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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Fossils found on Mars!
by Kim Hyatt 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

That's funny, I only saw such things when I did take medication... -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Hards [mailto:chuckhards@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 1:30 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Fossils found on Mars! Alas, Kim, I only see these things when I stop taking my medication....;) C. --- Kim Hyatt <khyatt(a)smithlayton.com> wrote: > Just goes to show what a superior observer you are, > Chuck. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Hards [mailto:chuckhards@yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 12:31 PM > To: Utah Astronomy > Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Fossils found on Mars! > > > You can distinctly see a car on a road in the > distance, between the two hobbits... > > > --- Kim Hyatt <khyatt(a)smithlayton.com> wrote: > > I have no idea what y'all are looking at - all I > see > > is some remote corner > > of Area 51. True to its nature, the government has > > cropped the jet contrails > > from the top of the frame. > > > __________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 __________________________________ 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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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Fossils found on Mars!
by Kim Hyatt 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

I have no idea what y'all are looking at - all I see is some remote corner of Area 51. True to its nature, the government has cropped the jet contrails from the top of the frame. -----Original Message----- From: Josephine Grahn [mailto:bsi@xmission.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 12:16 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Fossils found on Mars! Brent, You missed the really important one! Halfway down the picture, on the extreme left, is a partially buried alien, with human characteristics, including it's personality. The upper part of it's skull is showing, and slightly to the left, it's hand bones are exposed. giving a classic gesture,,, apparently more universally known than we thought.... Jo Grahn At 10:58 AM 1/6/2004 -0800, you wrote: >Go to the following URL and enlarge the photo as much >as possible. > >http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20040106a/PIA04995.jpg > >In the lower left hand corner there is a fossil of a >fish and a mollusk shell. > >Brent >(With tongue planted firmly in cheek) > _______________________________________________ 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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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Fossils found on Mars!
by Kim Hyatt 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

Just goes to show what a superior observer you are, Chuck. -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Hards [mailto:chuckhards@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 12:31 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Fossils found on Mars! You can distinctly see a car on a road in the distance, between the two hobbits... --- Kim Hyatt <khyatt(a)smithlayton.com> wrote: > I have no idea what y'all are looking at - all I see > is some remote corner > of Area 51. True to its nature, the government has > cropped the jet contrails > from the top of the frame. __________________________________ 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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RE: [Utah-astronomy] TV coverage
by Kim Hyatt 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

I have an acquaintance who built and launched a six-foot rocket that achieved an altitude of about 200,000 feet! -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Hards [mailto:chuckhards@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 9:27 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] TV coverage Howard, you may enjoy reading "Managing Martians", by Donna Shirley, Project manager for the Sojourner rover. It is highly autobiographical, but Shirley also describes in some detail some of the engineering problems her team encountered. I also caught a segment of a recent interview with her on PBS recently, sorry but I couldn't watch long enough to get the title of the show and darned if I can recall the time and day now. Your mention of model rocketry takes me back. There is a b&w photo in my shop taken by a high-school friend, of me in a crowd of other participants on the flight-line, preparing my "boost-glider" rocket for a competition at Brighton High in the mid-seventies. I took third place, not bad since the competition was also the first powered test flight! The hobby today is mind-boggling, a lifetime away from the Estes & Centurion world. The model rockets being launched today look like DOD projects! C. --- Howard Jackman <sumoetx(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > I love NOVA! What an amazing program. I was very > impressed with the graphics, and coverage of the > developmental problems that they encountered, > especially the parachute since I'm also an avid > amateur model rocketeer and have had some first hand > experiences with parachutes "shredding" with fast > deployments. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 http://search.yahoo.com/top2003 _______________________________________________ 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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Zoom from outer space into the sub-atomic world
by Jim Gibson 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

This is pretty cool Florida State University has put up a very interesting Java applet on their web site. It protrays a view the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then moves through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. After that, you begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons and protons. http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index. Jim --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Do the NASA folks seem a little too excited toanyone bu...
by UTAHDEB＠aol.com 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

I remember back in '95 after I broke my leg horseback riding how important it was for me to get back on my horse. When I could walk again I would go for short rides to rebuild my confidence in myself and get back to normal. It felt really good to be back in the saddle. I'm sure NASA feels the same way that they are on Mars again. This success was badly needed. Lets hope Opportunity lands safely as well. Debbie

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Media alert
by Patrick Wiggins 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

NASA TV just announced the next Mars mission briefing is due to start at 10 this morning. I've heard rumors that the next Stardust briefing will be tomorrow but have not been able to confirm that. Patrick

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Comet picture
by Kim Hyatt 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

Thanks for the clarification Chuck. -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Hards [mailto:chuckhards@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 9:33 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Comet picture Hi Kim: --- Kim Hyatt <khyatt(a)smithlayton.com> wrote: > Regarding the comment, "things that small should not > be spherical": I > understand that the mass is not sufficient to compel > a spherical geometry, > but why shouldn't they be spherical? Isn't a > spherical shape as likely as > any other shape? Anyone have a thought? A spherical (or more precisely, spheroidal) shape is quite possible, but statistically very unlikely for a small object. I think too since activity on cometary surfaces isn't thought to be uniform over the entire surface, the comet's shape should become even more "random" over time, and I think this is what was implied. Not an outright rejection of the possibility of a spheroidal shape, but the chances are very, very slim. C. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 http://search.yahoo.com/top2003 _______________________________________________ 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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RE: [Utah-astronomy] TV coverage
by Kim Hyatt 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

Let me back-peddle a bit. Now I don't recall if his rocket went to 200,000 feet or if he was talking about another, but I do know that 200,000 feet can be achieved by today's serious rocket enthusiasts. With FAA permission, of course. -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Hards [mailto:chuckhards@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 9:41 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] TV coverage Are you sure it wasn't 20,000 ft.? 200,000 ft. is 38 miles! Wow! How'd you like that guy working on his hobby right next door? ;) C. --- Kim Hyatt <khyatt(a)smithlayton.com> wrote: > I have an acquaintance who built and launched a > six-foot rocket that > achieved an altitude of about 200,000 feet! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Hards [mailto:chuckhards@yahoo.com] > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 9:27 AM > To: Utah Astronomy > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] TV coverage > > > Howard, you may enjoy reading "Managing Martians", > by > Donna Shirley, Project manager for the Sojourner > rover. It is highly autobiographical, but Shirley > also describes in some detail some of the > engineering > problems her team encountered. I also caught a > segment of a recent interview with her on PBS > recently, sorry but I couldn't watch long enough to > get the title of the show and darned if I can recall > the time and day now. > > Your mention of model rocketry takes me back. There > is a b&w photo in my shop taken by a high-school > friend, of me in a crowd of other participants on > the > flight-line, preparing my "boost-glider" rocket for > a > competition at Brighton High in the mid-seventies. > I > took third place, not bad since the competition was > also the first powered test flight! > > The hobby today is mind-boggling, a lifetime away > from > the Estes & Centurion world. The model rockets > being > launched today look like DOD projects! > > C. > > --- Howard Jackman <sumoetx(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > I love NOVA! What an amazing program. I was very > > impressed with the graphics, and coverage of the > > developmental problems that they encountered, > > especially the parachute since I'm also an avid > > amateur model rocketeer and have had some first > hand > > experiences with parachutes "shredding" with fast > > deployments. > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 > http://search.yahoo.com/top2003 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ 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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amateur astronomy, zen, & power outages
by Chuck Hards 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

If anybody is checking their email on a cell phone or laptop, huddled in the cold & dark, just say the word and we'll get you some relief somehow. We lost power Friday morning at 9, didn't get it back until Saturday night at 7, 34 hours. House internal temp was about 48 degrees by then. Isn't it amazing how your spirits can soar just from the sight of a lightbulb lighting up? BTW, truss poles don't burn, and the shroud makes a lot of stinky smoke...same with laminated atlases. Only use the plain paper ones. ;) C. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/

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