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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Last night's lecture
by Joe Bauman 11 Dec '18

11 Dec '18

Brent, speaking of the ISS, I have wondered if it could be put into an orbit that continuously cruised between Earth and Mars. When it swung by Mars it could drop off and retrieved crews. I don't see how the radiation would be any worse than the ISS crews are already exposed to. ------------------------------ On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 8:18 AM MST Brent Watson via Utah-Astronomy wrote: >I attended the lecture last night on trajectories. It was really a good, stimulating talk. Thanks for passing the word along. >There were some interesting side comments made about our launch capabilities and the Mars One effort. Mr. Adamo was not at all enthusiastic about the Mars One effort. His opinion is that the effort is doomed because there is not really a way to assure that folks going there would be safe - primarily from radiation. He has done some work with a former flight surgeon on designing a spacecraft to go to Mars. Their result is that in order to get sufficient shielding (using a water jacket), the spacecraft's mass would be around 380 metric tons. That is for a small crew, probably only about 5 members. For a point of comparison, the ISS mass is 400 metric tons. He made the comment that an astronaut who made this trip could only go to space once in this craft, and then he would be at the limit of radiation exposure for his life. The NASA limit is an increased risk of developing cancer of 5%. >That brings us to our current launch capability. Our latest heavy lift rocket - the one we are currently developing - will have the capability to lift 130 metric tons to a very low earth orbit. So low, in fact, that it would burn up at perigee. The Apollo 17 Saturn 5 rocket lifted 140 metric tons into earth orbit -- higher than the new rocket will go. (I am sorry, but my mind will not allow me to recall the name of our currently being designed rocket.) Recall that it took several dozen shuttle launches to assemble the ISS. The Mars One vehicle would require either a hugely more massive launch rocket or a similar effort to build the craft. >As I mentioned, it was a very intellectually stimulating lecture and did involve several ordinary differential equations. They were nicely explained in English by Mr. Adamo. This was the first time I have seen some real math put to Kepler's laws. There were many charts showing what it takes to leave the earth and go to the moon or Mars. It was a very well done lecture. >The above is my recollection of the lecture, and may not actually represent the opinions of Mr. Adamo. It is only my interpretation of what he said. He knows his stuff, that is apparent. Thanks Patrick and Dr. Sohl for passing the word along. >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".

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A poet with a camera, the night sky and the desert
by Joe Bauman 27 Feb '18

27 Feb '18

http://the-nightly-news.com/blog/blog-42-tyson-chappell-dark-sky-poet-with-…

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Blog
by Joe Bauman 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

Dear Friends, That didn’t work. I’m so sorry to clog up your inboxes but some are interested in my efforts. This is the last time I’ll try with this one! Thank you, Joe http://the-nightly-news.com/blog/blog-41-water-the-latest-from-39-light-yea… Sent from my iPhone

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Fwd: Exoplanets
by Joe Bauman 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

Trying again to send this with working URLs. Please excuse the repetition. Thanks, Joe Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com> > Date: February 20, 2018 at 8:04:21 PM MST > To: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Exoplanets > > Life on alien planets seems more likely than ever before. Please see my latest blog: > > Blog 41: Oceans 235 trillion miles away? > > Also, I would appreciate your passing along the home page to others who may be interested in subscribing: > > Home > > Thanks! Joe > >

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Exoplanets
by Joe Bauman 20 Feb '18

20 Feb '18

Life on alien planets seems more likely than ever before.Please see my latest blog: Blog41: Oceans 235 trillion miles away? Also, I would appreciate your passing along the home page toothers who may be interested in subscribing: Home Thanks! Joe

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] It's Liver & Onions time again!
by Chuck Hards 18 Feb '18

18 Feb '18

Thanks to everyone who attended today! It was great to see all of you, it's been far too long. We had folks come from Utah valley, Ogden, and Tooele valley today! As usual, the conversation was interesting and fun. Kay showed-off his wonderful eclipse shots (thanks for the print!) and I found some new homes for some eyepieces. Rich got a focuser transplant on his 90mm refractor, in the back of his car! Thanks to Rich and Tony for picking up the eyepieces and focuser. Joe told an off-color joke that I'll let you ask him about personally, lol. I want to try and do this more often this year, at least every other month and maybe monthly, we'll see. Thanks again, all of you, my dear friends! C.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 180, Issue 9
by Grammy Terry 17 Feb '18

17 Feb '18

Mike and I can make it at noon. I’ve been out of town and out of the loop. What’s the address? Thank you! Kathy Terry > On Feb 15, 2018, at 6:02 AM, utah-astronomy-request(a)mailman.xmission.com wrote: > > Send Utah-Astronomy mailing list submissions to > utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > utah-astronomy-request(a)mailman.xmission.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > utah-astronomy-owner(a)mailman.xmission.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Utah-Astronomy digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: It's Liver & Onions time again! (Siegfried Jachmann) > 2. Re: It's Liver & Onions time again! (Siegfried Jachmann) > 3. Re: It's Liver & Onions time again! (Chuck Hards) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 22:43:30 -0700 > From: Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried(a)jachmann.org> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] It's Liver & Onions time again! > Message-ID: > <CAH4Gk7gnYprKEh6uZo6cHTEvL=eHcFeBQxzeSfhMY6c3tAOCRQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > What time is lunch? > >> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 9:19 AM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Can everyone make it on Saturday, Feb. 10th? I know it's short notice but >> I may be getting busy with work again by mid-month. >> >> It's been far too long since our last gathering. My wife and I both had >> extended illnesses this winter and are just now getting back to reasonably >> full health. Kelly was in the hospital with pneumonia for most of a week >> last month and it was touch-and-go for a while but she's recovered now, >> thankfully. >> >> Time to gather together for lunch and get caught-up on what everyone has >> been doing since our last meeting. >> >> SLAS has the winter sun parties on Saturdays now but maybe we will see >> clouds on the 10th. >> >> If that date doesn't work, post some alternate dates and we'll see what >> happens. >> _______________________________________________ >> Utah-Astronomy mailing list >> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >> >> Send messages to the list to >> Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >> >> The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. >> >> To unsubscribe go to: >> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >> Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on >> "Unsubscribe or edit options". >> > > > > -- > Siegfried > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 22:44:53 -0700 > From: Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried(a)jachmann.org> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] It's Liver & Onions time again! > Message-ID: > <CAH4Gk7hT--aKs9=xxqs1rUd12=AHeazDH5xXPyCU+oNB0v7eyw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Can we make it 12:00 or earlier? > > > On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 10:43 PM, Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried(a)jachmann.org >> wrote: > >> What time is lunch? >> >>> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 9:19 AM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Can everyone make it on Saturday, Feb. 10th? I know it's short notice but >>> I may be getting busy with work again by mid-month. >>> >>> It's been far too long since our last gathering. My wife and I both had >>> extended illnesses this winter and are just now getting back to reasonably >>> full health. Kelly was in the hospital with pneumonia for most of a week >>> last month and it was touch-and-go for a while but she's recovered now, >>> thankfully. >>> >>> Time to gather together for lunch and get caught-up on what everyone has >>> been doing since our last meeting. >>> >>> SLAS has the winter sun parties on Saturdays now but maybe we will see >>> clouds on the 10th. >>> >>> If that date doesn't work, post some alternate dates and we'll see what >>> happens. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Utah-Astronomy mailing list >>> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >>> >>> Send messages to the list to >>> Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >>> >>> The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. >>> >>> To unsubscribe go to: >>> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >>> Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on >>> "Unsubscribe or edit options". >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Siegfried >> > > > > -- > Siegfried > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 06:01:57 -0700 > From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] It's Liver & Onions time again! > Message-ID: > <CAHmuOYq7Pc6OTY9dTONhEp+0BY_AMy3BgH9rSd_h2QF7Ksj24A(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Can everyone make it at 12:00 Noon? > > I can if everyone else can. It's more crowded at noon but chances of > getting the pie you want are better. > > Unless there are a lot of objections, I will try and reserve our table for > noon. > > > > > On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 10:44 PM, Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried(a)jachmann.org >> wrote: > >> Can we make it 12:00 or earlier? >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 10:43 PM, Siegfried Jachmann < >> siegfried(a)jachmann.org >>> wrote: >> >>> What time is lunch? >> >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php > > ------------------------------ > > End of Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 180, Issue 9 > **********************************************

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It's Liver & Onions time again!
by Chuck Hards 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Can everyone make it on Saturday, Feb. 10th? I know it's short notice but I may be getting busy with work again by mid-month. It's been far too long since our last gathering. My wife and I both had extended illnesses this winter and are just now getting back to reasonably full health. Kelly was in the hospital with pneumonia for most of a week last month and it was touch-and-go for a while but she's recovered now, thankfully. Time to gather together for lunch and get caught-up on what everyone has been doing since our last meeting. SLAS has the winter sun parties on Saturdays now but maybe we will see clouds on the 10th. If that date doesn't work, post some alternate dates and we'll see what happens.

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The joy of astronomy
by Joe Bauman 09 Feb '18

09 Feb '18

I accidentally sent this with a photo; this version has only the link. Thank you, Joe http://the-nightly-news.com/blog/blog-40-astronomy

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Brent Watson sent you a message.
by Brent Watson 06 Feb '18

06 Feb '18

BTW, I know where there is an original tower with the beacon mounting base. I don't know if it available though. Its also pretty isolated. On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 9:36 PM, Brent Watson <brentjwatson(a)yahoo.com> wrote: I guess there are two ways of doing it. Modern and authentic. The authentic seems to be expensive and maybe there are no more original parts. Making modern replacements may even allow the device to be solar powered. BTW, I am partial to the west bountiful site. Its easier to get to and is also on private land. But that private land is noxt to a gun club, so ????????? On Monday, February 5, 2018 9:01 PM, Patrick Wiggins <4099wiggins(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hi Brent, Sorry for the delay. I can’t get Facebook messages on my phone so have to wait until I can get to a compter to read them. My email address is 4099wiggins(a)gmail.com (4099 Wiggins is the name of “my” asteroid). Regarding fixing up one of the arrows, I really like the idea and see it’s been done elsewhere. But as luck would have it the CAP person that permitted and organized the cleanup you mentioned is no longer with CAP. I asked her a while back about who I could contact about doing it again. She gave me the contact info for her replacement but despite trying to contact him a couple of times I never heard back. Personally I’d really like to do the one above Lakepoint as it’s on private property and a bit of a pain to get to so it is in excellent shape and would be less likely to be vandalized. BTW, in case you’ve not noticed, the arrow out in the west desert has been painted bright yellow. Very easy to see from the sky but that’s not the original color. patrick > On Feb 5, 2018, at 20:12, Brent Watson <notification+ywmg2gga(a)facebookmail.com> wrote: > > > > Messenger Open Messenger > > > > > > > Brent Watson sent you a message. > > Open Messenger > > You'll need to use Messenger to see and respond to Brent's message. With Messenger, you can text, and make voice and video calls for free. > > > > > > > This message was sent to 4099wiggins(a)gmail.com. If you don't want to receive these emails from Facebook in the future, please unsubscribe. > Facebook, Inc., Attention: Community Support, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025 > > >

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