com/astro/eclipse2004/ Debbie

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Rutan's "astronauts"
by Chuck Hards 29 Oct '04

29 Oct '04

To counter Burt Rutan yet again, I think the term "astronaut" should be reserved for pilots, crew, and PAID professional employees. Those who are purely paying passengers should be called "space travellers" or something similar. Otherwise the title becomes diluted and loses any prestige pretty much immediatlely. After all, Michael Jackson could buy a seat for his favorite chimp; would the chimp then be an astronaut? Come on, reality check time. Is the term going to be "awarded" to anyone with the bucks to buy a ticket? I think Rutan is counting on the title for all passengers as a marketing tool. Cheap shot. Really cheap. If that's the case, the term now carries no cachet or prestige at all, in fact it's the replacement word for "payload". > Space Race 2: Flying High Beyond The Sky > > The mission now for Burt Rutan's team is to create > 3,000 new astronauts a year, > beginning in four or five years. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Rutan's "astronauts"
by Michael Carnes 28 Oct '04

28 Oct '04

What about asstronauts? Meaning they just sit there.... To counter Burt Rutan yet again, I think the term "astronaut" should be reserved for pilots, crew, and PAID professional employees.

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Huygens
by Chuck Hards 28 Oct '04

28 Oct '04

Let's hope ESA didn't sub-out the parachute deployment sensor to Lockheed-Martin... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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New Saturn Picture
by Siegfried Jachmann 27 Oct '04

27 Oct '04

Joe, I see it the same way and wondered the same thing even before reading your post. The ring is not parallel with the belts. I'm also wondering where the top of the planet disappeared to. Siegfried Jachmann Family History Network Comptroller 801-553-8881

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