Let There Be Light!

Let There Be Light!
Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:00:00 -0600

Endeavour pilot Terry Virts opened the windows of the newly installed cupola one at a time early Wednesday, giving spacewalkers Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patrick an early look into the International Space Station's room with a view that they had helped install. The cupola's fully opened windows look down on the Sahara Desert in this image that was 'tweeted' from space by JAXA astronaut and Expedition 22 flight engineer Soichi Noguchi. Image Credit: NASA

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OBAMA IS KILLING OUR NASA!

Most of us aren't aware of it but NASA is in our home, car, office, factory and more. NASA is unique. While
other government programs focus on just their are of responsibility, NASA does the self-same thing but in the
process there are numerous collateral benefits to numerous other areas from it's pure and applied science
projects, as well as, spin offs and applications. It is imperative that NASA while still extremely necessary to so
many fields once again becomes the main scientific/technological engine of our economy. Further, Obama's
decision not to replacing the aging space shuttle fleet means - do you relish the idea - that we will have to beg
and pay Russia to carry our astronauts to the so-called International Space Station for which we footed most of
the bill!
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In older posts, (less then a month old) please read: "Richard DePersio responds to question from his nine year
old niece: "Do you think that there is life elsewhere in in universe?" with: "R.D. responds to question from his
niece"; "Rickcosmos is not Known for his brevity!"; "Rick Always has Time for His Nieces."

Rick always has time for his nieces

-----Original Message-----
From: rrdd3939@aol.com
To: dredi69@aol.com
Sent: Mon, Feb 1, 2010 3:39 pm
Subject: Re:

Real scientists like us don't use the term 'believe' when it comes to science. Science is based on theory

and fact; religion is based on faith. They are both important and necessary.You can believe in a religious idea like Jesus is the Son of God but in science you either except or reject an idea.

It is likely that one-celled plants and animals, algae, bacteria existed in the past or still exist on Mars or on the areas around the north and south poles  of the moon; life as complex as insects on

Jupiter's moon - Io and as complex as fish in an ocean under the solid surface of Saturn's moon -  Europa.

As far as aliens visiting the earth in the past or present in flying saucers -no. Intelligent alien life living

on planets orbiting other stars - maybe (50% chance) but they haven't visited. Topper knows an alien

who lives on a planet orbiting the star 69 Cygni and Harvey knows an alien from Mexico (that's a different kind of an alien.

-----Original Message-----

To: RRDD3939@aol.com
Sent: Sun, Jan 31, 2010 9:09 pm

uncle rick, i have a question for you - do you believe in aliens?

aj

Fwd: Rickcosmos is not known for brevity!.

-----Original Message-----
From: rrdd3939@aol.com
To: dredi69@aol.com
Sent: Tue, Feb 2, 2010 4:.

Alexa, lets pretend that mass and weight are the same thing. The earth has more mass then the moon

that's why the moon orbits the earth and the earth doesn't orbit the moon. The more mass that an object has the more gravity it has. Gravity is an invisible force (Topper knows a lot about it.)The earth pulls you

down stronger then if you were on the moon. Gravity determines weight. You weight more on

earth then on moon (we are pretending mass and weight are the same thing). If you drop something

on earth like a glass of milk, your mother hollers at you. Things fall slower on the moon. Maybe, you

can catch it before your mother yells!

The earth is a planet and orbits a star. There are planets that orbit other stars. What if a planet had

intelligent life like humans. It will mostly be made out of water and carbon like us. Would it like us? It might look like monster but have things that resemble what we have. You would look at it and say: "Those

looks like eyes" and "I wonder if he uses that body part like a hand" and " I think that his brain might be

inside that body part."

The planet can't be to big (where pretending that mass and size are the same): the air would crush it

and gravity would pin it against the ground - it wouldn't be able to lift itself up or even move - -

it wouldn't be able to search for water and food. It would be alright if it were a little bigger then the earth
then the intelligent life on that planet would be short and squatty. If it were just a little small then the 

life would be tall and thin. Can you figure out the reason?

Venus is just a little smaller then the earth but it's air is poisonous.

There is something else for there to be intelligent life on a planet it has to be the right size, have the

right kind of air - - and be at the right distance from it's star, otherwise, it would be too hot or too cold to

live.

SAVE OUR NATION AND ORION

CONTACT: YOUR SENATORS AND CONGRESSMAN: 202-224-3121 - you don't need to know their names - just
your state
www.NASA.org:
devnull@panix.com and sci-space-requests@panix.com
this website

NASA

ONCE AGAIN, WE NEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - PRIMARILY NASA - TO BE THE ENGINE OF OUR ECONOMY!

OUR DESTINY

SPACE SCIENCE SLIDE SHOW ON YOUTUBE: Rickaddsite. OBAMA REPLACES REAL SCIENCE - EVEN AT NASA
WITH JUNK 'HOCKEY STICK' SCIENCE.

NASA Tweetup Gives Public Birds-Eye View Of Space Shuttle Mission

NASA Tweetup Gives Public Birds-Eye View Of Space Shuttle Mission
Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:00:00 -0600

For the first time, NASA Twitter followers can personally go inside the heart of a space shuttle mission at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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NASA Astronauts Presenting Special 'Space Veteran' Super Bowl Coin

NASA Astronauts Presenting Special 'Space Veteran' Super Bowl Coin
Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:00:00 -0600

The crew of the space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission will deliver a specially minted silver medallion to National Football League officials at 10 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

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Galaxy Cluster Has Two 'Tails' to Tell

Galaxy Cluster Has Two 'Tails' to Tell
Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:00:00 -0600

Two spectacular tails of X-ray emission have been seen trailing behind a galaxy using the Chandra X-ray Observatory. A composite image of the galaxy cluster Abell 3627 shows X-rays from Chandra in blue, optical emission in yellow and emission from hydrogen light -- known to astronomers as 'H-alpha' -- in red. The optical and H-alpha data were obtained with the Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) Telescope in Chile. At the front of the tail is the galaxy ESO 137-001. The brighter of the two tails has been seen before and extends for about 260,000 light years. The detection of the second, fainter tail, however, was a surprise to the scientists. The X-ray tails were created when cool gas from ESO 137-001 (with a temperature of about ten degrees above absolute zero) was stripped by hot gas (about 100 million degrees) as it travels towards the center of the galaxy cluster Abell 3627. What astronomers observe with Chandra is essentially the evaporation of the cold gas, which glows at a temperature of about 10 million degrees. Evidence of gas with temperatures between 100 and 1,000 degrees Kelvin in the tail was also found with the Spitzer Space Telescope. Galaxy clusters are collections of hundreds or even thousands of galaxies held together by gravity that are enveloped in hot gas. The two-pronged tail in this system may have formed because gas has been stripped from the two major spiral arms in ESO 137-001. The stripping of gas is thought to have a significant effect on galaxy evolution, removing cold gas from the galaxy, shutting down the formation of new stars in the galaxy, and changing the appearance of inner spiral arms and bulges because of the effects of star formation. Image Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/UVa/M. Sun et al; H-alpha/Optical: SOAR/MSU/NOAO/UNC/CNPq-Brazil/M.Sun et al.

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High School Students Can Send Experiments Flying with NASA

High School Students Can Send Experiments Flying with NASA
Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:00:00 -0600

NASA is inviting student teams nationwide to design and build an experiment or technology demonstration to be sent to the near space environment of the stratosphere, an altitude of 100,000 feet.

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NASA Extends the World Wide Web Out Into Space

NASA Extends the World Wide Web Out Into Space
Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:00:00 -0600

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station received a special software upgrade this week – personal access to the Internet and the World Wide Web via the ultimate wireless connection.

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Rover Gives NASA an "Opportunity" to View Interior of Mars

Rover Gives NASA an "Opportunity" to View Interior of Mars
Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:00:00 -0600

NASA's Mars exploration rover Opportunity is allowing scientists to get a glimpse deep inside Mars.

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Reporters Invited To "Dig It" With NASA in Hawaii

Reporters Invited To "Dig It" With NASA in Hawaii
Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:00:00 -0600

Reporters are invited to field tests of NASA equipment and concept vehicles that demonstrate how explorers might prospect for resources and make their own oxygen for survival while on other planetary bodies.

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From Space to the Classroom: NASA Science Improves Climate Change Education

From Space to the Classroom: NASA Science Improves Climate Change Education
Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:00:00 -0600

NASA has awarded approximately $1.4 million in cooperative agreements to enhance learning through the use of the agency's unique Earth science resources.

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