Category Archives: Science
Update on Phobos – Where’s a shuttle when you need it?
This is another reason I advocate the continuance of NASA and the U.S. run space program. We led the way into space and must push forward to explore new worlds and boldly go where no man has gone before. Beam me up… oh, sorry I must have got carried away. Continue reading
Reason to keep NASA – Phobos Transpermia Fiasco
To leave planet Earth an escape velocity of 11.2 km/s (approx. 40,320 km/h, or 25,000 mph) is required, however a speed of 42.1 km/s is required to escape the Sun’s gravity (and exit the solar system) from the same position. The Phobos rocket is caught in Earth’s orbit and may never escape it.
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Faster than the Speed of Light?
Is Einstein turning over in his grave? Has the cosmic speed limit been broken by a rebellious little neutrino? Your email: OPERA experiment reports anomaly in flight time of neutrinos from CERN to Gran Sasso Geneva, 23 September 2011. The OPERA1 … Continue reading
